Friday Phenomena

On a Friday slightly milder than the previous day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a watchdog report links 1,000 deaths to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's (D) nursing home coronavirus policy.

From FrontpageMag, lying about former President Obama.

From Townhall, California Governor Gavin Newsome (D) has his own nursing home scandal.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Orthodox Jews slam Amazon Prime's new regulations.

From the Washington Examiner, who would be the Republican nominee for California governor if Newsome is recalled?

From The Federalist, the playing politics by the Biden administration on school openings is alienating parents, even left-wing parents.

From American Thinker, supporters of then-President Trump may have fallen into a trap on January 6th.

From CNS News, President Biden makes three "concessions" to the Iranian government.

From LifeZette, as the left attacks the recently departed Rush Limbaugh, his friendship with Elton John is worth recalling.

From NewsBusters, a look at some of the hate that the left had for Limbaugh.

From Canada Free Press, right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson and congresscritter AOC's (D) googly eyes.

From Global News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces an extension of Canada's coronavirus benefits.

From TeleSUR, Colombian scientists and indigenous people plan to conduct a census of condors.

From the Evening Standard, police in the London district of Tottenham seize 2.1 tonnes of she-don't-lie.

From EuroNews, according to Buckingham Palace, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not return to their former royal duties.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, it's "too early to advise" if staycations will be allowed in Ireland this summer.

From The Brussels Times, according to Belgian virologist Steven Van Gucht, there is no need to worry about the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.

From Dutch News, according to Health Minister Hugo de Jonge, any change to coronavirus rules in the Netherlands will be "cautious".

From Free West Media, one out of every five unaccompanied minor refugees in Cologne, Germany is missing.

From ReMix, Polish and American sign a contract to mine the moon.

From Hungary Today, according to Prime Minister Orban, if Hungary can fend off a third wave of the coronavirus, the country can be reopened.

From Sputnik International, some diplomats at the Spanish embassy in Russia receive Russia's first coronavirus vaccine.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov calls for "green corridors" for people wanting coronavirus vaccinations.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece protests a Turkish hydrographic survey in the Aegean Sea.

From Euractiv, Greek artists and athletes come forward to report sexual harassment.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Serbian Orthodox Church elects a new patriarch.

From Balkan Insight, the Albania "capo" behind a pipeline for sending she-don't-lie into Europe.

From Malta Today, according to a standards commissioner, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela did not violate ethics rules when he removed his mask to talk to journalists.

From RFI, summer events in France will be limited to a maximum of 5,000 participants.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey's Council of State rules that President Erdoğan's palace in Ankara is illegal.

From The Times Of Israel, the coronavirus pandemic in Israel ebbs to its lowest positive rate in almost two months.

From Egypt Today, a humpback whale is found dead on a beach on Egypt's Mediterranean coast.

From The New Arab, Israeli police arrest four Palestinians for allegedly throwing snow at a Jewish settler.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan plans to make his first visit to Sri Lanka on February 23rd.

From The Hans India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates projects in the Indian state of Kerala.

From The Times Of India, Modi warns that many terrorists are "highly educated and highly skilled".

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan cabinet seeks more details about a renewable energy project.

From IOL, a Muslim school principal appears in court in Wynberg, South Africa on sexual assault charges.

From The Straits Times, Singapore will keep its coronavirus restrictions in place for a few weeks after the Chinese New Year.

From the Borneo Post, in a decision involving the website Malaysiakini, Malaysia's Federal Court acknowledges freedom of speech, but urges people to be polite online.

From Vietnam Plus, works starts to provide power to the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. is facilitating a victory for Hamas in the Palestinian elections.

From The Stream, Rush Limbaugh and "the voice of the heartland".

From SmallBizDaily, four services your business should have in case of disaster.

From Terra Daily, ISIS claims to have killed four Tunisian soldiers.

From The Daily Signal, some stories and perspective from a friend of Rush Limbaugh.

From Breitbart, the U.N. asks the UAE for proof that missing Princess Latifa is still alive.

From Fox News, Meghan McCain calls for the media to cover Democrat scandals like the cover Senator Ted Cruz's (R-TX) trip to Cancun.

From The Daily Wire, according to a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the U.S. will reach herd immunity against the coronavirus by April.

From Newsmax, South Carolina's new abortion law is suspended a day after it is passed.

And from the New York Post, for a cool $5 million, you can have John Travolta's 22-bedroom house in Maine.