Stories For The End Of July - Part 2

As a Friday on the last day of July hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, after being released by a judge in Dortmund, Germany, an Afghan accused of raping an underage girl allegedly rapes another girl.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's Social Democratic Party expels a former senator who had represented Berlin due to his alleged "Islamophobic" rhetoric.

From ReMix, there are reportedly 68,000 victims of FGM in Germany, which Minister for Family Affairs Franziska Giffey attributes to migration.

From the CPH Post, Denmark's National Board of Health recommends wearing masks while on crowded public transport.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Radio joins the #BohaterOn campaign to honor the heroes of the 1944 Warsaw uprising.  (The Polish word for "hero" is bohater.)

From Euractiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sides with LGBTs against six Polish towns.

From Radio Prague, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit the Czech Republic on August 11th and 12th.

From The Slovak Spectator, some news from Slovakia, including President Zuzana Čaputová vetoing three bills.

From Daily News Hungary, the Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest is ready to open a coronavirus testing center.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Turizmus.)

From Hungary Today, a traveler from Nigeria is caught at the Budapest airport with a kilo of drugs in his stomach.

From About Hungary, according to prime ministerial chief of staff Gergely Gulyás, the Hungarian government will maintain its coronavirus restrictions to prevent a second wave.

From Russia Today, the children's rights commissioner for the Russian region of Khabarovsk calls on parents to not take their children to protests.

From Sputnik International, Russia security agents thwart the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat in the region of Volgograd.

From The Moscow Times, three Russian villages are visited by camels released by an 83-year-old man who herded about 80 of them.

From Romania-Insider, classical music will be played at festivals in the homeland of Count Dracula.

From Novinite, police take down a drug lab in Yambol, Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, anti-government protesters keep blocking roads in Sofia, Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian parliament leaves its old building.

From Ekathimerini, financial strain and issues with migrants fuel tensions on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece considers new measures for dealing with the spread of the coronavirus.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, President Ilir Meta ratifies changes to Albania's electoral laws.

From Balkan Insight, a Serbian court sentences a drug baron for money laundering.

From Total Croatia News, a visit to the small town of Ludbreg, the home of the only certified miracle in Croatia.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia makes changes to its coronavirus safe list.

From the Malta Independent, doctors in Malta threaten to close clinics and discontinue outpatient appointments if mass events are not banned.

From Malta Today, Malta's health ministry limits religious pilgrimages to 100 people.

From ANSA, League Party lead Matteo Salvini calls the Italian senate's vote to put him on trial for his dealings with the NGO ship Open Arms "senseless injustice".

From The Portugal News, a Portuguese scientist in Macau, China looks for life on Mars.

From El País, the empowered women of medieval Spain.

From France24, several French cities announce new coronavirus measures as the number of cases rises.

From RFI, 100 hectares of forest is destroyed by a fire near Anglet, France.

From EuroNews, sales of champagne decrease by €1.7 billion due to the coronavirus crisis.

From VRT NWS, Belgian King Filip gives party leaders Bart De Wever and Paul Magnette another week to get talks to form a government on track.

From The Brussels Times, the Belgian city of Leuven and the KU Leuven launch a project to track the coronavirus in sewers.

From the NL Times, a convicted jihadist is arrested for allegedly financing terrorism.

From Dutch News, fewer refugees are seeking asylum in the Netherlands.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at CBS, which does not appear to be the U.S. based Columbia Broadcasting System.)

From the Express, the World War II-era truck mechanic on the U.K. throne and her husband will travel from Windsor Castle to Balmoral, but will have to avoid some events due to the coronavirus.

From the Evening Standard, 36 British subjects are nominated for peerages.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. government receives permission to appeal the ruling that ISIS bride Shamima Begum can return to the country.

From the (Irish) Independent, about 200 Muslims hold prayers for Eid at Croke Park in Dublin.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Green Party suspends the speaking rights of two of its dáilcritters because they voted against the government on a housing bill.  (A dáilcritter is the Irish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)

And from The Conservative Woman, is the post-Brexit U.K. headed for a "fake freedom"?

Stories For The End Of July - Part 1

As the rain returns on the last day of July, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how to teach U.S. history including the ugly and the beautiful.

From FrontpageMag, "cancel culture" is nothing new.

From Townhall, Seattle moves toward abolishing its police force.

From The Washington Free Beacon, teachers' unions come up with "bizarre" demands for reopening schools.

From the Washington Examiner, the White House slams Democrat congresscritters for rejecting "four different offers" for having jobless benefits extended.

From The Federalist, four trends from the French Revolution have started here in the U.S.

From American Thinker, the riots in Portland, Oregon really started in public schools.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Steve Scalise (R-LA), Democrats are wrong to suggest that there is no plan for the coronavirus.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) keeps funneling money to her husband's firm, even while under FEC investigation.

