Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Tuesday Links

As the warm sunny weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden tells a tall tale about baseball.

From FrontpageMag, Biden revives former President Obama's Middle East policy.

From Townhall, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) puts forth his take on critical race theory.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to emails from Hunter Biden's laptop, he consulted for a Nigerian-American businessman who tried to buy gold from a Congolese warlord.

From the Washington Examiner, police in Chicago arrest 61 people for allegedly throwing fireworks at them and dancing on their cars.

From The Federalist, three ways to start fixing Medicare, which is insolvent.

From American Thinker, why hydrogen can never be a true source of energy.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Michael McCaul (R-TX), Biden will "own" the "ugly images" coming from Afghanistan.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) embraces the Second Amendment.

From NewsBusters, a professor at the University of Canterbury accuses Twitter of censoring criticism of China.

From Canada Free Press, why do liberals support communist China?

From CBC News, Inuk leader and former ambassador Mary Simon is chosen to become Canada's first indigenous governor general.  (An Inuk is a singular Eskimo.  The plural form Inuit, which means "people", is what most Canadian Eskimos call themselves collectively.)

From TeleSUR, a Peruvian prosecutor opens a new investigation against recent presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. needs lorry drivers.  (A "lorry" is the U.K. equivalent of an American "truck".)

From the Express, in an attempt to derail U.K. Brexit Minister Lord Frost's Brexit strategy, E.U. Brexit  negotiator Michel Barnier talks with Elton John.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish government cannot guarantee that all fully vaccinated people will receive their E.U. in time for restored international travel.

From VRT NWS, young Belgian people about to travel abroad constitute most of those who test positive for the coronavirus.

From the NL Times, 6.5 people in the Netherlands have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, a suspect is at large after stabbing someone at the airport in Düsseldorf, Germany.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, Twitter bans a German politician for writing about increasing crime committed by migrants.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From ReMix, Germany and Austria have competing narratives about migrant crime.

From the CPH Post, the coronavirus infection rate is increasing in Denmark again.

From Free West Media, gangs blackmail business owners in Sweden.

From EuroNews, Sweden's parliament will vote to decide if caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Löfven can lead a new government.

From Polskie Radio, three people are injured when their helicopter crashes into a lake near Mikołajki, Poland.

From Radio Prague, Czechs mark the 606th anniversary of the death of Protestant reformer Jan Hus.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak police launch intensive border controls.

From Daily News Hungary, 40 policemen are needed to stop "crazy party people" in Siófok, Hungary.

From Euractiv, a court Belarus convicts former presidential candidate Viktor Babariko on corruption charges and gives him 14 years in prison.

From Russia Today, the wreckage of a Russian turboprop is found near the town of Palana in the Kamchatka Peninsula.

From Romania-Insider, Justice Minister Stelian Ion starts the procedures for dismantling Romania's Special Section after a recommendation from the Venice Commission.

From Novinite, Bulgarian police arrest three men for alleged vote-buying.

From the Greek Reporter, the Symposion on the Greek island of Santorini offers a combined experience of music and mythology.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for the start of accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia.

From Balkan Insight, Roma in Kosovo march to the Czech embassy in Pristina to call for an investigation of the death of a Roma man in Teplice, Czech Republic.

From Total Croatia News, Dubrovnik, Croatia records 8,000 visitors during the first weekend in July.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Dalmatinski Portal.)

From Total Slovenia News, about 1,200 competitors are expected for Slovenia's Ironman race this coming September.

From The Malta Independent, Malta's Labour Party launches "100 ideas".

From ANSA, the battle over Italy's homophobia bill rages on.

From SwissInfo, the delta variant accounts for about 30 percent of coronavirus cases in Switzerland.

From France24, some French health workers are reluctant to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From El País, the Spanish region of Catalonia introduces new restrictions on nightlife venues due to a sharp increase in coronavirus cases.

From The Portugal News, long lines for coronavirus vaccination are "expected" in Portugal.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's auto exports $3.9 billion during the first five months of 2021.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco receives a "dramatic increase in remittances" from its diaspora.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkish intelligence has captured a FETÖ terrorist in Central Asia.

From DuvaR, a teenage female handball player from Şanlıurfa, Turkey is forbidden to wear shorts or play on the boys' team during a visit to Ankara.

From Rûdaw, power failures in Iraq lead to increased demand for ice.

From Armenpress, according to Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan, recognition of the area's independence and restoration of its territorial integrity are a priority.

From In-Cyprus, 22 more illegal migrants of Arabic origin are found in Tyliria, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, three Iranian oil tankers are observed heading toward Syria.

From The961, Lebanese security personnel fight each other at a gas station.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, former Prime Minister Netanyahu was wrong to oppose Israel's citizenship law.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the Palestinian Authority kills and tortures dissenters as the Western media go Sgt. Schulz.

From the Egypt Independent, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan meet at Ethiopia starts its second dam filling.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia writes a letter to the U.N. Security Council accusing the Arab League of dam meddling.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia sends its largest Olympic delegation ever to this year's games in Tokyo.

From The New Arab, over 90,000 Syrian refugees plan to enter Turkey to observe Eid al-Adha.

From IranWire, according to a Taliban commander, Iran's Revolutionary Guards have their backs on the Iran-Afghanistan border.

From Dawn, according to Pakistan's army chief, the peace and prosperity in the province of Balochistan is the "bedrock" of the country's progress.

From Khaama Press, according to President Ashraf Ghani, the Taliban is responsible for ongoing bloodshed in Afghanistan.

From ANI, a station of the Delhi Metro offers India's first cashless parking.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government extends its coronavirus guidelines for mosques until July 14th.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's central bank offers a commemorative coin marking the 65th anniversary of its diplomatic relations with China.

From NME, an Indonesian minister calls for the game Fortnight to be banned due to the inclusion of a map showing a structure resembling the Kaaba in Mecca.  (If you read Indonesian, read the story at CNN Indonesia.)

From Jamie Glazov Productions, Anni Cyrus recounts her plight under sharia slavery.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian police are going after 69 people who left the island of Pulau Gaya ahead of the country's enhance movement control order.

From The Mainichi, the Sakae gallery in Nagoya, Japan displays a controversial "comfort women" statue.

From Gatestone Institute, what is China expecting to get from the Biden administration?

From The Stream, the Rainbow Religion "lets us become as gods".

From Space War, a German political scientist is charged with spying for China.

From The American Conservative, how the left wants to use postal voting to federalize elections.

From The Western Journal, boxing legend George Foreman had the perfect July 4th answer to the national anthem protesters.

From BizPac Review, do we still have property rights?

From the Daily Caller, Republican congresscritters warn red states against taking redistricting too far.

From The Daily Wire, when pressed about whether Russian President Putin is testing him with cyberattacks, U.S. President Biden walks off stage.

From ABC7, Chicago has a rough weekend.  (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, illegal migrants keep landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giornale.)

From Newsmax, convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti's request for a new trial is denied.

From the New York Post, New York City reopens its public libraries in three boroughs.

And from ABC News (where "A" stands for "Australian"), Russia forbids imported champagne from France from being called "champagne".

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