Saturday Stories

Now that I'm done with my occasional hike through a forest, like a good Sasquatch, I present some things going on:

From National Review, the far-left holds some powerful positions.

From Townhall, "viva Goya!"

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) claims that the FBI ran a bogus tip line during the confirmation of SCOTUS Justice Kavanaugh, without any evidence.

From the Washington Examiner, according to constitutional law scholar Jonathan Turley, a Seattle councilwoman wants to fire white police officers for being white.

From The Federalist, recently departed congressman John Lewis (D-GA) "was the embodiment of the American dream".

From American Thinker, how to fight back against "cancel culture".

From LifeZette, NBA player James Harden gets into hot water for posting a picture of himself wearing a "thin blue line" face mask.

From NewsBusters, the hypocritical celebrities who want to "defund the police" live in the safest neighborhoods.

From Canada Free Press, is it time for a divorce?

From CBC News, how the new mandatory mask laws work in the Canadian province of Quebec.

From The Conservative Woman, in defense of (six-legged) wasps.  (Two-legged wasps, a.k.a. White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, are another matter.)

From the Express, Thorpe Park in Surrey County, England is placed on lockdown after reports of a "stabbing".

From The Brussels Times, Belgium mints a €2.5 coin to commemorate the 1920 Olympic games, which took place in Antwerp.

From the NL Times, some Carnival activities in the Netherlands for 2021 are canceled due to the coronavirus, while others are "up in the air".

From Deutsche Welle, a hiker in the German state of Saarland is seriously injured after being caught in a stampede.

From Free West Media, more than half of the inmates in the prisons of Hamburg, Germany are foreigners.

From the CPH Post, a club in Aarhus, Denmark offers opportunities to learn French and practice yoga.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish government plans a further easing of its coronavirus restrictions.

From Radio Prague, the 150-year-old Czech women's association Vesna declares bankruptcy.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Sokolia Dolina in the national park Slovenský Raj includes some impressive waterfalls.

From Hungary Today, Hungary is reportedly ready to host more international auto races.

From Russia Today, another rally takes place in Khabarovsk, Russia in protest of the arrest of the region's governor.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria observes the 183rd anniversary of the birth of its "Apostle of Freedom" Vasil Levsky.

From Ekathimerini, Greece tries to declutter the island of Salamis, where their ancestors defeated the Persian navy 2,500 years ago.

From Total Croatia News, the soccer club HNK Hajduk will construct a camp in Trogir, Croatia.  (I was in Trogir during my 2007 visit to Croatia, but didn't get anywhere near any soccer pitches.)

From Total Slovenia News, anti-government protests in Slovenia continue in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From the Malta Independent, Malta allows expired vehicle licenses to be renewed by the end of August.

From EuroNews, according to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, E.U. talks about a coronavirus relief package are "deadlocked".

From SwissInfo, how environmental DNA can be used to protect the biodiversity in Switzerland's rivers.

From France24, French authorities start a criminal investigation of a fire at the cathedral in the city of Nantes.

From Forbes, French officials suspect that the fire in the Nantes cathedral could have been arson.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Monde.)

From The Portugal News, the Spanish electric company Iberdrola plans to reforest about 1,000 hectares of land in Portugal.

From Morocco World News, how to dress for your big Moroccan wedding.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to a presidential spokesman, the mosaics in the Hagia Sophia will be protected and preserved.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi army dismisses claims of an "uncoordinated" troop deployment in territories disputed between the Kurdistan regional and Iraqi central governments.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot police carry out 342 coronavirus checks in 24 hours.

From The Times Of Israel, Israelis protesting against Prime Minister Netanyahu plan demonstrations for tonight in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column the new coronavirus plague has met the old plague of anti-Semitism.

From the Egypt Independent, the Coptic Church defrocks a priest due to sexual assault allegations.

From the Saudi Gazette, Muslims in Saudi Arabia are urged to spot the Dhul Hijjaj moon, the sighting of which determines the beginning of Hajj rituals.

From The New Arab, Egyptian singer Mohamed Ramadan is sentenced to a year in prison for insulting a pilot.

From Radio Farda, Iran sends the black box from the downed Ukrainian airliner to France.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's mullahs enjoy more benefits from the "nuclear deal".

From Dawn, police in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrest for men for allegedly destroying an ancient Buddha statue.

From MenaFN, according to the Independent Human Rights Commission, 17 attacks have been carried out against houses of worship in Afghanistan since last October.

From the Hindustan Times, the body of a missing 21-year-old woman is found hanging from a tree near Jalore, Rajasthan, India.

From The Times Of India, a Sikh girl who lost her father in the April attack on a gurudwara in Kabul, Afghanistan is kidnapped.

From The Sasiat Daily, police in Hyderabad, India distribute copies of the Koran to prisoners.

From The Print, how Muslim clerics in India abuse Koranic teachings to exploit women.

From the Dhaka Tribune, drug smuggling in Bangladesh has not been impeded by the coronavirus pandemic.

From the Colombo Page, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa instructs tea factories in Sri Lanka's Central Province to resume production.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands introduces on online mechanism to make a health declaration before arriving in the country.

From the Jamaica Observer, a Muslim leader apologizes for a failed coup in 1990 in Trinidad and Tobago.

From The Jakarta Post, a bike stolen in England is allegedly on sale in Indonesia.

From The Straits Times, China warns the U.K. against stationing a new aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

From the Borneo Post, when in Malaysia, don't drink and drive.

From Vietnam Plus, a look at the Ta Phin monastery in the Vietnamese province of Lao Cai.

From The Mainichi, Okayama, Japan introduces into its public transportation system robots that emit ultraviolet light in an effort to combat the coronavirus.

From The Stream, civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis (D-GA) dies from cancer at age 80.

From the Daily Caller, in an intended tribute to Lewis, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) posts an incorrect picture.

From Fox News, President Trump pays tribute to Lewis.

From The Daily Wire, elected officials praise Lewis's civil rights legacy.

From WGN, a woman asked to wear a mask at a restaurant gives workers the bird and runs over a police officer's foot.  (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, the game Madden 21 will use a generic name for the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins.

From the New York Post, a restaurant in Southampton, New York burns a table at which sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein used to dine.

And from WPVI-TV, runners hit the pavement for 12-year-old Noah Abdalla until he is free of cancer.