From NewsBusters, media networks conspire to protect Mr. Bill after newly released documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein emerge.

From Canada Free Press, the app WALTR2 allows iOS users to bypass iTunes.

From CBC News, a new coronavirus app is rolled out in the Canadian province of Ontario.

From Global News, when in Toronto, beware the speed cameras.

From CTV News, the Canadian navy takes a "long-awaited" Arctic warship into its fleet.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela signs an agreement with the Pan American Health Organization to access resources in the fight against the coronavirus.

From The Mainichi, a shrine in Nagato, Japan famed for its 123 gates will reopen on August 1st.  (Due to the time difference, it may already be August 1st in Japan when I click the "publish" button for this post.)

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam reports its first death from the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, police will monitor compliance with Malaysia's Standard Operating Procedure during the Islamic feast Aidiladha.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian health ministry replaces the term "social distancing" with "physical distancing", claiming that the latter term is more accurate.  (I've already come to realize that the term "social distancing" was coined by leftists.  Otherwise, it might be "physical distancing" or "medical distancing".)

From The Straits Times, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recommends cleaning face masks with gasoline.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo supports the island of Bali's decision to reopen for domestic tourists.

From Maldives Insider, celebrating Bodu eid in the Maldive Islands.

From the Daily Mirror, an officer of the Sri Lanka Tea Board gets into hot water.

From the Colombo Page, a court in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka sentences a former deputy prime minister and two other defendants to death over the murder of an election supporter.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges everyone in Bangladesh "to be imbued with" the "essence of Eid-ul-Azha".

From The Hans India, a teenager in Hyderabad, India raises money to feed stray dogs during the coronavirus pandemic

From the Hindustan Times, the territorial government of Jammu and Kashmir extends the detention of a former chief minister.

From ANI, the Bhagja Laxmi Tempe in Hyderabad, India is decked up for the Varalakshmi vrat festival.

From India Today, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a woman is forced to carry her husband across her shoulders as punishment for an alleged extramarital affair.

From Dawn, the family of a Pakistani girl killed in a mass shooting in the U.S. establish a foundation in her memory for providing university scholarships to poor Pakistani women.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani Province of Sindh extends the Eidul Azha holiday.

From Radio Farda, according to letters leaked from Iran's judiciary, the government ignored request to provide prisons with coronavirus aid.

From IranWire, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei admits that sanctions have been effective, but insists that his regime will still survive.

From The New Arab, barbers and hair salons reopen in Qatar.

From the Saudi Gazette, 2,050 people are arrested for allegedly illegally trying to enter holy sites in Mecca.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia has so far planted 4.1 billion trees of its intended 5 billion.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian security authorities investigate the theft of parts stolen from the wreckage of ships sunken in the Red Sea.

From Egypt Today, some Egyptians reportedly broke their Arafa Day fast five minutes too early due to a social media telecast.  (Arafa Day is the day before Eid al-Adha.)

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu insists that he will not be stopped by "incitement and hatred".

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli archaeology professor claims that some male figurines from the 9th and 10th centuries BC are images of Yahweh.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to retired General Gershon HaCohen, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza was an "absolute mistake".

From YNetNews, protests against Netanyahu heat up, but their sustainability is unclear.

From The Syrian Observer, a notice that TSO will not publish any articles today because it is Eid al-Adha.

From In-Cyprus, the center of Nicosia, Cyprus will be closed for road repairs.

From Panorama, according to Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, military actions by Azerbaijan in the region of Tavush show that it has failed.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Rûdaw, according to Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on June 6th, 2021.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkish and Greek officials will meet in Ankara.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's National Food Safety Authority announces measures to assure that Eid Al Adha takes place "under the best possible conditions".

From BBC News, at least 17 people are killed in a car bomb explosion in the Afghan province of Logar.

From The Asian Age, Hajj pilgrims through sanitized stones at Satan.

From Gatestone Institute, "systemic hypocrisy".

From The Stream, how not to be fooled by coronavirus claims from the media.

From WPVI-TV, a Marine amphibious assault vehicle sinks off the coast of California, resulting in one Marine being killed and eight others missing.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) calls a statue of Father Damien "what patriarchy and white supremacist culture look like".

From the eponymous site of Wayne Dupree, newly released documents suggest that FBI Director James Comey and prosecutor Robert Mueller had "piles of evidence" against Epstein but did nothing.  (via LifeZette)

From the Daily Caller, one of Epstein's accusers gave the FBI a photo of herself with U.K. Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011.

From The American Conservative, let's talk about the slavery that's going on right now.

From The Daily Signal, we're having a "summer of cultural suicide".

From NBC News, three people including a teenager are charged over a hacking attack against Twitter.

From the New York Post, stop complaining about New York City's outdoor dining arrangements.

And from the Carroll Times Herald, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) allegedly picks on her opponent's dog, who shares his name with a famous drummer.

