Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 2

As a cool sunny Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, a dog trained to support juvenile victims of crime appears in a Japanese court.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam rakes in the equivalent of over $30 billion from exports of its agricultural, forest and aquatic products.

From the Borneo Post, according to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysian authorities do not practice double standards in enforcing coronavirus-related self-quarantines.

From Free Malaysia Today, 90 close contacts of Malaysia's religious affairs minister reportedly test negative for the coronavirus.

From The Straits Times, Singapore's Changi Airport will set up its own coronavirus testing lab.

From The Jakarta Post, labor unions and NGOs stage rallies and strikes to oppose Indonesia's new jobs creation law.

From Coconuts Jakarta, an Indonesian man faces up to six years in prison allegedly accusing a mosque of blaring loud music in a TikTok video.

From Maldives Insider, Accor has five resorts in the Maldive Islands which offer diving.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's education ministry will limit classroom size to a maximum of 45 students.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's health ministry bans public gatherings "until further notice".

From the Dhaka Tribune, four people are killed in clashes between rival groups of Rohingyas at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

From The Hans India, India will allow theaters to reopen on October 15th.

From the Hindustan Times, India's Supreme Court will rule on the scope of the right to protest.

From ANI, six Naxals are killed by their own cadres in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

From India Today, India's health ministry forbids singing and touching idols during worship services.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's government appoints a new governor for the province of Balkh.

From Dawn, the Sindh provincial government asks Pakistan's government to withdraw an ordinance to take over two islands near the city of Karachi.

From The Express Tribune, a man in the Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is arrested for allegedly murdering an Ahmaddiya community professor.

From Pakistan Today, over 300,000 people in Pakistan have recovered from the coronavirus.

From Radio Farda, Iran's oil revenue will be "at best $5 billion" this year.

From IranWire, the hashtag #We_Testify bears witness to 40 years of atrocities by Iran's government.

From The New Arab, Iraq is "taking security measures" to make sure that the U.S. embassy is not closed.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Arab coalition in Yemen destroys a Houthi missile launched toward Najran, Saudi Arabia.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, eight migrants die and others are injured after being forced off a boat by smugglers off the coast of Djibouti.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt sends two planes carrying broad-producing facilities to Khartoum, Sudan.

From Egypt Today, journalist Basma Mostafa, accused of publishing false news, is released from detention pending further investigations.

From Arutz Sheva, police and demonstrators clash in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu advises "cautious optimism" as positive coronavirus tests in Israel slowly decrease.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's finance ministry will present Netanyahu with a benefit plan for the unemployed.

From YNetNews, according to a poll, the Israeli party Yamina would receive 23 seats in the Knesset, with Likud getting 26.

From The Jewish Press, Israel seizes funds from the Palestinian Authority and Hamas intended for the families of terrorists.

From The Syrian Observer, hundreds of Syrian mercenaries are reportedly headed to Azerbaijan.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's Department of Antiquities draws up a plan to protect sites in the coastal area of Geroskipou.

From Armenpress, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, "Artsakh is Armenia".

From Rûdaw, hikers in Kurdistan train to become mountaineering coaches.

From the International Quran News Agency, a terror attack against Arbaeen pilgrims is thwarted in Iraq.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çasuşoğlu visits Baku, Azerbaijan to express solidarity.

From Turkish Minute, four journalists are detained in the Turkish province of Van after reporting on Kurdish villagers allegedly being tortured and dropped from a helicopter.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Morocco World News, the Moroccan government will decide whether to extend the country's coronavirus state of emergency on Thursday.

From the Daily Post, a rights group accuses Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of "talibanizing" Nigeria's Kano State.

From The Khaleej Times, a man and a woman in the UAE are sentenced to 100 lashes each for having illicit sex.

And from Gatestone Institute, CIA Director Gina Haspel and the U.K. role in a plot against U.S. President Trump.

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