Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra lies about partial birth abortion.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's selective view of religious freedom.

From Townhall, a consumer advocacy group produces ads about "woke" corporations.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the Associated Press tried to slant its coverage of the border crisis.

From the Washington Examiner, Dr. Fauci admits wearing a mask for optics.

From The Federalist, the GOP should move on from former President Trump without repudiating his voters.

From American Thinker, Vice President Harris remains behind the curve on the "root causes" of illegal immigration.

From CNS News, Dr. Fauci is not shocked by vaccinated people be infected by the coronavirus.

From LifeZette, teachers unions, the CDC and Biden conspired to keep schools closed.

From Newsbusters, conservative journalist Brent Bozell writes an open letter to Facebook CEO Zuckerberg.

From Canada Free Press, are the U.S. armed forces being appreciated or emasculated?

From CBC News, the Canadian government invests $200 million to build an mRNA vaccine plant in Mississauga, Ontario.

From TeleSUR, young politicians will draft Chile's new constitution.

From The Conservative Woman, it's "time to tell the truth about immigration".

From the Express, a poll names former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn as the U.K.'s most "woke" politician.

From the (Irish) Independent, up to half of newly built homes in Ireland will have to be occupied by their owners under a plan submitted to the Irish cabinet.

From VRT NWS, according to virologist Steven Van Gucht, fewer than 400 coronavirus patients are expected to be in ICUs in Belgium by June 9th.

From the NL Times, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opens its first-ever exhibit on slavery.

From Deutsche Welle, a who's who of notorious crime families in Germany.

From Free West Media, fraud is alleged against ICUs in Germany.

From the CPH Post, Tour de France organizers visit Denmark to review the race's route in that country.

From ReMix, Sweden agrees with Denmark that parts of Syria are safe enough to send asylum seekers back to.

From Polskie Radio, Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak pays tribune to Polish soldiers who captured Monte Cassino in Italy from Nazi German forces.

From Radio Prague, the coach of the Czech Republic's women's field hockey team is named head of the country's National Sports Agency.

From Euractiv and the "I'll drink to that" department, as coronavirus rules are relaxed, Czechs return to their beer gardens. 

From The Slovak Spectator, a reservoir bursts in Rudno nad Hronom, Slovakia, which results in flooding and one person being killed.

From Daily News Hungary, the embankment on the Pest side of Budapest, Hungary is getting renovated.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Portfolio.)

From Russia Today, according to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, it's hypocritical to allow abortion and euthanasia while banning the death penalty.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's GDP returns to its pre-pandemic level sooner than expected.

From Novinite, Bulgaria's coronavirus vaccine rollout rate is last in the E.U.

From the Greek Reporter, according to health experts, there is no Greek variant of the coronavirus.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Czech President Miloš Zeman apologizes for the bombing of the former Yugoslavia.

From Balkan Insight, the U.S. will turn an air base in Romania into a NATO hub for the Black Sea region.

From Total Croatia News, 70 cities in Croatia elect their mayors in the first round of voting.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's only national park marks two anniversaries.

From the Malta Independent, coronavirus measures in Malta result in decreases in other respiratory diseases.

From ANSA, according to President Sergio Mattarella, it's time to relaunch Italy.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland pledges about 8 million francs for helping Rohingya refugees.

From France24, a report faults France's coronavirus response for seniors.

From El País, Spain deploys its army as 6,000 illegal migrants swim to the exclave of Ceuta.

From EuroNews, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrives in Ceuta after 8,000 migrants enter from Morocco.

From The Portugal News, Minister of Internal Affairs Eduardo Cabrita asks tourists to respect Portugal's coronavirus measures.

From Morocco World News, the U.S. State Department affirms Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara.

From The North Africa Post, the International Criminal Court threatens to prosecute foreign fighters in Libya.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan proposes a three-religion commission to govern Jerusalem.

From Rûdaw, a Christian scholar is chosen to head the human rights board in the Iraqi region of Kurdistan.

From Armenpress, Armenia submits a complaint against Turkey to the European Court of Human Rights.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus and France complete their joint "TALOS 2021" air defense exercise.

From The Syrian Observer, presidential candidate Mahmoud Ahmad Mar'ai calls on all Syrians to participate in upcoming elections.

From The961, a fight breaks out at a pharmacy in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF believes that it can eliminate Hamas leader Mohammad Deif.

From the Egypt Independent, foreign residents in the Egyptian governorate of Luxor turn out for coronavirus vaccinations.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia launches a program to plant six million trees during the rainy season, known as kirmet.  (While searching for some information on kirmet, Google kept suggesting "Kermit".  No, I don't want anything about the frog, but about whatever kirmet is.)

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia strongly denounces statements made by Lebanon's caretaker foreign minister.

From The New Arab, Palestinians call a general strike to protest Israel's bombing of Gaza.  (Against Hamas's rockets launched at Israeli civilian areas from Gazan civilian areas, not so much.)

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, who are the early contenders in Iran's presidential election?

From Dawn, according to Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan will send aid to Palestine.

From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists demolish a bridge and launch an offensive in the Afghan province of Herat.

From the Hindustan Times, clinical trials on children of a coronavirus vaccine from Bharat Biotech will start in 10 to 12 days.  (The country known as India calls itself "Bharat".)

From the Dhaka Tribune, a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh sends journalist Rozina Islam to jail pending a bail hearing.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court rules against parts of a Port City Commission Bill.

From Coconuts Jakarta, a caretaker is arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl in a mosque in Bekasi, Indonesia.

From The Jakarta Post, a private coronavirus vaccination program starts in Bekasi, Indonesia.

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian assemblyman who tested positive for the coronavirus after getting vaccinated still recommends getting vaccinated.

From The Mainichi, Japanese dietcritter Ryu Shionoya (LDP-Shizuoka) gives a lecture attended by 100 people and eats breakfast with 20 of them.  (Japan's national legislature is called the Diet.  Thus, a dietcritter is the Japanese equivalent of an American congresscritter.)

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden's administration wants to lift sanctions on Iran, even while its Mullah's incite terrorism by Hamas.

From The Stream, some absurdities believed by the left.

From Sino Daily, Hong Kong temporarily shuts its representative office in Taiwan.

From The Daily Signal, tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber hit U.S. homebuyers.

From Space War, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte bans his cabinet from speaking on the South China Sea dispute with China.

From The Daily Wire, why Bill Gates reportedly hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Western Journal, illegal immigration brings in sex offenders.

From the Daily Caller, according to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Republicans are "undecided" about a commission to investigate the Capitol riot.

From Newsmax, the Pentagon plans to monitor social media accounts of military personnel for extremism.

And from Fox News, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) snags a cicada.