Thursday Tidings - Part 2

As a warm cloudy Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, the Moroccan art of Boucherouite gets an eco-conscious makeover.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey is ready for a meeting with Greece.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish public institutions will devise domestic messaging apps to replace foreign ones.

From Rûdaw, a car bomb kills three people at a Turkish checkpoint in northeastern Syria.

From Armenian News, according to the chief pathologist of Yerevan, it's "too early" to predict a "coronavirus retreat" in Armenia.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, a boat carrying about 10 migrants is seen heading toward the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus.  (The article calls the area occupied by Turkey the "breakaway north".)

From The Syrian Observer, several Russian air defense personnel are seen in the Syrian governorate of Homs.

From Arutz Sheva, about 1,000 protesters demonstrate in front of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence.

From The Times Of Israel, protests against Netanyahu have no clear leader, which is "how activists like it".

From The Jerusalem Post, protests against Netanyahu are planned for the U.S. and the U.K.

From YNetNews, in the West Bank, Eid al-Adha sacrifices "plummet" as coronavirus cases "soar".

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi approves a ban on retired army officers running in elections.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian police are deployed to keep Eid Al-Adha safe.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, a U.N. funding shortfall impedes support for refugees in Ethiopia.

From the Saudi Gazette, according to Saudi Arabian Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, 60,000 personnel are serving the Hajj pilgrims.

From The New Arab, a consortium backed by Saudi Arabian government money withdraws its bid to take over the soccer team Newcastle United.

From Radio Farda, Iranian media name possible candidates in the country's 2021 presidential election.

From IranWire, as more people in Iran die from the coronavirus, their government plans for religious ceremonies to continue.

From Dawn, the Pakistani senate passes an anti-terrorism act.

From The Express Tribune, protesters torch a quarantine center in Chaman, Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, resulting in two people being killed.

From The Hans India, floods get worse in the Indian state of Bihar.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Manipur extends its coronavirus lockdown until August 6th.

From ANI, the Indian state of Kerala allows Eid al-Adha prayers to take place in mosques with a limited number of people present.

From India Today, the five-acre site allotted for a mosque in Ayodhya, India has so far not seen any development.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Ganges River starts receding in Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, police in Meegoda, Sri Lanka apprehend three suspected suspected drug traffickers - two humans and one eagle.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests a suspect who was allegedly smuggling 1,000 pounds of tumeric.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldives uses a webinar to brief Indian agents on safety measures for travelers.

From Republic World, the man gunned down in a Pakistani courtroom after being charged with blasphemy was an American citizen.

From The Jakarta Post, a female motorcycle taxi driver fights off two robbers in Bekasi, Indonesia.

From The Straits Times, more people will be allowed at weddings, wakes and funerals in Singapore starting on August 4th.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board invents the world's first automated bagworm detector.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian and Singaporean prime ministers meet to seal their agreement to construct a rapid transit system.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam's border guard force resolves to stop illegal entry into the country.

From The Mainichi, researchers at the Shiga University of Medical Science in Otsu, Japan create coronavirus symptoms in macaques.

From BBC, according to Amnesty International, Yazidi children are still haunted by ISIS.

And from Gatestone Institute, is China sending seeds to the U.S. in a biological attack?

Thursday Tidings - Part 1

On the last Thursday of July, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump makes himself look weak by calling for the 2020 elections to be delayed.

From FrontpageMag, you can't get canceled for anti-Semitism, but for philo-Semitism.

From Townhall, the Sierra Club shows the phoniness of cancel culture by decrying its own "racist" founder.

From The Washington Free Beacon, some prominent Democratic senate challengers aren't saying much about D.C. statehood.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Pence's motorcade has some problems in Pennsylvania.

From The Federalist, the key to restoring America is civilizational confidence.

From American Thinker, America's immigration problem is even worse than you think it is.

From CNS News, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) mandates that all congresscritters wear masks while in the House chamber.

From LifeZette, Pence endorse a former Navy Seal running for congress in Wisconsin.

From NewsBusters, an experiment by CBS shows how problematic main-in ballots can be.

From Canada Free Press, could voter ID work if voters are wearing masks and goggles?

From CBC News, three of the questions which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have to answer today.

From Global News, what is open and closed in Guelph, Ontario, Canada on John Galt Day?

From CTV News, Canada's Supreme Court agrees to hear the appeal of a comedian who was fined for joking about drowning a disabled boy.

From TeleSUR, Brazil reopens its borders to travelers arriving by air, but extends for 30 days a ban on arrivals by land or sea.

From The Portugal News, Portugal will allow bars and clubs to reopen on August 1st.

From El País, the Spanish government allocates money for exhumations from mass graves.

From EuroNews, Catalan politicians plan to sue the former head of Spain's intelligence agency for an alleged phone hack.

