Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As the rain continues on a wet Tuesday, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, despite criticism, Japan will back new coal-fired power plants in developing countries.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's health minister, the polio which infected a boy in Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia came from outside the country.

From Free Malaysia Today, stop blaming outsiders for disease, says an activist in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

From The Straits Times, an appeals court in Hong Kong rejects its government's bid to reinstate a ban on face masks.

From The Jakarta Post, police in North Sumatra investigate the discovery of 870 live bullets buried in a residential area.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan authorities arrest four people for allegedly trying to bring back the LTTE.

From the Colombo Page, a youth program put on by the U.S. embassy builds leadership skills across Sri Lanka.

From The Hans India, according to an editorial, India's Citizenship Bill "intends to spoil [the] spirit of oneness".

From the Hindustan Times, ration cards with the image of Jesus are printed in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

From ANI, according to the chief minister of the Indian state of Kerala, the Citizenship Bill is an attack on the secular and democratic character of India.

From India Today, visitors at the climate conference in Spain are immersed in simulations of the air pollution in Delhi, India.

From Khaama Press, the Asian Development Bank reaches its 2020 climate finance goal a year early.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urges the global community to act on India's allegedly illegal annexation of the part of Kashmir it controls.

From The Express Tribune, according to an aid to Pakistan's prime minister, the name of Maryam Nawaz cannot be removed from the Exit Control List without "concrete reasons".

From Pakistan Today, according to the information secretary of Nawaz Sharif's party, Pakistan is reaping the fruit of his work.

From Radio Farda, an opponent of Iran's supreme leader calls for election boycotts and more protests.

From IranWire, the story of a young unemployed Iranian man who was killed in a government crackdown on protests.

From StepFeed, in 2018, over 150,000 Lebanese citizens applied for a Schengen visa.

From The New Arab, small grassroots movements concerned about climate change emerge in the Middle East.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, Europe has a "serious leadership crisis".

From Turkish Minute, according to a study, the vast majority of Turkish LGBTs cannot reveal their identity in the workplace.

From Rûdaw, according to a Russian envoy, expanding the "safe zone" in Syria won't do any good.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's Supreme Court accepts an appeal from an Iranian asylum seeker.

From The Syrian Observer, an Italian TV network refuses to broadcast an interview with Syrian President Bashir al-Assad.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, a bloc comprising left-wing and Arab parties would win 60 seats in the Knesset.

From The Times Of Israel, a bill to disperse the Knesset and set new elections for March 2nd is filed in the Knesset.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran is reportedly building tunnels for weapons in Syria near its border with Iraq.

From YNetNews, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor from Israel testifies in Germany against a former Nazi SS concentration camp guard.

From the Egypt Independent, the world's largest solar power plant is due to open in Egypt's Aswan region.

From Egypt Today, four ways, all of which cost money, to become a naturalized Egyptian.

From Morocco World News, kidnappings in the Tindouf camps shed light on Algeria's role in the region of Western Sahara.

From Israel Islam & End Times, leaked information shows that anti-Semitism in the U.K.'s Labour Party is worse than previously thought.

From The National, an Islamic school in Sweden is closed over fears that its students were becoming radicalized.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian girl tells U.S. President Trump and other "Zionists" that her people "won't agree to our Jerusalem being defiled".

And from Gatestone Institute, a fake "translation" of the Koran is available in Norway.