I got a late start on this post, but I think I've been able to put together a pretty good list of stories. On a cloudy but mild Saturday falling on tenth day of the tenth month, here are some things going on:
From National Review, three months after Disney World reopens, none of its workers have contracted the coronavirus.
From Townhall, the next debate moderator appears to have deactivated her Twitter account.
From The Washington Free Beacon, even with no tough questions, former Vice President Biden "bumbles through another week".
From the Washington Examiner, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) rejects the latest White House offer on coronavirus relief.
From American Thinker, on today's date in 732, Charles the Hammer and his fighters defeated the invading Arabs in the Battle of Tours. (This clash has also been called the Battle of Poitiers. It was fought somewhere near and between those two French towns.)
From LifeZette, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) showed her real self at the vice presidential debate.
From NewsBusters, according to a reporter for The New York Times, any criticism of Harris is racist and sexist.
From Canada Free Press, after seeing left-wing criminality for five months, would any sane American vote for Democrats? (With the way things have gone this year, are any Americans still sane?)
From Global News, according to critics, Canada's ban on single-use plastics would "go against the spirit" of the CUSMA trade deal.
From TeleSUR, a Colombian judges ends the house arrest of former President Alvaro Uribe.
From The Conservative Woman, why calls for more coronavirus lockdowns are wrong.
From Snouts in the Trough, an interesting stat about people who die from the coronavirus, and other items.
From the Evening Standard, a plane taking off from London's Luton Airport has "take-off issues" due to too many passengers being seated toward the front.
From VRT NWS, a couple from Kampenhout, Belgium dies from malaria.
From the NL Times, archaeologists in Leiden, Netherlands find a Spanish fort used in the 80 Years War.
From Deutsche Welle, why has the German party AfD slumped?
From Free West Media, a migrant from Gambia uses a broken bottle to attack a German man in the city of Karlsruhe.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, in three months, almost 64,000 crimes in Germany are reportedly committed by "immigrants".
From Polskie Radio, Polish tennis player Iga Świątek wins the French Open.
From The Slovak Spectator, a new educational path leading to a lookout tower is opened near Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia.
From Hungary Today, Hungarian churches call for peace in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
From ReMix, is there collusion between the European Commission and the Hungarian far-left?
From Russia Today, police in Khabarovsk, Russia prevent protesters from setting up tents.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian European Commission member Mariya Gabriel tests positive for the coronavirus.
From Ekathimerini, Egypt ratifies a maritime deal with Greece.
From Total Croatia News, an ancient Roman market is found in the neighborhood of Manuš in Split, Croatia. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Slobodna Dalmacija.)
From EuroNews, the Vatican beatifies an Italian "computer whiz" who died from leukemia at age 15.
From Malta Today, 60 NGOs condemn the Maltese government's decision to allow people to hunt on large areas of public land.
From SwissInfo, 18-year-old Dominic Stricker from Bern, Switzerland wins the boys' singles title at the French Open.
From Al Jazeera, according to Switzerland's foreign ministry, a Swiss woman held in Mali for four years has been killed by a group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
From France24, France sets another one-day record for new coronavirus cases.
From The Portugal News, an increasing number of Asian wasps are found in the Portuguese district of Castelo Branco.
From Morocco World News, K-Pop becomes popular in Morocco and the Middle East.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, Turkey is ready for its first human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine.
From ArmenPress, members of an Azerbaijani subversive group allegedly kill two civilians in their home in Artsakh, even while a ceasefire was in place.
From Arutz Sheva, a rabbi condemns another rabbi's call to "beat protesters 10 times harder".
From YNetNews, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tells Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that he intends to bring 2,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
From the Egypt Independent, Luxor, Egypt prepares to celebrate the 98th anniversary of the discover of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb. (Will Steve Martin be involved? I'd say probably not.)
From the Ethiopian Monitor, more on Netanyahu's plan to bring 2,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
From the Saudi Gazette, Arab coalition forces intercept and destroy a drone launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
From The New Arab, two explosions go off in Beirut, Lebanon within 24 hours.
From Radio Farda, Iran's envoy to the U.N. calls pressure from the U.S. "state terrorism".
From The Express Tribune, a man is arrested for allegedly vandalizing a Hindu temple in the Pakistani district of Badin.
From the Hindustan Times, the coronavirus pandemic has not increased the death rate in the Indian state of Goa.
From the Dhaka Tribune, anti-rape protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh continue for the fifth day.
From the Colombo Page, reports of five students sitting for a scholarship examination contracting the coronavirus turn out to be greatly exaggerated.
From ABC News, where "A" stands for "Australian", Philippine forces capture an Indonesian woman suspected of planning a suicide bombing.
From The Jakarta Post, 14 people protesting Indonesia's new Job Creation Law test positive for the coronavirus.
From The Straits Times, according to a survey, only 14 percent of Singaporeans feel negative about foreigners.
From Free Malaysia Today, environmental officers seal off an illegal toxic waste dump in Melaka, Indonesia.
From Vietnam Plus, thanks to a project funded by the E.U., Vietnam extends its electrical grid to the island commune of Nhon Chau in the province of Binh Dinh.
From The Mainichi, a couple shown in a photograph viewing the devastation in Hiroshima from the American atomic bomb are identified 74 years later.
From Gatestone Institute, thanks to U.S. President Trump, the Chinese company Huawei's viability is undermined.
From The Stream, how Facebook mistreats gays.
From The American Conservative, you should regard your smartphone as a potential Hannibal Lecter.
From The Daily Wire, ProFa activists allegedly vandalize the home of would-be congresscritter Madison Cawthorn (R-NC).
From Fox News, a judge in Texas strikes down a plan by Governor Greg Abbott (R) to limit ballot boxes to one per county.
From the New York Post, health care costs reportedly skyrocket in New York City's jails.
And from WPVI-TV, a special needs sports program brings fun and fitness back to Collingswood, New Jersey.
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