From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity shoots up after the E.U. reaches an agreement on its coronavirus stimulus package and he reshuffles his cabinet.

From RFI, a high-risk coronavirus cluster is identified in Quiberon, France, a popular vacation destination.

From SwissInfo, a Swiss prosecutor opens criminal proceedings against the president of FIFA.

From ANSA, the Italian senate authorizes a trial for League party leader Matteo Salvini for his dealing with the NGO ship Open Arms when he was interior minister.

From ReMix, migrants arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa with sun hats, iphones and a poodle.

From the Malta Independent, Health Minister Chris Fearne announces new limits on mass events in Malta and a ban on peace marches.

From Malta Today, the Maltese government will quarantine illegal irregular migrants at sea due to the coronavirus.

From Total Slovenia News, wine dumped into a stream near Gornja Radgona, Slovenia kills fish and gets land animals drunk.

From Total Croatia News, the island of Lokrum, near Dubrovnik, Croatia, is clean and magical.  (My tour group spent some time on Lokrum during my 2007 trip to Croatia.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič is close to deciding the composition of his new government.

From Balkan Insight, the socialist-led Albanian parliament changes the country's constitution, thus ignoring protests.

From Ekathimerini, a missing 13-year-old girl from Syria is found in Thessaloniki, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, a dig at the ancient Greek Asclepion at the site of Epidaurus discovers previously unseen layers of history.

From Novinite, protesters continue to block the Orlov Most in Sofia, Bulgaria.  (In most, if you'll pardon the pun, of the Slavic languages, the word most means "bridge".)

From The Sofia Globe, President Roumen Radev vetoes some proposed changes to Bulgaria's Subsurface Resources Act.

From Radio Bulgaria, some voices from anti-government protesters in Bulgaria.

From Euractiv, more on Bulgarian protesters blocking roads and bridges.

From Romania-Insider, according to CEPA analyst Janusz Bugajski, Romania could be hosting some of the U.S. troops relocated from Germany.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)

From Russia Today, a former U.S. marine gets nine years in Russian prison for assaulting two policemen in Moscow.

From Sputnik International, Russian security authorities arrest a Black Sea Fleet officer for allegedly working for Ukrainian intelligence.

From The Moscow Times, all you need to know about Russian mercenaries in Belarus.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian government maintains its coronavirus restrictions in order to prevent a second wave.

From Hungary Today, starting on August 1st, the Hungarian government will no longer pay for coronavirus tests.  (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Napi.)

From About Hungary, 21 illegal migrants and their two smugglers are caught near Győr, Hungary.

From The Slovak Spectator, a crypt containing hundreds of skeletons is found at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Žilina, Slovakia.

From Radio Prague, Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtěch plans for up to 25,000 coronavirus tests per day.

From Polskie Radio, Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak expects more U.S. soldiers to be stationed in Poland.

From the CPH Post, a spike in coronavirus cases is reported at a Danish Crown slaughterhouse in Ringsted, Denmark.

From Deutsche Welle, the coronavirus leads to a record decrease in Germany's GDP.

From Free West Media, the left wing mayor of Frankfurt am Main panders to a BLM mob, to no avail.

From the NL Times, face masks will be mandatory in parts of the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam starting on August 5th.

From Dutch News, the 27th mink farm in the Netherlands is hit by the coronavirus.

From VRT NWS, could Brussels get a coronavirus curfew like Antwerp did?

From The Brussels Times, according to Brussels Mayor Philippe Close, it's "about time" that access to coronavirus tests became easier.

From the Express, the Catholic Church warns that a new hate crime law proposed by the Scottish National Party could make owning a Bible illegal.

From the Evening Standard, parliamentcritter Diane Abbott slams a decision by a museum to keep a statue of slave trader Robert Greffrye.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a watchdog reprimands U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allegedly misleading parliament.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland sees new "significant outbreaks" of coronavirus cases.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, there is no guarantee that Irish pubs will be allowed to reopen on August 10th.

From The Conservative Woman, city councillors in Cardiff, Wales pay more attention to a statue than to the future of children.

From The Stream, "we are reclaiming our time".

From The Oregonian, the "Wall if Moms" in Portland, Oregon is accused of "anti-Blackness" by a black-run organization.  (via The Daily Wire)

From Breitbart, Twitter admits that "mistakes were made" in censoring a Tweet by Tim Tebow.

From the Daily Caller, Taylor Swift responds to accusations that she stole the logo for her Folklore album from a black-owned business.

From WPVI-TV, two more Philadelphia Phillies staffers test positive for the coronavirus.

From the New York Post, President Trump offers to pay for the funeral of army soldier Vanessa Guillen, who was found dead after disappearing from Fort Hood.

And from CNBC, businessman and former presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from the coronavirus at age 74.

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 2

On the last Wednesday of July, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a taxi driver from Somalia rams into pedestrians in Borlänge, Sweden.

