Monday, January 18, 2021

Links For The King Holiday

As America observes the birth anniversary of a man who urged us to live out the full meaning of our creed, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why conspiracy theories such as QAnon can't be ignored.

From FrontpageMag, why a Senate impeachment trial of soon-to-be-private citizen Trump is unconstitutional.

From Townhall, why the U.S. Capitol is on edge after a "very minimal" incident.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President-elect Biden's pick for a top defense department post has some ties to China.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden is set to undo Trump's alternatives to Obamacare health insurance plans.

From The Federalist, what Biden should do if he really wants unity.

From American Thinker, is ProFa advertising for rioters?

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC), there was a bipartisan effort to consider censuring Trump, but Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) didn't allow it to be voted on.

From LifeZette, can the Senate conduct an impeachment trial of Trump after he steps down or not?

From NewsBusters, according to TV host Bill Maher, 74 million Trump voters should not be linked to the Capitol rioters.

From Canada Free Press, Wednesday's inauguration show will be brought to you by actor Tom Hanks and former First Lady Michelle Obama.

From CBC News, the Canadian province of Alberta braces for Biden's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline.

From TeleSUR, about 6,000 Honduras in a migrant caravan are still stranded on a highway in Guatemala.

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson is not Winston Churchill, but Earl Haig.

From the Express, former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attacks Johnson for "vaccine nationalism".

From Free West Media, according to a survey, a majority of the U.K.'s BAME population is proud of their race.

From the (Irish) Independent, a soccer ball belonging to a girl in Waterford, Ireland turns up on a beach in Wales.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium delays deciding on stricter coronavirus travel rules.

From Dutch News, Russia expels two Dutch diplomats from Moscow.

From Deutsche Welle, a new poll shows a low degree of support for new Christian Democratic Union leader Armin Laschet.

From Polskie Radio, Poland reopens its schools for young dzieci.

From Radio Prague, stores in the Czech Republic which sell stationery and children's clothes will be allowed to reopen tomorrow.

From The Slovak Spectator, Smolenice Castle was the home of the Slovak Leonardo da Vinci.

From Daily News Hungary, over 100 years after the Trianon, Hungary is still shrinking.

From Russia Today, Russian political dissident Alexey Navalny is remanded in custody for 30 days after an impromptu court heating at a police station.

From Romania-Insider, large numbers of Romanians sign up to receive a coronavirus vaccine.  (If you read Romanian, read a related story at G4Media.)

From Novinite, senior school students in Bulgaria will resume in-person classes in February.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop who walked alongside Dr. King.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greece and Albania agree to set up a contract center for police and customs cooperation.

From Balkan Insight, the coastal town of Ulcinj, Montenegro is damaged by storms.

From Total Croatia News, according to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Croatia is seeing an "encouraging" downward trend in coronavirus infections.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech is reshuffling his party's shadow cabinet.

From ANSA, high schools reopen in four more regions of Italy.

From SwissInfo, according to experts, people seeking asylum in Switzerland need more protection.

From France24, President Emmanuel Macron praise French Muslim leaders after they agree on a "charter of principles" to combat extremism.

From El País, the Spanish regions of Andalusia and Castilla-La Mancha introduce new coronavirus restrictions.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa introduces tougher new coronavirus measures.

From EuroNews, large parts of Europe are hit by global warming.

From Euractiv, according to the European Environmental Agency, the shift to renewable sources for electricity significantly cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.

From ReMix, the European Commission rejects recommendations to protect Europe's indigenous ethnic and linguistic minorities.

From Morocco World News, Morocco renews its support for Yemen's stability and sovereignty.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey plans to reopen its schools on February 15th.

From Rûdaw, suicides spike at Yazidi refugee camps in Duhok, Iraq.

From Armenpress, the Armenian army reports a stable situation along the Line of Control with Azerbaijan.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot women protest against a toxic asphalt plant and demand action from President Nicos Anastasiades.

From The Syrian Observer, the Ansar Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Brigade claims responsibility for an attack against Turkish soldiers in the Syrian region of Idleb.

From Arutz Sheva, Prime Minister Netanyahu seeks to extend Israel's coronavirus lockdown for 10 more days.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old coffins found at the Saqqara necropolis.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, construction starts on Ethiopia's first hyperscale data center, in the capital city of Addis Ababa.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Arabian health ministry approves the coronavirus vaccines from AstraZeneca and Moderna.

From The New Arab, Amnesty International calls on Tunisia to refrain from violence against protesters.

From IranWire, an Iranian journalist applies for asylum in Turkey.

From The Express Tribune, a Pakistani man's recipe for chicken karahi goes viral on Twitter.

From Union of Catholic Asian News, Ahmadis in Pakistan are accused of blasphemy for inscribing Islamic phrases on tombstones.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan will be among the first countries to receive shipments of coronavirus vaccines from India.

From The Hans India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticizes previous Indian governments over their alleged lack of policy for the country's Metros.

From the Dhaka Tribune, India sends 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh.

From the Colombo Page, according to Education Minister GL Peiris, a new constitution will be tabled in the Sri Lankan parliament before the end of this year.

From The Jakarta Post, medical personnel in the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi are overwhelmed by casualties from the recent earthquake.

From Free Malaysia Today, a man in Jertih, Malaysia who built 11 speed bumps into a road passing by his house is offered counselling.

From The Mainichi, in a traditional ceremony, a newly married man in Tokamachi, Japan is thrown into snow.

From Gatestone Institute, solving the coronavirus vaccine distribution crisis.

From The Stream, Speaker Pelosi's hate for soon-to-be-private citizen Trump will make life harder for soon-to-be-President Biden.

From Space War, the Chinese government likens U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to a "mantis".

From Fox News, President Trump's executive order for the National Garden of American Heroes includes statues of Kobe Bryant, Frank Sinatra, Vince Lombardi and Whitney Houston.

From Newsmax, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) asks Pfizer if New York can buy more doses of its coronavirus vaccine.

From The Daily Wire, due to Governor Kirsti Noem's (R) no-lockdown policy, more people are moving to South Dakota.

From WTOP, D.C. police investigate the defacement of a mural depicting Senator Socialism (I-VT) as a hate crime.

From the New York Post, rats!.....and mice, too.

And from The Babylon Bee, BLM celebrates Martin Luther King's birthday by pulling down a statue of him.

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