Saturday, April 24, 2021

Saturday Stuff

On a mild partly cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a crowdfunding site is launched for a policeman fired for donating to a crowdfunding site.

From Townhall, BLM responds to Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) after she thanks George Floyd for "sacrificing" his life.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's pick to head the Small Business Administration serves on a board that supports boycotting Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, the Indian coronavirus variant is causing worries.

From The Federalist, according to linguistics professor John McWhorter, the leftists proposing radical changes are merely "racists hiding behind language".

From American Thinker, the lives of black assailants matter, but those of their victims don't.

From LifeZette, Jim Dove flies in Minneapolis.

From NewsBusters, remember when TV host Gayle King went yachting with the Obamas?

From Canada Free Press, America has a communist revolution.

From CBC News, Peel Public Health partially closes two Amazon facilities in the Ontario cities of Brampton and Bolton to control coronavirus outbreaks.

From The Conservative Woman, when the parliamentary opposition doesn't oppose.

From the Express, a medical technician is killed when an object crashes through his ambulance's windshield in the English county of Herefordshire.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland gives out a daily record of 41,500 coronavirus vaccine doses.

From VRT NWS, Belgium expects 900,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to be delivered next week.

From the NL Times, the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will soon not be needed in the Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's new "emergency brake" coronavirus rules take effect.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Catholic church in Friesenheim is vandalized almost daily.  (If you read German, read the story at Schwarzwälder Bote.)

From EuroNews, Chancellor Angela Merkel defense Germany's new coronavirus rules.

From the CPH Post, Denmark's Roskilde Festival might be called off due to the coronavirus.

From Polskie Radio, over 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Poland.

From Radio Prague, according to an E.U. audit, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has a conflict of interest.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia again changes the conditions for crossing its border.

From About Hungary, today Hungarians can return to "a bit of normalcy".

From Russia Today, Russia bans 122 foreigners from entering for the next 40 years for attending unauthorized protests in Moscow.

From Novinite, President Rumen Radev urges Bulgarians to be patient with the country's new parliament.

From the Greek Reporter, the top 10 Greek islands to visit with your family.

From Balkan Insight, Albanians go to the polls to elect their next parliament.

From Total Croatia News, Zagreb, Croatia will host the World Rowing Cup for the first time starting on April 30th.

From Total Slovenia News, today's morning headlines for Slovenia.

From the Malta Independent, a €1 million solar power generating project is inaugurated in Burmarrad, Malta.

From SwissInfo, a large unauthorized rally against coronavirus restrictions is held in Rapperswill-Jona, Switzerland.

From RFI, three people are questioned in a terrorism probe after the murder of a policewoman at a railway station in Rambouillet, France.

From Free West Media, will the French people shun the coronavirus vaccine passport.

From The Portugal News, teachers plan to demonstrate in Lisbon, Portugal.

From Morocco World News, a Latvian in Morocco fasts for Ramadan.

From The North Africa Post, Médecins Sans Frontières denounces Algeria's treatment of migrants.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey launches ground and air operations against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq.

From Rûdaw, a Peshmerga veteran strives to protect wildlife from poachers and hunters.

From Armenpress, U.S. President Biden officially recognizes the Armenian genocide.

From In-Cyprus, according to President Anastasiades, a two-state solution in Cyprus would open a Pandora's box.

From The961, a former leader of Lebanon's Drug Enforcement Office is accused of trafficking drugs.

From Arutz Sheva, Arabs attack a Jew in Jerusalem.

From the Egypt Independent, Ethiopia rejects a new invitation for dam talks.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Airlines becomes the first airline in Africa to test an IATA travel pass.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia announces severe punishments for intentionally spreading the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, four people are killed in attacks on Iraqi security forces blamed on ISIS.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claims to have killed three alleged terrorists in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan.

From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz, a large group of PTI legislators are about to leave their party.

From Khaama Press, a roadside bomb kills three Afghan security force members in the province of Logar.

From ANI, the "Varuna" naval exercise between India and France will start on Sunday.  (In Hinduism, Varuna is a deity associated with the sea.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government declines to close the country's border with India.

From the Colombo Page, according to medical experts, the coronavirus variant now spreading Sri Lanka is similar to one found in the English county of Kent.

From NDTV, Sri Lankan authorities arrest parliamentcritter Rishad Bathiudeen and his brother in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks.

From The Jakarta Post, hopes fade for the crew of a missing Indonesian submarine as its oxygen supply dwindles.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin tells the Myanmar government to release political prisoners and stop killing civilians.

From The Mainichi, according to a survey in Japan, lifestyle changes made due to the coronavirus have had an effect on pets.

From Gatestone Institute, "the Armenian genocide forges on".

From The Stream, are American police really systemically racist?

From The American Conservative, in defense of normalcy.

From The Daily Wire, how the left systemically exploits race.

From Breitbart, London mayoral candidate Laurence Fox calls current Mayor Sadiq Khan the worst in London's history.

From AP News, cave-dwellers in France emerge after 40 days.  (via the New York Post)

And from the New York Post, a Long Island Railroad conductor returns a tray of engagement rings valued at $107,000.

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