From the CPH Post, the candy producer Haribo faces controversy for face-shaped pieces of liquorice.  (If you read Danish, read the story at Ekstra Bladet.)

From Deutsche Welle, the U.S. plans to withdraw or relocate troops now stationed in Germany.

From Euractiv, ten members of a banned Turkish communist party are sentenced to jail by a court in Munich.

From the NL Times, a shipment of €3 million worth of iphones is stolen at Schiphol airport.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands has no plans to make face masks mandatory, except on public transportation.

From VRT NWS, the latest figures show another increase in new coronavirus cases in Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium does not rule out curfews for cities other than Antwerp, which already has one.

From the Express, U.S.-born Duchess Meghan Markle is forced to pay £67,888 in legal costs in her suit against the Mail.

From the Evening Standard, the origin of the huge "sarsen" stones at Stonehenge is revealed.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a 21-year-old worker for the U.K.'s National Health Service is injured when car is deliberately driven into him in the city of Bristol.

From the (Irish) Independent, 80 pubs are found to have violated Ireland's coronavirus rules.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and junior Enterprise Minister Robert Troy will meet with former workers at the store Debenhams.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Guarda Nacional Republicana records 167 for illegal camping and caravaning.

From El País, a court in the Spanish region of Catalonia suspends a flexible prison scheme for jailed Catalan separatist leaders.

From France24, French Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin sparks anger with his choice of words about claims of police brutality.

From RFI, according to "far-right" leader Marine Le Pen, the French government lied about and concealed its failures in dealing with the coronavirus.

From SwissInfo, how carbon dioxide from Swiss trash could end up at the bottom of the North Sea.

From ANSA, Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte defends extending Italy's coronavirus state of emergency.

From the Malta Independent, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela, Malta has made a historic day for the rule of law and democracy by approving constitutional reforms.

From Malta Today, Maltese Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli shuns an outright ban on mass events, but does not rule out limiting the numbers of people attending them.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's National Blood Transfusion Center calls for donations of plasma from former coronavirus patients.

From Total Croatia News, visitors to a beach in Crikvenica, Croatia can get French fries from a vending machine.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonia's defense and foreign ministers attend the Symi International Symposium in Athens and Lagonisi, Greece.

From Balkan Insight, Amnesty International urges Serbia to drop its investigations of NGOs critical of its government.

From Ekathimerini, according to Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Greece will discuss with Turkey only issues related to its continental shelf and sea zones.

From the Greek Reporter, according to Citizens Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis house parties in Greece will be limited to 40 people.

From Novinite, the supply of water from the Maritsa River in Bulgaria is interrupted after 28 cows die after drinking near the river.

From The Sofia Globe, anti-government protesters block roads in several Bulgarian cities.

From Radio Bulgaria, protesters stay in tents in front of a government building in Sofia, Bulgaria.

From Romania-Insider, Romanians are required to wear masks at crowded outdoor venues due to the coronavirus.

From Russia Today, according to a new study, almost 50 percent of Russians believe that the U.S. moon landing was fake.

From Sputnik International, video footage shows Belarusian BTR-80 armored vehicles getting into a fender bender in Minsk.

From The Moscow Times, a woman in Barabinsk, Russia is found guilty of assaulting a police officer with a package of fish.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary permits aerial pesticide spraying to be used against mosquitoes.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Napi.)

From Hungary Today, the Kékszalag Regatta on Lake Balaton in Hungary starts today.  (By the time I post this, today's stage will probably be over, due to the time difference between here and there.)

From About Hungary, agricultural projects kick off in south-central Hungary between the Danube and Tisza rivers.

From The Slovak Spectator, a new souvenir gold coin is issued having the motif of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia.  (I stayed in Banská Štiavnica during my trip there in 2000.)

From Radio Prague, during his first public appearance in a month, Czech President Miloš Zeman appoints 33 new judges.

From Polskie Radio, Poland is ready to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

From EuroNews, E.U. funding is withheld from six Polish towns over their "LGBTQ-free" zones.

From ReMix, according to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the alliance between Poland and Hungary can counterbalance the BLM movement.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hírlap.  As far as I can tell, there is no link to any Polish language source with this story.)

From The Conservative Woman, the millions of people held in modern-day slavery should be freed.

And from Snouts in the Trough, three stories about figurative sheep and literal goats.

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 1

Now that I have returned from wandering in a forest like a good Sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrat congresscritters make a mockery of Attorney General Barr's "hearing".

From FrontpageMag, the problem is not Islamophobia, but Islamophilia.

From Townhall, one Democrat congresscritter from Pennsylvania couldn't even remember the point on which she was questioning Barr.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) donates to a candidate challenging congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in the Democratic primary.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, Barr is right in that we should all oppose armed mobs.

From The Federalist, getting rid of police or President Trump will only cause more rioting.

