Happy Easter, everyone. Today, Western Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Eastern Christians, such as Orthodox and Coptic believers, celebrate Palm Sunday today.) Because of this occasion, today's posting will be just one part and somewhat shorter overall than usual. Here are some things going on:
From National Review, Christians are an Easter people, "now more than ever".
From Townhall, five heartwarming stories for Easter during the coronavirus crisis.
From the Washington Examiner, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego (D) asks residents to report large gatherings to the police.
From The Federalist, maybe while in darkness "we're most aware of the resurrection".
From American Thinker, the Democrats put all their eggs into one basket case.
From NewsBusters, for Easter, ABC resurrects fake news about when President Trump was warned about the coronavirus.
From Canada Free Press, no news can ever match the news of the first Easter.
From CBC News, Canadians observe Easter as the coronavirus continues to cause grief and pain.
From The Conservative Woman, "let our homes become our church".
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the hospital as his fiancee praises the National Health Service.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish President Michael Higgins leads the commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising.
From RFI, the crew of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle go into quarantine due to a coronavirus outbreak.
From El País, Spain sets guidelines for workers going back to their jobs.
From SwissInfo, what Easter is Switzerland normally looks like.
From Free West Media, an Italian virologist is pessimistic about an exit from the coronavirus quarantine.
From EuroNews, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs in an empty Milan cathedral.
From The Brussels Times, the University of Ghent dismisses a professor who greeted police with a Nazi salute.
From the NL Times, the Netherlands sees a "steep fall" in new coronavirus cases.
From Deutsche Welle, gangs attack police officers trying to enforce social distancing in Frankfurt, Germany.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan migrant allegedly kills a woman with a beer bottle in Leipzig, Germany.
From the CPH Post, daycare centers, kindergartens and schools in Copenhagen will gradually start opening up on April 15th.
From Polskie Radio, Poland deploys military personnel to help fight the coronavirus.
From Daily News Hungary, the last Hungarian king died from a virus. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)
From Sputnik International, a Bosnian who played soccer for a Moscow-based team for 13 years points out that "vodka kills everything".
From Novinite, Bulgarian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday.
From the Greek Reporter, the Holy Light will arrive in Greece from Jerusalem under "very austere measures" due to the coronavirus.
From Voice Of Europe, Greek authorities suspect Turkish President Erdoğan of planning to send coronavirus-infected migrants into E.U. countries. (If you read Greek, read the story at Kathimerini.)
From Total Croatia News, the Glas Poduzetnika presents the findings of its survey on the 2020 tourist season.
From Total Slovenia News, an expat finds a way to help Slovenian businesses struggling due to the coronavirus.
From the Malta Independent, according to an NGO, a migrant boat has capsized in the Mediterranean south of Malta.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the oldest known carpet in the world belonged to Turkic people.
From Rûdaw, a couple in Najaf, Iraq gets police help to make their wedding happen.
From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli military unit converts oxygen tanks used for diving into ventilators.
From The Times Of Israel, the priestly blessing of Passover is held at the Western Wall in Jerusalem with 10 worshipers, including the U.S. ambassador to Israel.
From the Egypt Independent, Coptic Pope Tawadros II leads a Palm Sunday service at an Egyptian monastery with no one in attendance.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia bans gatherings of more than four people due to the coronavirus.
From The New Arab, a few priests celebrate Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
From IranWire, could a war between the U.S. and Iran break out in Iraq?
From Dawn, Pakistani Christians celebrate a "subdued" Easter.
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces kill the Taliban shadow governor for the province of Wardak.
From The Hans India, police arrest the media coordinator of the Jamia Coordination Committee for allegedly organizing protests against the Citizenship Act in Delhi, India.
From the Dhaka Tribune, police in Chittagong, Bangladesh use drones to enforce social distancing.
From the Colombo Page, according to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan government is committed to ensure justice to people who suffered from last year's Easter terror attack.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesians celebrate a "lonely but hopeful" Easter at home.
From The Straits Times, people in Hong Kong flout coronavirus rules by going to beaches, ferries and outlying islands.
From Free Malaysia Today, Christians in the Malaysian state of Sabah celebrate a subdued Easter.
From The Mainichi, the governor of the Japanese prefecture of Toyama vows to help boost the production of the anti-viral drug Avigan.
From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians during February 2020.
From The Stream, the resurrection offers hope that the coronavirus can't touch.
From the New York Post, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has some harsh words for the World Health Organization.
From WPVI-TV, a church in Sewell, New Jersey fills its pews with photos of its parishioners.
From The Washington Times, reports of a stockpile of 39 million face masks being discovered by a California labor union turn out to be fake.
From Reason, the duty of public officials to adhere to the law doesn't go away in a crisis.
And from Breitbart, amid the coronavirus crisis, Christians around the world observe an Easter "like no other".
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