Friday, July 23, 2021

Friday Phenomena

On another warm sunny Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the government should not have the power to decide if your Tweets are safe.

From FrontpageMag, the White House attacks free speech.

From Townhall, meet the Cleveland Guardians.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an electric bus in California catches fire.

From the Washington Examiner, of Democrats, double standards and the committee to investigate the Capitol riot.

From The Federalist, the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) reveals who the target of the FBI's counter-terrorism program is.

From American Thinker, an old song by Stephen Stills remains relevant.

From CNS News, under a bill being considered by the Senate Armed Services Committee, women could be required to register for the draft.

From LifeZette, Hunter Biden is profiting from his father's presidency, says former President Obama's ethics chief.

From NewsBusters, a panel on MSNBC thinks that President Biden can save the earth from becoming uninhabitable.

From Canada Free Press, "the Banking Queen" returns to the news cycle.

From CBC News, there's "no relief in sight" from the wildfires in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government and opposition will open dialogue in Mexico.

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's journey from reason to tyranny.

From Snouts in the Trough, here comes another flood of lies.

From the Express, another coronavirus variant arises in the U.K.

From the (Irish) Independent, everyone dining indoors in Ireland will be required to give their names and phone numbers.

From VRT NWS, which of the 121 Belgian Olympic athletes has the best chance of winning a medal?

From the NL Times, the Dutch coronavirus goes down, but hospitalizations go up.

From Deutsche Welle, cyclist Simon Geschke becomes the first German Olympic athlete to contract the coronavirus.

From the CPH Post, a cultural round-up in Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's Olympic team arrives in Tokyo.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Senate passes a bill on voting rights for Czechs abroad.

From ReMix, four members of the Czech Olympic team have already contracted the coronavirus,

From The Slovak Spectator, protesters try to enter the Slovak parliament building ahead of a vote on coronavirus measures and get tear gassed.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian police will use tasers instead of guns.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at RTL.)

From Russia Today, Russian cops allege that fertility doctors are selling babies to single men.

From Romania-Insider, Romanian Prime Minister Florin Cîţu wants no more foreign investors who seek cheap labor.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)

From Novinite, President Rumen Radev starts consultations for forming a new Bulgarian cabinet.

From Euractiv, Bulgaria greatly increases its pension spending.

From the Greek Reporter, meet all the Greek Olympic athletes.

From EuroNews, smugglers cram 15 migrants into a single vehicle.

From Balkan Insight, UNESCO gives North Macedonia two more years to protect the city of Ohrid.

From Total Croatia News, a project to construct water supply and drainage infrastructure on the Croatian island of Hvar is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia sends 54 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics.

From The Malta Independent, over 8,000 coronavirus vaccines are administered at walk-in clinics in Malta in a week.

From ANSA, female gondoliers in Venice protest having lower prize money than their male counterparts.

From SwissInfo, a prototype hyperloop track is unveiled in Switzerland.

From France24, France's lower house approves an "anti-separatism" bill to combat Islamic extremism.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, Imams in France stigmatize women at Eid-el-Kebir.

From Free West Media, unvaccinated police will check health passes in France.

From El País, Spain reaches its goal of having 25 million people fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government approves "bodycams" for police officers.

From Morocco World News, Morocco reports 19,658 active coronavirus cases.

From The North Africa Post, according to Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, anyone accusing Morocco of wrongdoing must provide evidence.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, sources have been mobilized to help flood victims in Turkey.

From Rûdaw, a major hospital in Mosul, Iraq can't take in any more coronavirus patients.

From Armenpress, Azerbaijani forces fire on three villages in the Armenian province of Gegharkunik.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades asks for a strong E.U. response to Turkey's actions in the fenced off city of Varosha.

From The Syrian Observer, excavations continue at the Yarmouk camp cemetery.

From The961, Lebanon receives tonnes of medical aid from France.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian government raises fuel price.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia generates over $3 billion of revenue from exports.

From the Saudi Gazette, this year's hajj reaches its conclusion.

From The New Arab, an Algerian judoka quits the Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli competitor.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, another death is reported in protests in Iran over water shortages.

From Dawn, Prime Minister Imran Khan has "no idea" where PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz got her claim that the Pakistani government planned to make Azad Jammu and Kashmir a province.

From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists are hit by U.S. airstrikes in the Afghan province of Kandahar.

From India Today, 42 children trafficked from the Indian state of Assam are rescued in the state of Sikkim.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 403 people are arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh during its coronavirus lockdown.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities consider raising the minimum age for employment as domestic servants.

From The Jakarta Post, Danone protects Indonesia's progress by caring for its children.

From Free Malaysia Today, a coronavirus cluster breaks out at a hospital in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

From The Mainichi, why the Japanese "rising sun" flag provokes ire at the Olympics.

From Gatestone Institute, Peter Daszak and the coronavirus.

From The Stream, President Biden's "baleful border betrayal".

From Space War, two Chinese "agents" are charged in the U.S. for allegedly targeting opponents of the Chinese government.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. has some lackluster beach towns.

From The Western Journal, Border Patrol agents walks illegal aliens from Haiti and Senegal through a border gate.

From BizPac Review, the Biden administration might be considering a universal coronavirus mask mandate, even for the vaccinated.

From the New York Post, a book claims that China is building more facilities similar to the one from which the coronavirus might have leaked.

From The Daily Wire, a protest against the Olympics is staged outside its opening ceremonies.

From the Daily Caller, the House Freedom Caucus asks Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) to end Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) "authoritarian reign".

From Breitbart, the Biden administration's Department of Justice will not investigate Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) for alleged coronavirus-related nursing home deaths.

From Newsmax, firefighters conclude their mission of clearing debris from the collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida.

And from Fox News, a teenager in New Jersey raises $12,000 to help homeless veterans.

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