From American Thinker, we're sick of being lectured to.

From CNS News, the USDA warns against planting seeds sent from China in unsolicited packages.

From LifeZette, a Democrat city councilwoman in Portland Oregon tries to fine the federal government for protecting a federal courthouse.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Alisyn Camerota fumes after a black Trump supporter calls out former Vice President Biden's racist comments.

From Canada Free Press, be sure to wear your face mask on election day.

From CBC News, even without the coronavirus, the outlook for Canada's oil sands will keep getting dimmer.

From Global News, Canucks and Yanks will be flying over Toronto tomorrow.

From CTV News, drivers in the Canadian province of British Columbia get hassled if they have U.S. license plates.  (I once drove my Maryland-plated car to Montreal without any problems, but that was a while back.)

From TeleSUR, the E.U. sends medical equipment to Ecuador and El Salvador to help their fight against the coronavirus.

From The Mainichi, a court in Hiroshima, Japan rules that healthcare benefits should be extended to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" after the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack.

From Vietnam Plus, the oil and gas company PetroVietnam fulfills its plans to increase its reserves ahead of schedule.

From the Boreno Post, according to Malaysia's health director-general, the country's Movement Control Order will be re-enforced if local coronavirus transmission escalates.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak postpones the reopening of over 200 schools due to coronavirus concerns.

From The Straits Times, China denies harboring fugitive financier Jho Low, wanted by both Malaysia and the U.S.

From The Jakarta Post, according to Indonesia's education ministry, 79 cities and regencies are violating the country's protocols for school reopening.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a bomb explodes at a police station in the Pallabi area of Dhaka, injuring five people.

From the Daily Mirror, according to a former Sri Lankan intelligence director, the mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack who authorities think it was.

From the Colombo Page, China donates 50,000 face masks to the Sri Lankan drivers of three-wheeled vehicles.

From Maldives Insider, the resort company Universal Enterprises donates two PCR coronavirus tests to the Maldivian government.

From The Hans India, India issues guidelines for reopening metro rails, schools and cinemas.

From the Hindustan Times, Barauni, Andhra Pradesh, India celebrates "Diwali" as India's new French-made fighter jets arrive, since it is the ancestral town of one of the pilots.

From ANI, two people are detained Cachar, Assam, India for allegedly possessing exotic animals.

From India Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets India's new jets with a Tweet in Sanskrit.

From Dawn, an elderly accused of blasphemy is gunned down in a court in Peshawar Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, according to power minister Omar Ayub, the city of Karachi is being provided with the least expensive electricity in Pakistan.

From Radio Farda, following an uproar, Iran reverses a decision to give public lands around Damavand Mountain to a religious endowment.

From IranWire, an Iranian woman whom you should know is school headmistress Tuba Azmudeh.

From The New Arab, a journalist is detained in Algeria's latest crackdown on speech.  (What are these "freedoms of speech and the press" you speak of?)

From the Saudi Gazette, the Hajj begins are pilgrims converge on the tent city of Mina in Saudi Arabia.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Ethiopian opposition hold talks about security, peace and the new dam.

From the Egypt Independent, what will be the world's largest spinning factory will open in Egypt in 2021.

From Egypt Today, according to Egypt's foreign ministry, President Abdel El Sisi's dam remarks indicate that he expects to reach a fair deal with Sudan and Ethiopia.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an op-ed, the Arch of Titus in Rome, built to commemorate his destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, should stand.

From The Time Of Israel, the IDF tries hard not to embarrass Hezbollah.

From The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Netanyahu tells world leaders that Israel intends to conduct mass testing for the coronavirus.

From YNetNews, Israelis protest in front of Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence by reading Tisha B'Av prayers.

From The Syrian Observer, disputes between the governorates of Daraa and Suweida prevent crops from being harvested in al-Qrayya, Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus announces a mass coronavirus testing program.

From Panorama, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the coronavirus situation in Armenia has improved.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Rûdaw, a wildfire that burned parts of the Iraqi province of Sulaimani for four days is put out.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish parliament passes a law to regulate content on social media.

From Turkish Minute, six more Turkish parliamentcritters test positive for the coronavirus.

From Morocco World News, seven ways to make the Eid al Adha holiday special and exciting despite the coronavirus pandemic.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians happily accept funds from the West, but still vote for jihad.

From The Stream, why are former gays and former transgenders regarded as such threats?

From Space Daily, a report on the state of the space industrial base.

From The Daily Signal, according to the leader of the House Republican Study Committee, congress is "now spending our grandchildren's future".

From the Daily Caller, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) comes out against the Republican coronavirus stimulus package.

From The Daily Wire, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) and acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf dispute whether federal agents are leaving Portland.

From Breitbart, the U.S. economy has suffered greatly due to the coronavirus pandemic, but not as badly as media headlines suggest.

