Friday Phenomena

On a warm sunny Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a House committee reaches a deal on a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol riot.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats have a Swiss banker.

From Townhall, congresscritter Liz Cheney (R-WY) shows precisely why she was ousted from the Republican leadership.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Kurt Schrader (D-OR) deletes media posts linking him to a longtime ally arrested for alleged sex trafficking.

From the Washington Examiner, former President Trump rips the Biden administration for failing to give his administration credit for the coronavirus vaccine.

From The Federalist, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) takes on big tech tyranny.

From American Thinker, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the recent inflation is a good sign for President Biden's economy.

From CNS News, according to acting director Tae Johnson, ICE is expelling 3,000 single adults from the U.S. every day.

From LifeZette, the third George Bush supports Cheney's ouster from her former Republican leadership position.

From NewsBusters, in dismissing inflation fears, Reuters cites a Biden donor.

From Canada Free Press, former Vice President Al Gore and cold weather.

From CBC News, according to chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam, partially vaccinated Canadians will be allowed to socialize outdoors this summer.

From TeleSUR, according to a poll, Chileans know little about their upcoming elections for this weekend.

From The Conservative Woman, when it comes to climate, "we need better guesses".

From Snouts in the Trough, was the U.S. government funding virus research in Wuhan, China?

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a sudden change in vaccine strategy due to the Indian coronavirus variant.

From the (Irish) Examiner, according to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, the Irish might not need to wear masks by the end of September.

From VRT NWS, when can Belgians abandon face masks?

From the NL Times, coronavirus hospitalizations in the Netherlands keep decreasing.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany stands with Israel, both despite and because of the Holocaust.

From the CPH Post, Denmark is ranked the sixth best European country in which to retire.

From Free West Media, a Swedish grocery store tries to welcome Muslims, but uses the wrong meat.

From Polskie Radio, Polish authorities detain two people for allegedly disrupting an ICT network.

From Radio Prague, the South Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra finds a temporary home at an abandoned airport in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, a beach on the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia reopens.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government will invalidate the immunity cards of people who avoid the second coronavirus vaccine shot.

From ReMix, the Hungarian army buys armed river boats from the U.S.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From EuroNews, Lithuania plans to donate 200,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.

From Russia Today, a prison in Novosibirsk, Russia installs British-style red phone boxes.

From Romania-Insider, a former mayor of a district in Bucharest, Romania is gets 140 months in jail for accepting a bribe.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)

From Novinite, over a third of the rose plantations in Bulgaria might go unharvested.

From the Greek Reporter, the Acropolis in Athens, Greece reopens.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency member Milorad Dodik, Republika Srpska is striving for autonomy, not secession.

From Balkan Insight, some people in Kosovo march for the Palestinians.

From Total Croatia News, the Pelješac Cellar Festival in Croatia starts tomorrow.

From Total Slovenia News, the Israeli flag is flown from a Slovenian government building.

From the Malta Independent, 17 migrants drown when their boat collapses near the Tunisian coast.

From ANSA, Italian politician Matteo Salvini is cleared of charges of migrant abduction.

From Euractiv, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi renounces his salary.

From SwissInfo, climate activists who blocked the headquarters of Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland are found guilty of coercion and trespassing.

From France24, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to ban most cars from the city's center.

From El País, Spanish regions will announce plans to vaccinate people under 50 years old against the coronavirus.

From Morocco World News, scientists find a 66 million-year-old marine lizard in Morocco.

From The North Africa Post, King Mohammed VI hails the Moroccan army as they secure a border crossing with Mauritania at Guerguarate.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish government is considering a three-stage coronavirus normalization plan.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi and Kurdish regional governments reportedly agree on joint deployment against ISIS.

From Armenpress, Armenia does not rule out a forceful response to provocation by Azerbaijan.

From In-Cyprus, about 400 Cypriot National Guard troops are in quarantine due to the coronavirus.

From The961, more than 10 people are being prosecuted for the death of Lebanese soccer player Mohamed Atwi.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF attacks the homes of Hamas leaders while rockets continue to be fired at southern Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, when in Egypt, keep your mask on.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the U.N. pushes to restore the livelihoods of farmers in the Ethiopian region of Tigray.

From the Saudi Gazette, workers in Saudi Arabia will be required to be immunized against the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, Israel arrests and releases a Palestinian singer.

From Dawn, everything about coronavirus vaccines in Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, an explosion in a mosque kills 12 people in the Afghan province of Kabul.

From ANI, oxygen express trains arrive in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, daily new coronavirus cases in Bangladesh drop below 1,000.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan government receives "jumbo cylinders" of oxygen.

From The National, a Turkish company shuts off electric power to Lebanon.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian TV admits that Israel warned civilians to leave buildings that house terrorists before they are attacked.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a van inscribed with anti-Semitic slogans is driven to intimidate Jews in Florida, to which leftists are silent.

From The Jakarta Post, a magnitude-6.6 earthquake strikes off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

From Free Malaysia Today, four people, including two boys, are arrested for attacking policemen with firecrackers.

From The Mainichi, a Japanese comic suggest that the U.S. relocate its military base on the island of Okinawa.

From Gatestone Institute, how to assure that rockets from Hamas keep on coming.

From The Stream, some interesting pronouns.

From HistoryNet, three 100-year-old Marines play a round of golf.

From The American Conservative, why couldn't a billion-dollar pipeline defend itself against ransomware?

From The Daily Wire, what, if anything, will the Biden administration do about the attack on the pipeline?

From the Daily Caller, TROY Industries decides to move from Massachusetts to Tennessee.

From Fox News, crime experts fear that this year's summer violence could be even worse than last year's.

From Breitbart, the U.K.'s Online Safety Bill would take the country toward totalitarian censorship.

From Newsmax, Border Patrol agents chafe under President Biden's liberal border policies.

From the New York Post, a German court declares a billionaire who went missing in the Alps three years ago to be dead.

And from CNN, the supply chain needed for solar panels might have to rely on forced labor in China.