Tuesday Things - Part 2

As a warm sunny Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, climbers and skiers return to central Japan after the country lives its coronavirus state of emergency.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives the new ambassador from Japan.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia records its highest daily number of recoveries from the coronavirus.

From Free Malaysia Today, a deputy public prosecutor tells Malaysia's Federal Court that the death penalty is constitutional.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam wants more financial integration with the rest of China.

From Maldives Insider, the travel company Kuoni sees an upturn in bookings for 2021, almost two thirds being for trips to the Maldive Islands.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka establishes outdoor coronavirus screening centers.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka plans to reopen its school in four stages, starting on June 29th.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh is expected to surpass 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus this week.

From The Hans India, a magnitude-3.9 earthquakes hits in the Kashmir Valley in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From the Hindustan Times, as migrant workers return home, Indian states gear up to control the spread of the coronavirus.

From ANI, malls in Delhi reopen, but receive a "low footfall".

From India Today, along the Line of Actual Control between China and the Indian territory of Ladakh, troops from both countries take a step back.

From Khaama Press, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, NATO has enabled Afghan forces to fight against terrorism themselves.

From Dawn, dozens of people protest outside of a coronavirus isolation ward at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan to demand the release of an Awami National Party leader.

From The Express Tribune, the WHO recommends "intermittent, targeted" coronavirus lockdowns in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan orders action against an artificial shortage of gasoline.

From Radio Farda, the Iranian judiciary refutes its own spokesman on a spy's role in the killing of Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

From IranWire, what next for the two participants in a U.S./Iran prisoner exchange?

From The New Arab, a leading Bahraini human rights activist is freed from prison.

From StepFeed, in the shadows of the coronavirus pandemic, face masks become a trendy market.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia exceeds 3,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth straight day.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian cancels a purchase of 400,000 tonnes of wheat.  (I recently found out that a tonne, also known as a "metric ton", consists of 1,000 kilograms, and is thus somewhat larger than a ton, which consists of 2,000 pounds.  A kilogram is about 2.2 pounds.)

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt is worried that Ethiopian could do some dam procrastination.

From Egypt Today, according to Egypt's National Security Council, the invitation to resume the dam talks "came late".

From Arutz Sheva, for the second time, a plane from the UAE with assistance for the Palestinian Authority lands in Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's High Court of Justice strikes down a law that would have allowed the state to expropriate land owned by Palestinians where illegal settler homes were built.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli party Likud warns the High Court that striking down the Alternate Prime Minister Law would lead to new elections.

From YNetNews, violent protests break out in Jaffa, a part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, over the killing of an autistic Palestinian man by police in Jerusalem.

From The Syrian Observer, jihadists attack Syrian army posts in the region of Hama, but are repulsed.

From In-Cyprus, cruises visiting Cyprus will resume in late 2020 or in 2021.

From Tert, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan discusses joint projects with partners in the E.U.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Rûdaw, militants in the region of Idlib renew their offensive against Syrian government forces, as civilians protest both.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan announces the relaxing of coronavirus restrictions for people over 65 and people under 18.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities order the detention of 414 people, mainly military personnel, for alleged Gülen links.

From Morocco World News, Moroccans launch a petition expressing anger at a court decision to release an accused rapist.

From Samaa, a Muslim woman is trolled for loving dogs.

From Mission News Network, a Pakistani Christian couple has been in prison for seven years for text messages that allegedly insulted Mohammed and the Koran.

From Crisis Magazine, "the scourge of radical Islam", from Corpus Christi, Texas to Nigeria.

And from Gatestone Institute, "political correctness" in the U.K. shuts down discussion before it can begin.