Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 1

On a cool humid Tuesday that later became sunny, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), the U.S. government has spent years covering up UFO evidence.

From FrontpageMag, New York City's double standards about gatherings by Orthodox Jews and Shiite Muslims.

From Townhall, when given "gotcha" questions, SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett invokes the woman whom she hopes to replace.

From The Washington Free Beacon, ties between Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) and an anti-Israel group draw scrutiny.

From the Washington Examiner, on the second day of her confirmation hearings, Judge Barrett answers questions about lifestyle and faith.

From The Federalist, President Trump should let former Vice President Biden just be himself.

From American Thinker, the Senate Democrats were "truly awful" on the first day of Barrett's confirmation hearings.

From CNS News, from October 1st through the 11th, the U.S. had among the lowest per-capita coronavirus death rates in the Western Hemisphere.

From LifeZette, Biden is making some of the same mistakes as former FLOTUS/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did in 2016.

From NewsBusters, according to The New York Times, Judge Barrett is successful "in spite of her faith".

From CBC News, 240,000 people apply for Canada's new coronavirus benefits despite a technical glitch.

From Global News, agricultural food businesses in the Canadian province of Ontario can apply for funds to keep their workers safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

From CTV News, Ontario reports 1,533 new coronavirus cases in two days.

From TeleSUR, Mexico signs agreements with three laboratories to obtain coronavirus vaccines.

From Morocco World News, Morocco allows 5,000 more mosques to reopen, bringing its total to 10,000.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey claims that its latest energy survey in the eastern Mediterranean will be within its maritime bounds.

From Turkish Minute, two Turkish journalists claim to have been given ill treatment in jail after being arrested for reporting on villagers allegedly tortured and thrown from a military helicopter.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan fuels hostility toward the West.

From Rûdaw, salt production in the district of Chamchammal, in Iraqi Kurdistan, is still affected by an earthquake which struck in 2017.

From ArmenPress, the Azerbaijani military allegedly shells several town in Artsakh.

From In-Cyprus, two asylum seekers working at a fast food place in Paphos, Cyprus are arrested for illegal employment along with the woman who allegedly hired them.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian authorities arrest suspects accused of starting fires in the western part of the country.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel reports 3,112 new coronavirus cases.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli ministers reportedly agree to extend the country's coronavirus lockdown, but not on how much longer.

From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF sets up a military hospital unit at the Galilee Medical Center.

From YNetNews, Israel and Lebanon will start their maritime border talks tomorrow.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt displays amulets and scarabs found inside a coffin unearthed in the governorate of Minya.

From Egypt Today, a video of children in a church simulating the murder of 21 Copts in Libya is reported to Egypt's attorney general.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia earns $178 million from mineral exports in three months.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Ports Authority plans to ban smoking in all of its facilities and vehicles.

From The New Arab, according to Lebanese President Michel Aoun, maritime talks with Israel will not involve any attempt at normalization.

From Radio Farda, a teacher is sentenced to lashes for "insulting" Iranian Minister of Education Mohsen Haj Mirzaei.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From IranWire, Iranian journalists are denied jury trials on the pretext of "national security".  (What is this "right to a trial in front of an impartial jury" you speak of?)

From Dawn, according to Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, risk mitigation is important to preventing a second wave of the coronavirus in Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's embassy in Kabul issues over 2,000 visas to Afghan citizens.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan sets conditions for the resumption of talks on Kashmir with India.

From Khaama Press, 150 school students test positive for the coronavirus in the Afghan province of Herat.

From The Hans India, Delhi records this season's worst air quality day.

From the Hindustan Times, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is released after more than a year in detention.

From ANI, worshiping U.S. President Trump as a Hindu deity can be hazardous to your health.

From India Today, India reaffirms its demand that China pulls back first in the region of Ladakh.

From OpIndia, five videos intended to promote Hindu-Muslim unity in India end up deriding Hindus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a group of students in Bangladesh walk 100 kilometers to protest against rape.

From the Daily Mirror, volunteers cleaning up waste in a Sri Lankan nature reserve find fabric labels dumped in an elephant corridor.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan Catholic bishops oppose the proposed 20th Amendment to the country's Constitution.

From Maldives Insider, a Maldivian resort wins 2020 Readers' Choice Award from Condé Nast Traveler.

From ABS CBN News, Philippine authorities investigate the possible involvement of Islamic schools in the alleged recruitment of suicide bombers.

From Al-Bab, an Algerian man goes to jail because a page is missing from a copy of the Koran inherited from his grandfather.

From The Jakarta Post, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto attributes protests against Indonesia's new Job Creation Law to foreign interference.

From The Straits Times, a traveler from India tests positive for the coronavirus after completing his stay-home notice in Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin reiterates that there will be no double standards for cabinet ministers on coronavirus policies.

From Free Malaysia Today, all immigration offices in the states of Selangor, Putrajaya and Sabah, and in the city of Kuala Lumpur will be closed due to Malaysia's Conditional Movement Control Order.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese authorities start "all-out" efforts to find 30 people missing after a landslide at a hydropower plant in the province of Thua Thien-Hue.

From The Mainichi, a historic house in Aomori, Japan once used as a ninja base avoids demolition.

From The Stream, is there any "solid science" behind the six-foot rule?

From The Daily Signal, happy 245th birthday to the U.S. Navy.

From Space Daily, the "self-eating rocket".

From Fox News, nominee Amy Coney Barrett fondly recalls how the late Justice Antonin Scalia recommended the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg for the Supreme Court.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has a "priceless" reaction to a conspiracy theory mansplained by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to Judge Barrett.

From Breitbart, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demands that Barrett recuses herself from "any cases involving the 2020 election".

From the New York Post, in his memoir, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) says that he still wears once belonging to his late father, New York Governor Mario Cuomo (D).

And from WPVI-TV, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake - with two heads.

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