Saturday, October 3, 2020

Saturday Stuff

On the first Saturday in October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, senatorial candidate Cal Cunningham (D-NC) will stay in the race despite admitting to sending extramarital sexts.

From Townhall, White House physician and Navy Commander Sean Conley gives an update on President Trump's condition.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Biden spent the last week refusing to take positions and losing his train of thought.

From the Washington Examiner, former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) tests positive for the coronavirus.

From The Federalist, why Senate Democrats might take it easy on SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

From American Thinker, we all, even Democrats, have our "dogmas living inside" us.

From LifeZette, Democrats plan their "radical socialist" makeover of the U.S. government.

From NewsBusters, the media ignore police shootings of white people, even when they are shown on video.

From Canada Free Press, Democrats regard Trump as the personification of the coronavirus.

From Global News, farmers in western Canada complete their harvest early.

From TeleSUR, the new migrant caravan moves through Guatemala.

From The Conservative Woman, a small victory in the gender war in the U.K.

From the Express, an entire year group at Eton College is told to self-isolate after some of them test positive for the coronavirus.

From the (Irish) Independent, members of Ireland's Green Party are told to avoid using "big words" when talking to rural voters.

From VRT NWS, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi is unveiled in Antwerp, Belgium.

From the NL Times, a cyclist throws a hammer at police officers in Hilversum, Netherlands, hurting one of them.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany celebrates the 30th anniversary of its reunification.

From the CPH Post, Storm Alex heads for Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, with help from the U.S., Poland will into space.

From Radio Prague, the ANO party wins 10 of the Czech Republic's 13 regional elections.

From The Slovak Spectator, a new lookout tower opens above Krásno mad Kysusou, Slovakia.

From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the E.U. must clearly set forth its criteria for crossing borders.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From Sputnik International, Russia might send a spacecraft to Venus in 2027 to investigate alleged biomarkers in its atmosphere.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Yotova takes part in a ceremony to honor Thracian Bulgarians who were mass murdered in 1913.  (Thrace is an ancient region including modern European Turkey, part of northeastern Greece, and part of southeastern Bulgaria.)

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek island of Tiros opens a school for refugee children.

From Total Croatia News, railways are the greenest option for seeing continental Croatia.

From Total Slovenia News, facemasks are no longer mandatory for students and some teachers in Slovenia.

From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia concedes defeat to rival Bernard Grech in the party's leadership election.

From EuroNews, former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini appears in court for allegedly illegally detaining migrants.

From SwissInfo, coronavirus sceptics form a human chain extending from Kreuzlingen, Switzerland to Konstanz, Germany.

From RFI, the Pacific island New Caledonia gets its second chance to become independent from France.

From The Portugal News, according to Environment Minister Matos Fernandes, Portugal will exploit lithium but not "at all costs".

From Free West Media, a migrant smuggling network reportedly received €6.2 million from the E.U.

From Morocco World News, Morocco and the U.S. agree on a 10-year "roadmap" to strengthen their cooperation on defense.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish and Azerbaijani diplomats discuss Upper Karabakh.  (This breakaway region of Azerbaijan is also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorny Karabakh and Artsakh, depending on which source you read.)

From Rûdaw, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein tells U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that a U.S. withdrawal is not in the interest of the Iraqi people.

From ArmenPress, the Armenian army is closely monitoring troop movements in Azerbaijan along their common border.

From In-Cyprus, authorities of the U.K. Sovereign Base Area Dhekelia hand over a murder suspect to Cypriot police.

From The Times Of Israel, scattered groups of Haredim reportedly violate Israel's coronavirus lockdown on the feast of Sukkot.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, peace between Israel and Lebanon isn't going to happen very soon.

From Egypt Today, 28 Muslim Brotherhood members are given life sentences in connected with the attempted murder of four people in Fayoum, Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian President Sahle-work Zewdie witnesses the signing in Juba, South Sudan of a peace deal between the Sundanese government and rebel groups.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Grand Mosque in Mecca is ready to receive the first group of Umrah pilgrims.

From The New Arab, Human Rights Watch launches a campaign against Saudi Arabia's "image laundering".

From Radio Farda, representatives of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei declare their support for Azerbaijan in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

From Dawn, Prime Minister Imran Khan asks his aides for a legal plan to bring pack former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif back to Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, a car bomb kills 15 people and wounds 32 others in the Afghan province of Nangarhar.

From the Hindustan Times, the dismembered body of a 15-year-old Dalit girl is found in a field in Kanput Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, India.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh received a record $18.21 billion worth of remittances during this past fiscal year, despite economic problems caused by the coronavirus.

From the Colombo Page, the owners of the fire-stricken oil tanker New Diamond are given permission to tow it further away from Sri Lanka.

From Maldives Insider, Lufthansa extends its flights to the Maldive Islands to all year round.

From The Jakarta Post, three men are shot with rubber bullets when police attempt to disperse a protest in the Indonesian province of Papua.

From The Straits Times, Singapore and China mark the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, a coronavirus outbreak in the Malaysian state of Sabah started with illegal immigrants.

From Vietnam Plus, according to Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Vietnam supports all efforts toward nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

From The Mainichi, jet fighters are scrambled after a Russian helicopter enters Japanese airspace.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. still sides with the "world's worst human rights abuser".

From The Stream, the secular religion of "apocalyptic environmentalism".

From The American Conservative, a former NFL player tackles abortion.

From Fox News, shooting and murders in New York City spiked through September.

From the Daily Wire, former White House advisor Kellyanne Conway is "feeling fine" after testing positive for the coronavirus".

From Breitbart, according to Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), coronavirus cases in the Senate won't "upend" SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation process.

From the New York Post, according to Harvey Weinstein's "girlfriend", "he is a scapegoat for #MeToo".

And from WPVI-TV, a look at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the "hospital of American presidents".

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