The President's Brother Dies, And Some Sunday Stuff

Late yesterday, the president's brother Robert Trump died at age 71.  He had been sick for several months, but nothing on the cause of his death has so far been reported.

Read the story at CNN, USA Today, CBS New York and The Hill.

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On a cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) deserves an apology from the Obama administration.

From Townhall, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) votes "no" on the Democratic Party platform.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the U.S. needs to elect former Vice President Biden and then keep pushing leftward.

From the Washington Examiner, the White House will not pursue a "birther" theory which alleges that Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) is not eligible to be vice president.

From The Federalist, the media downplay FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith's guilty plea because they are implicated in the Russian collusion hoax.

From American Thinker, when confronted by organized opposition in the Bronx, ProFa runs away.

From LifeZette, while the largest NYPD union endorses President Trump for reelection, a left-wing teachers union endorses a Marxist for congress.

From NewsBusters, CBS claims that Trump wants to "suspend" the Constitution.

From Canada Free Press, Biden will speak from under the bus where former President Obama threw him.

From CBC News, if you like turtles, about 2,000 of them will hatch soon in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

From TeleSUR, Luis Abinader is sworn in as president of the Dominican Republic.

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. Tories snub worship services in pubs.

From WestMonster, over 1,000 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to arrive in the U.K. in 10 days.

From the Evening Standard, endurance athlete Chloe McCardel makes a record-breaking swim across the English Channel.  (She went in the opposite direction of the migrant boats, from Folkestone, England to Calais, France.)

From the Irish Examiner, a lack of social distancing at a bar in Dublin is caught on video.

From The Brussels Times, hundreds gather in Brussels to protest Belgium's coronavirus measures.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands has its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in 10 days.

From Deutsche Welle, young members of Germany's Green Party want to "replace" the police.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak pays tribute to soldiers who fought in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

From Radio Prague, according to Czech President Andrej Babiš, what happened in Czechoslovakia in 1968 must not happen in Belarus.

From The Slovak Spectator, if you like rocks, go to the Slovak natural area of Plavecký Kras.

From Daily News Hungary, two men suspected of killing and dissecting a Slovak man and his girlfriend are arrested after the bodies are discovered.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From Sputnik International, according to the director of the Gamaleya Research Institute, Russia will start a mass coronavirus vaccination program in a month.

From EuroNews, a huge crowd protests in Minsk, Belarus as President Alexander Lukashenko refuses to allow a rerun of the country's last election.

From Euractiv, according to Lukashenko, Russian President Putin has offered to help support Belarus's security.

From Novinite, protests continue in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities.

From Ekathimerini, firefighters continue to battle a fire at a plastics factory in Metamorphossi, Greece.

From Total Croatia News, 10 ways Croatia will be affected by the Digital Nomad Visa.

From Total Slovenia News, today's headlines in Slovenia.

From Malta Today, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela, migrants will be excluded from Malta's coronavirus numbers.

From SwissInfo, a Swiss gold refinery faces questions on the origin of some of its gold.

From RFI, Interior Minister Gérald warns immigrants to obey France's laws.

From The Portugal News, Portugal will not yet ban smoking in public.

From Morocco World News, Morocco and Portugal pledge to jointly fight illegal irregular migration.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan condemns old comment from former U.S. Vice President Biden.

From Rûdaw, a Katyushka rocket lands in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus issues an anti-Navtex against a Turkish Navtex extending a drilling ship's presence in Cyprus's Exclusive Economic Zone.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli police consider using rubber bullets against youths in the city of Yitzhar who throw stones at them.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claims to have talked to Arab leaders other than those of the UAE.

From Egypt Today, the Egyptian Red Crescent sends medical supplies to the Lebanese Red Cross.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed plans to host a fundraising dinner to finance green projects.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's coronavirus recovery rate hits 89 percent.

From The New Arab, Israel and the U.S. are reportedly talking with Oman and Bahrain on normalizing relations with Israel.

From IranWire, a scandal erupts in the Iranian martial arts community.

From Pakistan Today, a tri-party meeting is held in an effort to resolve issues in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, NATO will soon hand over responsibility for airport security to the Afghan army.

From the Hindustan Times, the meaning of independence for India's migrant workers.

From the Dhaka Tribune, when will extrajudicial killings stop in Bangladesh?

From the Daily Mirror, three suspects are arrested for allegedly assaulting and torturing a 16-year-old boy on a fishing vessel.

From Maldives Insider, you can rent an entire Maldivian island for $250,000.

From VOA, terrorists attack a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.

From The Jakarta Post, what you need to know about Indonesia's coronavirus discharge criteria.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam returns her honorary fellowship from a Cambridge college over a human rights controversy.

From the Borneo Post, 235 people are arrested for allegedly "defying" Malaysia's Recovery Movement Control Order.

From Vietnam Plus, border guards in the Vietnamese province of Son La arrest six people for allegedly entering the country illegally.

From The Mainichi, traditional Japanese wrapping cloths are used as an alternative to plastic bags.

From Gatestone Institute, the ignored genocide of Nigerian Christians.

From The Stream, black Americans are not fooled by the vice presidential nomination of Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal), but she is indeed eligible for the office.

From Space Daily, the U.S. and the U.K. agree to share a technical foundation for space operations.

From Breitbart, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields creates a "we want to play" petition, which gets over 130,000 signatures.

From the Daily Caller, Boston College football players take 792 coronavirus tests, giving only one positive result.

From The Daily Wire, a church in California intends to hold indoor services despite a ban being upheld by a court.

From the New York Post, due to coronavirus-related budget cuts, many parks in Noo Yawk are overgrown and full of trash.

And from WPVI-TV, a rare fire tornado is seen in California.