Monday Links

On a partly cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how is the review of the coronavirus's origins ordered by President Biden coming along?

From FrontpageMag, the slavery that the left doesn't care about.

From Townhall, illegal aliens pour across the border with "a lot of sneezing and coughing".

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a congressional report, scientists in Wuhan, China genetically manipulated the coronavirus.

From the Washington Examiner, drone footage appear to show "up to 1,000" migrants being held under a bridge in Mission, Texas.

From The Federalist, if you don't suspect deep state provocation at the Capitol riot, you should start paying attention.

From American Thinker, the left is desperate to keep coronavirus restrictions in place.  (I have already come to the opinion that the coronavirus has been a left-wing dream come true because it has given them a chance to do what they always want, which is to control people's lives.)

From CNS News, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reinstates mask mandates, except for some people.

From LifeZette, former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) declares his successor Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) to be the "greatest threat to constitutional liberty in our lifetime".

From NewsBusters, unlike the rest of the media, left-winger John Oliver does not go Sgt. Schulz about President Biden's betrayal of Afghani translators.

From Canada Free Press, former President Obama is set to throw himself a 60th birthday party with hundreds of guests.

From CBC News, Canada shocks the U.S. in women's soccer and will play for the Olympic gold medal.

From TeleSUR, seven Colombian soldiers are sentenced to prison for raping a girl.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the site formerly known as The Conservative Woman changes its name.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the video put out by Merseyside police in support of LGBT++ a parody?

From the Express, Iran threatens to attack the U.K. if it responds to respond to its attack on a tanker which resulted in the death of a British citizen.

From The American Spectator, the U.K. welcomes ISIS and jails people who criticize Islam.

From the (Irish) Independent, due to the coronavirus, a Henderson will not be there.

From VRT NWS, the free open-air pool in Brussels known as the Flow is a "great success".

From the NL Times, the Dutch cabinet decides to allow small one-day festivals "under strict conditions".

From Deutsche Welle, German prosecutors consider manslaughter charges over alleged negligence possibly causing deaths in recent floods.

From EuroNews, a 100-year-old German man will stand trial for allegedly working as a Nazi guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

From the CPH Post, the trial of Dansk Folkeparti deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt, over changes of fraud and forgery, begins in Lyngby, Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, Poland issues a humanitarian visa to Belarusian Olympic athlete Kryscina Tsimanouskaya.

From Radio Prague, yesterday, the Czech Republic reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since the start of July.

From The Slovak Spectator, Valaská Belá declares an emergency after floods.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian state purchases 520 documents pertaining to the aristocratic Batthyány family.

From ReMix, according to an opinion column, Hungary should stick to its present currency for the time being.

From Russia Today, according to an opinion column, the West has gone nuts about Russia.

From Romania-Insider, Romania condemns the aforementioned Iranian attack on an oil tanker, which left a Romanian citizen dead.

From Novinite, the Bulgarian party There is Such a People will present a proposed cabinet to three other parties.

From the Greek Reporter, the oldest standing house in Athens is also a museum.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, European Parliament rapporteur Tonino Picula sends a strong message to Montenegrin politicians.

From Balkan Insight, Novi Sad, Serbia Mayor Miloš Vučević plans to file a change against President Aleksandar Vučić, in a effort to clear his reputation.

From Total Croatia News, a pizzeria in Zagreb, Croatia is ranked among the top 50 in Europe.  (I thought that the pizza I had in Croatia during my 2007 visit was among the best I've ever eaten.  If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in Slovenia increases for the fifth straight day.

From The Malta Independent, Infrastructure Malta plants 28 trees for every one uprooted.

From ANSA, wildfires break out in the Italian region of Abruzzo.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland suffers from coronavirus fatigue.

From France24, France's coronavirus "health pass" and what will change on August 9th.

From El País, a man tracks down relatives of victims found in a Franco-era grave.

From The Portugal News, 40 Portuguese municipalities are at a very high risk of fire.

From Free West Media, how to chant victory at the current Olympics.

From Euractiv, the E.U. decides to retain its tariffs on U.S. biodiesel for five more years.

From Morocco World News, Morocco will enforce a 9 p.m. curfew starting tomorrow.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan Olympic athlete Soufiane el-Bakkali wins the gold medal in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

From Hürriyet Daily News, efforts continue to put out forest fires in Turkey.

From Rûdaw, Yazidis criticize the Iraqi government for failing to implement pledges it had made.

From Armenpress, Azerbaijani forces reportedly violate the ceasefire with Armenia, but no Armenian casualties are reported.

From In-Cyprus, who is eligible for a rapid coronavirus antigen test in Cyprus?

From The Syrian Observer, France condemns the Syrian regime's attacks in the region of Daraa, which the regime rejects as false allegations.

From The961, the Beirut Bar Association files a suit against the British company that imported ammonium nitrate into Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of intelligence leaks from the U.S. about Israel's plans against Iran.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt receives a German-made S-44 submarine at the Alexandria naval base.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia discuss cooperation on investment.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Grand Mosque in Mecca is sterilized around the clock in order to receive Umrah pilgrims.  (An Umrah is a pilgrimage to Mecca done at times decided by the pilgrims themselves.  It may be done separately from the Hajj or in combination therewith.)

From The New Arab, people are "freaking out" over new Egyptian bank notes containing "rainbow pride colours".

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an Iranian journalist who fled to escape a prison sentence arrives in the U.S.

From Dawn, leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz disagree on why the party lost in the elections of 2018.

From Khaama Press, U.S. forces conduct aerial strikes against Taliban terrorists in the Afghan province of Helmand.

From the Hindustan Times, freight train operations resume between India and Bangladesh on the Haldibari-Chilahati route.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh is set to launch a "massive" coronavirus vaccination drive.

From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lankan Minister of Education G.L. Peiris, law reforms alone will not solve society's problems.

From The Jakarta Post, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will have daily virtual meetings with Southeast Asian foreign ministers.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysian housing minister Masidi Manjun, lockdowns are no longer effective in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

From The Mainichi, a female monkey becomes the leader of a troop for the first time in the history of a zoo in Oita, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, freedom of speech is a vulnerable right.

From The Stream, we will one day tell a future generation that we were around when medical science lost its mind.

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. government's coronavirus messaging hits a new low.

From The American Conservative, the Biden administration gets its first big test.

From GentSide, a possible new side effect is found for the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines.  (via NewsBreak)

From BizPac Review, according to an opinion column, President Biden's secret immigration policy is "a slap in the face of every American".  (I would say that it's also a slap in the face to everyone trying to immigrate legally to the U.S.)

From The Western Journal, a legal immigrant explains why Biden's border crisis angers him.  (He pretty much restates my above comment on the BizPac Review article.)

From The Daily Wire, according to U.S. officials, shot putter Raven Saunders did not violate any rules with her podium protest, but the IOC is still investigating it.

From the Daily Caller, President Biden will not attend his former boss's birthday party.

From the New York Post, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) contracts the coronavirus despite being vaccinated.

From Breitbart, hundreds of health care workers in Charlotte, North Carolina protest mandatory coronavirus vaccination.

From Newsmax, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo calls on businesses to require customers to be vaccinated.

And from the Babylon Bee and the "don't give them any ideas" department, Democrats consider imposing another coronavirus lockdown to wipe out the few small businesses which survived the last one.