From the New York Post, Attorney General Barr will be tested after coming into contact with congresscritter Louie Gomert (R-TX) who recently contracted the coronavirus.

From WPVI-TV, the warning period for speeding on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia is about to expire.

And from CheckYourFact, a section of border wall in Texas was blown over, but not by Hurricane Hanna.

Tuesday Things - Part 2

As a very warm Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, videos show a lack of social distancing and mask wearing at Moroccan livestock markets prior to Eid Al Adha.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey suspends its oil drilling in the eastern Mediterranean as a "goodwill gesture".

From Rûdaw, a large wildfire in the Iraqi province of Sulaimani persists for a second day.

From Panorama, 59 babies recover from the coronavirus at the Muratsan hospital complex in Yerevan, Armenia.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, the normalization of racist speech in Cyprus must end.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian military shoots down an alleged Israeli "spy balloon" near Damascus.

From Arutz Sheva, left-wing protesters block the Ayalon Freeway in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, hundreds of protesters picket the home of Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana after he tells police to quash rallies against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Knesset approves a "safety net" program to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

From YNetNews, Israeli's coronavirus czar presents a plan to combat the pandemic.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi rules out any dam military action.

From Egypt Today, ancient Egyptian pharaohs were the first people to discover gold.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to a new report, the Ethiopian government's recent reforms will boost the country's tourism industry.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian security forces are ready to keep the Hajj hassle-free.

From StepFeed, the founders of Spotii explore strategies to retain customers.

From The New Arab, ISIS occupies four villages in Egypt's Sinai region.

From Radio Farda, U.S. bases in the UAE and Qatar go on alert after Iranian missiles hit nearby waters.

From IranWire, an activist who signed a statement calling for the resignation of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei is imprisoned and threatened with death.

From Dawn, Pakistani opposition parties are reportedly "on one page" in their anti-government effort.

From The Express Tribune, according to his doctors, stepping out could be fatal for former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

From The Hans India, according to some intelligence reports, the Pakistani agency ISI was planning an attack on the new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, India.

From the Hindustan Times, one in three tigers in India lives outside the country's reserves.

From ANI, India approves the satellite tracking of its trains.

From India Today, according to experts, high altitude and ultraviolet exposure keep the number of coronavirus cases low in the Indian territory of Ladakh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to a study, air pollution in Bangladesh reduces life expectancy by seven years.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's United National Party expels 54 members.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan police seize numerous illegal firearms.

From Maldives Insider, the Sheraton Maldives resort, the organization Reefscapers, and local authorities team up to save Maldivian coral reefs.

From The Jakarta Post, critics slam Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's plan to buy "outdated" fighter jets from Austria.

From The Straits Times, a driver in Singapore who dragged a policeman 100 meters with his Maserati gets 55 months in jail and a lifetime driving ban.  (As Joe Walsh put it, "my Maserati does 185, I lost my license, now I don't drive".)

From the Borneo Post, former Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak gets 12 years in jail for criminal breach of trust and other offenses.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to his lawyer, Najib Razak can stay in the Malaysian parliament pending his appeal.

From Vietnam Plus, 8 million face masks will be distributed to Vietnamese healthcare workers, police officers and border guards, and to people in need.

From The Mainichi, the first civilians in 104 years visit the off-limits island of Jajima, near Maizuru, Japan.

And from Gatestone Institute, the Iranian mullahs are excited.

Tuesday Things - Part 1

On the last (very warm) Tuesday of July, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the socialists are on the march.

From FrontpageMag, protests that are truly peaceful don't become violent.

From Townhall, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) plays a disturbing but powerful video during the start of Attorney General Bill Barr's session before the House Judiciary Committee.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why the left fears Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark).

From the Washington Examiner, Barr faults Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) for calling federal officers "storm troopers" and faults congresscritter Jerry Nadler (D-NY) for conflating civil unrest and violent crime.

From The Federalist, it is not President Trump, but the resistance that needs to learn how to accept election results.

From American Thinker, Democrats start to realize that they could be blamed for the riots.

From CNS News, Senator Cotton gives the left another reason to fear him.

From LifeZette, the fake Steele Dossier is from the Democrats, not Russia.

From NewsBusters, one professional rocker opposes BLM.

From Canada Free Press, patriotic U.S. doctors break down the social media barrier.

From CBC News, the brothers who founded WE Charity defend their intentions for doing so.

From Global News, the Royal Bank of Canada agrees to buy electricity from a new solar farm in the province of Alberta.

From CTV News, a vast section of back country in Alberta is reportedly being overused and trashed by tens to thousands of campers.

From TeleSUR, workers in Bolivia reject a delay in their country's elections.

From The Conservative Woman, don't fall for the narrative about the coronavirus's "second wave".

From the Express, U.K. Brexit negotiator David Frost tells his E.U. counterpart Michel Barnier to "take it or leave it".

