On a partly cloudy and cool Friday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, what we've learned about viruses, China, public health and bats during the last month.
From FrontpageMag, the left is afraid that the coronavirus pandemic will encourage home schooling.
From Townhall, conservative journalist Tucker Carlson reveals what's behind Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's (D) "weird arbitrary fascism".
From The Washington Free Beacon, the pandemic has brought about a "viral center".
From the Washington Examiner, here's one thing that Governor Whitmer won't suspend.
From The Federalist, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the motives of the power-hungry elite.
From American Thinker, does President Trump really have the power to adjourn Congress.
From CNS News, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) warns against "power-grabbing leaders".
From LifeZette, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gets a bit vulgar while telling Senator Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) to fund the small business rescue loans.
From NewsBusters, late-night comedians "rage" at Trump but have no problem with Pelosi's ice cream.
From Canada Free Press, cowboys and ranchers start protests to reopen the American economy.
From CBC News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces aid for Canada's energy sector.
From Global News, Canada is flattening its coronavirus curve.
From CTV News, more on Canada's aid for its energy sector, along with aid to its arts and sports sectors.
From TeleSUR, the administration of Colombian President Ivan Duque allegedly disrespects health care workers.
From Morocco World News, can the coronavirus bring about a paperless Morocco?
From Hürriyet Daily News, people in Turkey swarm the streets ahead of the country's coronavirus curfew.
From Turkish Minute, according to İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkey's interior ministry is investigating opposition party mayors over their coronavirus relief efforts.
From Rûdaw, in Iraq, the U.S. military pulls out troops and deploys Patriot missiles.
From In-Cyprus, 6,146 people in Cyprus have donated blood since March 9th.
From The Syrian Observer, ISIS sets up a checkpoint near Deir ez-Zor, Syria and blows up a school.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett promises to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he doesn't keep his promises.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel is likely to permit outdoor prayer groups due to mounting anger from the ultra-Orthodox.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel tells the Palestinian Authority to "stop slandering us" or there will be repercussions.
From YNetNews, Israeli wildlife enjoys the absence of humans.
From the Egypt Independent, the Coptic Orthodox Church will broadcast its Resurrection Mass on TV, due to the coronavirus.
From Egypt Today, the Egyptian village of Kafr al-Agami is placed in a 14-day lockdown after six of its residents test positive for the coronavirus.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Egyptian public universities will resume their graduate classes online.
From the Saudi Gazette, thermal cameras are installed at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
From StepFeed, high fashion and local shisha kiosks both use WhatsApp.
From The New Arab, the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia decrees that Ramadan and Eid prayers must be done at home due to the coronavirus.
From Radio Farda, on Army Day, Iran parades medical equipment instead of military equipment.
From IranWire, Iran reportedly persecutes journalists for reporting on the coronavirus pandemic.
From Dawn, Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui blasts India's army chief for "irresponsible, false" accusations against Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, coronavirus "hotspots" in Karachi, Pakistan will be sealed due to a rise in local cases.
From Pakistan Today, according to the Pakistani prime minister's special assistant for health, linking all deaths in Karachi to the coronavirus would be "premature".
From Khaama Press, in the province of Kandahar, Afghan forces send four Taliban terrorists to their virgins.
From The Hans India, India's coronavirus lockdown has cut the country's demand for fuel in April by 50 percent from a year earlier.
From the Hindustan Times, in the district of Tonk in the Indian state of Rajasthan, a crowd attacks and injures five policemen who asked them to stay home during a curfew.
From ANI, the Indian state of Maharashtra lists "selected activities" to be permitted outside of coronavirus hotspots after April 20th.
From India Today, the booked but missing chief of Tablighi Jamaat puts out an audio recording in which he preaches patience.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's directorate general of nursing and midwifery orders all of its personnel to avoid speaking to the media without prior permission.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's coronavirus response must address violence against women and children.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities arrest a man for allegedly trying to sell a Fishing Cat kitten.
From Maldives Insider, the coronavirus lockdown in the Maldivian capital of Male is extended for two more weeks.
From Macau Business, Tunisian authorities arrest two men for allegedly trying to infect policemen with the coronavirus.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia will issue a larger tax break to 11 business sectors due to the coronavirus.
From The Straits Times, Vietnam cautiously eases its two-week coronavirus lockdown.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysian police will not arrest people who don't wear face masks while doing essential errands if they're not suspected of having the coronavirus.
From The Mainichi, Yokosuka, Japan asks tourists to stay away due to the coronavirus.
From Gatestone Institute, "why is Turkey embracing Hamas?"
From The Stream, "was the coronavirus Red China's Pearl Harbor attack?"
From WPVI-TV, New Jersey officials are hopeful that the coronavirus outbreak is leveling off, but still urge social distancing.
From Fox News, social media mobs go after Bill Gates after he criticizes the federal government's coronavirus response and withdrawal of funding for the WHO.
From Reason, President Trump undermines his own plan for reopening state economies in less than a day.
From the South China Morning Post, according to British scientists, the coronavirus outbreak may have started last September, and in China but not in Wuhan. (via The Blaze)
From TechRepublic, how a snowstorm in 2017 prepared a hospital system in Oregon for the coronavirus pandemic.
From the New York Post, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) wants to restart New York's economy if testing expands.
From Red State, why are we allowing groups funded by the Chinese Communist Party on campus?
From Breitbart, 15 Democrat congresscritters call for the small business relief fund to be replenished despite Speaker Pelosi's objections.
And from Twitchy, the site Mother Jones is worried about all those white guys on social media sounding off on the coronavirus.
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