Thursday, November 5, 2020

Thursday Things - Part 2

As a relatively mild Thursday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI is set to deliver a speech on the 45th anniversary of the Green March.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish foreign ministry criticizes France's ban on the Turkish nationalist group the Grey Wolves.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan finds an "unfamiliar resistance" in his quest to rein in social media.

From Rûdaw, a Kurdish academic speaks out after being expelled from a Turkish university.

From ArmenPress, Artsakh troops defend against Azerbaijani attacks in three places.

From In-Cyprus, two Cypriot groups plan a protest for tomorrow outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian government artillery targets towns and villages in the region of Idleb.

From Arutz Sheva, indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over prisoner exchanges resume.

From The Times Of Israel, according to virus czar Ronni Gamzu, the coronavirus infection rate in Israel could stymie the rollback of restrictions.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli navy will receive the first of four German-made Sa'ar 6 ships in December.

From YNetNews, wastewater is dumped into the sea to keep Tel Aviv's sewers from overflowing.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian officials call for boycotting Israel and then ask for Israeli medical care.

From the Egypt Independent, Sudan announces a dam negotiation failure.

From Egypt Today, a court in Alexandria, Egypt holds its first online hearing session.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian parliament approves a six-month state of emergency in the region of Tigray.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia will host the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Jeddah in November of next year.

From The New Arab, a Syrian refugee sets himself on fire in front of the Beirut, Lebanon headquarters of the U.N.'s refugee agencies.

From Radio Farda, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps announces a new "headquarters" to combat increasing prices in Iran.

From IranWire, the IRGC unveils a new missile launcher.

From Dawn, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz arrives in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan.

From The Express Tribune, the U.S. returns 45 stolen antiquities to Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, two out of five coalition partners boycott a lunch hosted by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan welcomes a joint declaration by Pakistan and the E.U. on the intra-Afghan negotiations.

From The Hans India, the Calcutta High Court bans the use and sale of firecrackers during Kali Puja and Diwali.  (Yesterday, THI had a similar story about the state government of West Bengal discouraging their use.)

From the Hindustan Times, India's railway board is assured that a blockade on tracks in the state of Punjab will be removed tomorrow.

From ANI, police in the Indian state of Haryana rescue 31 bovines from a truck in which they were being transported illegally.

From India Today and the "irony" department, China bans the entry of people and flights from India due to the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, six people are acquitted of murder in Narayanganj, Bangladesh after reports of their alleged victim's death turn out to have been greatly exaggerated.

From the Daily Mirror, six inmates and a prison worker test positive for the coronavirus at Sri Lanka's Welikada Prison.

From the Colombo Page, 68 more people contract the coronavirus at a toy factory in Wattala, Sri Lanka.

From Maldives Insider, the resort Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas reopens with a new look.

From The Jakarta Post, Mount Merapi on the Indonesian island of Java may soon erupt.

From The Straits Times, a coronavirus testing center is set up at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, according to a minister in the prime minister's special functions department, Malaysia does not need a total coronavirus lockdown.

From Free Malaysia TodayHealth Director-General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah advises Malaysians against going to their home towns, which would help spread the coronavirus.

From Vietnam Plus, aid continues coming to victims of floods in central Vietnam.

And from The Mainichi, the city of Takikawa, on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, deploys a "monster wolf" robot to scare away bears.

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