From the Evening Standard, British activist Tommy Robinson says that he and his family are not in the U.K. and wish to relocate.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cycling initiative is welcomed, but some say that it needs more money than the £2 billion currently allotted.

From the (Irish) Independent, statues of two shackled slave girls will be removed from outside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin defends his "phantom pay cut".

From VRT NWS, the Belgian province of Antwerp is placed under a curfew and other measures in response in to a new surge in coronavirus cases.

From The Brussels Times, what new coronavirus measures will be introduced in Belgium tomorrow?

From the NL Times, the location of Vincent van Gogh's last painting is discovered in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

From Dutch News, according to Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge, mass testing has made the coronavirus visible.

From Deutsche Welle, how German airports intend to stop the coronavirus with testing.

From the CPH Post, a record 70,000 students are admitted to higher education in Denmark.

From ReMix, a migrant who killed a 17-year-old Swedish girl avoids deportation.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at SamhällsNytt.  I remember Voice Of Europe, before it stopped publishing, linking to several stories from ReMix, so I thought that Remix could replace Voice Of Europe as a multinational European source.)

From Polskie Radio, the foreign ministers of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine meet to discuss regional security and their efforts against the coronavirus.

From Radio Prague, a pine tree in Chudobín, Czech Republic that won the European Tree of the Year for 2020 may be older than previously thought.

From The Slovak Spectator, what Košice, Slovakia can learn from Brno, Czech Republic and Tartu, Estonia.

From Daily News Hungary, the one place for everything to be done in Budapest.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Travelo.)

From Hungary Today, five dogs and a goat packed in bags are rescued from a car parked at a mall in Budapest.

From About Hungary, Hungarian police detain nine illegal migrants and two people smugglers on the M7 motorway.  (Once again, we see how migrants are not merely migrating, but are being smuggled.)

From Russia Today, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses summits such as the G-7 or G-8 as "obsolete platforms".

From Sputnik International, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claims to have been infected with the coronavirus asymptomatically.

From The Moscow Times, according to a poll, almost half of Russians support anti-government protests in the country's Far East.

From Romania-Insider, the race for mayor of Bucharest becomes more complicated.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, Plovdiv, Bulgaria will remove sandboxes from its kindergartens because they can cause infection.

From The Sofia Globe, 8,000-year-old skeletons are found at the Slatina archaeological site in Sofia.

From Radio Bulgaria, anti-government protests in Sofia reach their 20th day.

From Ekathimerini, the mayor of Kythira, Greece files an indictment over a fire that ravaged the island in 2017.

From the Greek Reporter, the Melissani Cave and lake on the Greek island of Kefalonia impresses visitors with its turquoise waters.  (This sounds similar to the Blue Grotto on the Italian island of Capri.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Slovenia and Croatia do not see any need to tighten their border measures.

From Balkan Insight, over 20 Albanian election officials are arrested for alleged vote manipulation occurring in 2017.

From EuroNews, Serbia starts an investigation into the finances of rights groups and people critical of the government.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Speaker Gordan Jandroković asks his fellow parliamentcritters to keep their masks on.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's Constitutional Court stays a decree to change the name of Titova Road in the municipality of Radenci.

From the Malta Independent, of 94 migrants brought into Malta yesterday, 65 test positive for the coronavirus and are quarantined.

From Malta Today, Malta's governing and opposition parties agree on some constitutional amendments.

From ANSA, former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini criticizes the Italian government over runaway migrants and defends his decision to prevent the rescue ship Open Arms from docking.

From SwissInfo, according to Swiss researchers, a protein produced by the human immune system can help stop the coronavirus.

From France24, Tunisian-born French lawyer and defender of women's rights Gisèle Halimi dies peacefully after reaching her 93rd birthday.

From RFI, two French tourist sites are reclassified as regional parks.

From El País, a court strikes down Madrid's low-emission zone due to technicalities.

From The Portugal News, the Azores reports six new coronavirus cases in one day.

From Free West Media, according to a Beninese historian, Africans should take responsibility for their participation in the slave trade.

From Euractiv, according to a study, battery-powered trains would be a better replacement for diesel engines than hydrogen-powered locomotives.

From The Stream, does the U.S. have only six years left?

From Space Daily, China's new Ziyuan III satellite will boost the country's surveying and mapping abilities.

From The Daily Wire, BLM tells the DNC that its platform needs to be more radical.

From Fox News, some Wisconsin police departments pull out of security agreements with the Democratic National Convention.

From AP News, the NYPD reports that 303 of their police cars have been damaged by rioters since the death of George Floyd.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, a federal judge orders documents from a civil case against Ghislaine Maxwell to be unsealed.

From the Daily Caller, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Breeze announces a $5 million donation for building health centers in Louisiana.

And from Twitchy, parody account Sean Spicier strikes again.