Today the sun stops moving south, stands still, and starts moving north. In the northern hemisphere, this means that daytime will be longer, and winter is upon us. Other than this astronomical event, here are some things going on:
From CNN, in a development reported late yesterday, General James Mattis resigns as Secretary of Defense, which is explained in his letter to President Trump.
From CNBC, Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg undergoes an operation to remove two malignant nodules in her left lung.
From National Review, there's a right way to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
From the Washington Examiner, Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria came after conversation with his Turkish counterpart.
From The Federalist, Trump's withdrawal policy is correct, but "horribly" communicated.
From American Thinker, Trump is right to pull out of Syria; no he's not. (AT gives us a little diversity of opinion, you might say.)
From Townhall, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) offers an analogy between border security and airport security.
From FrontpageMag, pull out of both Syria and Afghanistan, and used the thus-saved money to build the wall.
From Reuters, "yellow vest" protesters try to stop traffic in Lisbon, Portugal. (Yes, they've spread to Portugal. The story comes via Voice Of Europe)
From Voice Of Europe, the Spanish right-wing party Vox keeps making progress.
From El País, how Vox "created a winning social media strategy".
From Swiss Info, Switzerland considers using citizen juries to asses issues put to vote.
From France24, as the U.S. plans to withdraw from Syria, Kurds ask France to play a bigger role.
From RFI, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe meets with people in the wake of legislation designed to quell the "yellow vest" movement.
From the Express, stowaway migrants on a ship in the Thames estuary allegedly threaten crew members with iron bars.
From the Evening Standard, Gatwick Airport reopens as military measures appear to be effective against drones.
From the Independent, will the incidents at Gatwick result in laws about drones being changed?
From the Irish Examiner, starting in 2020, trawlers over 18 meters long must stay at least 6 miles away from the Irish coast.
From CBC News, Canadian Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer calls China's detention of two Canadians retaliation for the arrest of Huawei's CFO.
From Global News, Canada calls for the "immediate release" of its two citizens held by China.
From CTV News, Scheer criticizes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for dismissing the concerns of people who disagree with him.
From VRT NWS, the king of Belgium accepts the resignation of the country's federal government.
From the NL Times, five environmentalist groups withdraw from the Dutch climate agreement.
From Dutch News, an Armenian family living in a church in The Hague will have to leave the Netherlands. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NU(dot)NL.)
From Deutsche Welle, the last hard coal mine in Germany closes.
From Radio Poland, Prime Minister Theresa May tells Poles who live in the U.K. that they may stay.
From Radio Praha, a methane explosion kills 13 miners at the ČSM coal mine, 11 of whom were Polish, a special commission has been established to investigate the accident, and condolences and messages of support have been coming in.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says that violence cannot be allowed.
From Daily News Hungary, opposition parties and trade unions protest in three Hungarian cities.
From About Hungary, to many people, George Soros is an enemy of democracy.
From Sputnik International, Russia spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies that the U.S. decision to withdraw from Syria came from talks including Russia, Isreal, and others.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the U.S. embassy in Albania commends that country's expulsion of the ambassador from Iran.
From the Greek Reporter, a Christian site having mosaics with Greek inscriptions has been found in Cyprus.
From Total Croatia News, a Syrian migrant's claim of family separation by Croatian police turns out to be false.
From the Malta Independent, a Maltese court learns that a man yelled "Allah akbar!" as he allegedly assaulted policemen.
From Malta Today, Maltese customs officials seize over 48 kilos of cocaine bound for Greece.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the number of Turks seeking asylum in the E.U. reaches a record high.
From Turkish Minute, the governor of the Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş forbids any commemoration of a massacre that took place there 40 years ago.
From Rûdaw, the U.N. is concerned about 6,000 civilians trapped by ISIS in Hajin, Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, General Mattis, after announcing his resignation as Secretary of Defense, cancels his trip to Israel.
From The Times Of Israel, the system used by the U.K. military to defend Gatwick Airport from drones reportedly came from Israel.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's human rights minister claims that the WEF report on gender disparity is based on "wrong data".
From NPR, a female Pakistani cop thwarts a terror attack.
From Al Arabiya, Turkish President Erdoğan expresses support for Iran.
From Morning Star News, Christmas is lonely for a Christian survivor of a terror attack. (via Christian Headlines)
From The American Spectator, an American Islamic organization is silent about Asia Bibi.
From Breitbart, General Mattis's reason for resigning was diplomacy, not defense.
From LifeZette, Senator Susan Collins (R-Me) shows the contrast between how she was treated by Brett Kavanaugh and his detractors.
From the New York Post, the creator of the "glitter bomb" video admits that part of it is fake.
And from AP News, a large rock crashed into Uranus and made it lopsided.
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