Saturday, February 1, 2020

Stories For The Start Of February - Part 1

On a cold Saturday at the start of February, here are some things going on:

From National Review, does anyone care about the Democratic Iowa caucus?

From Townhall, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has an "interesting take" on acquitting the president.

From The Washington Free Beacon, "how Virginia became the front line in the fight over guns".

From the Washington Examiner, you've come a long way, ladies.

From American Thinker, instead of gun control, we might need Bernie-supporter control.

From LifeZette, a rich white Democrat trashes another rich white Democrat.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post calls House Manager Val Demings (D-FL) a "modern-day Wonder Woman".

From Canada Free Press, "are battle lines being drawn?"  (To continue with a certain song by Steven Stills, another line of which I've recently referred to, is nobody right, if everybody's wrong?)

From CBC News, at a Chinese New Year event, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warns against discrimination.

From Global News, ads by Canadian companies return to the Super Bowl.

From CTV, the Saugeen Ojibway Nation rejects a proposed nuclear waste storage facility near Kincardine, Ontario and Lake Huron.

From TeleSUR, Bolivia's government arrests two former ministers before they could board a plane leaving the country.

From The Mainichi, Japan bans the entry of foreigners who have visited the Chinese province of Hubei.

From the Borneo Post, about 40 Malaysian students have returned from China, mostly from Beijing.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak bans Chinese tourists from entering, but not Chinese who already have certain passes.

From The Straits Times, the death toll in China from the coronavirus rises to 259, with almost 12,000 cases being reported, as the U.S. imposes border controls.

From The Jakarta Post, three hospitals in the Riau Islands prepare for the arrival of Indonesians returning from Wuhan, China.

From the Daily Mirror, a woman from China who tested positive for the coronavirus in Sri Lanka has fully recovered.

From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructs Sri Lankan health authorities to explore indigenous and Western medicine to find a remedy for the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 10 Bangladeshis who have returned from Wuhan, China are under observation at two hospitals in Dhaka.

From The Hans India, 95 Indians who have returned from Wuhan, China are placed under observation.

From the Hindustan Times, an Indian student who returned from China "is recovering fast".

From ANI, according to Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh, protesters against the Citizenship Act need to rethink.

From India Today, Jamia Millia Islamia University warns its students against protesting on campus.

From Khaama Press, U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrives in Kabul.

From Dawn, in a "goodwill gesture", four boys who trespassed at a Hindu temple in Chhachhro, Pakistan are set free.

From The Express Tribune, Khalilzad praises Pakistan's role in helping the U.S. and the Taliban move toward a peace deal.

From Pakistan Today, China grants an 11-day visa extension to Pakistanis stranded in the city of Urumqi.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian singer is banned from giving concerts because of his political views.

From IranWire, can Iran learn anything from Afghanistan's electoral system?

From StepFeed, eight iconic photographs from the Arab world in 2019.

From The New Arab, an Iraqi man suspected of killing two police officers in Fallujah, Iraq while leading an al-Qaeda group is arrested in Phoenix, Arizona.

From Hürriyet Daily News, 42 Turkish citizens are evacuated from Wuhan, China.

From Turkish Minute, a court in İstanbul sentences 27 students to jail for protesting against a Turkish military operation in the Syrian region of Afrin.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, a library tent donated to anti-government protesters in Basra, Iraq survives an arson attempt.

From In-Cyprus, a Turkish research ship sails into Cyprus's maritine Exclusive Economic Zone.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses the World Zionist Conference on its elections.

From The Times Of Israel, for the fourth straight day, a rocket is fired from Gaza into Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu will convene an emergency meeting on the coronavirus.

From YNetNews, for two years, Israeli delegations have been quiety visiting Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia reach a dam operation agreement.

From Egypt Today, the Cairo Criminal Court sentences 37 terrorists to death.

From Morocco World News, the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy opens the bidding for the construction of a 400-megawatt solar power plant.

From Zaman Al Wasl, a former spokesman for the group Jaysh al-Islam is arrested in Marseille, France for alleged war crimes committed in Syria.

From Gatestone Institute, in Sweden, the hijab is the "look of the year".

From The Stream, an ad by Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood monetizes its hate for Vice President Pence.

From the New York Post, how the NFL's greed is ruining Super Bowl parties.

From CNN, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) boos former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D) at a campaign event for Senator Socialism (I-VT).  (via Twitchy)

From Breitbart, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell calls the Senate the "most serious structural flaw" in America's democracy.

From WPVI-TV, Italy remembers NBA legend Kobe Bryant "as a son, not as a star".

And from The Peedmont, convenience store network Sheetz and The Veil Brewing Company team up to create a regular unleaded beer.

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