Tuesday Tidings

As the sunny but cold weather continues, here are some things going on:

From Reuters, China has reportedly detained a former Canadian diplomat.  (via ZeroHedge)

From Global News, who is the former Canadian diplomat arrested in China?

From CTV News, the Canadian government considers increasing the risk level for Canadians travelling to China.

From CBC News, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft denies any political motivation behind the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.

From Voice Of Europe, the NGO ship Aquarius was allegedly funded by George Soros.

From Politicalite, Egypt bans yellow vests.

From the Express, the necessary 48 letters needed to trigger a no confidence vote on the Prime Minister have been submitted by Tory MPs.

From The Guardian, the U.K. Home Office keeps "golden visas" in place.

From the Evening Standard, hundreds of people are expected to protest in front of the home office in support of the "Stanstead 15".

From BBC News, Prime Minister May says that E.U. leaders are "determined" to solve the Irish border issue.

From the (U.K.) Independent, why is the border with Ireland such a controversial issue?

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, a deal between his party and Fine Gael will soon be reached.

From the Irish Examiner, Martin will meet with Ireland's Taoiseach to discuss the deal.

From France24, "yellow vest" protesters reject Macron's offers.

From RFI, an auction house in Paris will sell off letters from the original communist.

From El País, due to Brexit, some Britons in Spain are applying for Spanish citizenship.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss House of Representatives rejects putting a climate tax on airline tickets.

From ANSA, Kenyan police have arrested one suspect in the kidnapping of an Italian volunteer worker.

From Malta Today, Malta will issue an international call for construction of a Malta-Gozo tunnel.  ("Malta" is the name of the country and of its largest island.  Gozo is the second largest island in the country of Malta.)

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government slams Albania's decision to confiscate the property of ethnic Greeks.

From the Greek Reporter, a man from the island of Lesvos is accused of brutally beating a migrant.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, a Serbian opposition party announces new protests.

From Total Croatia News, the European Solidarity Corps is launched in Zagreb.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban commemorates his first freely elected predecessor.

From Hungary Today, according to the Pew Research Center, Hungarians want few or no immigrants.

From The Slovak Spectator, a video showing milk made from industrial oil is a hoax.

From Radio Praha, due to Brexit, some Britons in the Czech Republic file for Czech citizenship.

From Radio Poland, Poland's anti-terror laws reportedly have been praised as a model for legislation in other countries.

From Deutsche Welle, a gunman in Strasbourg, France kills one person and injures eight others.
UPDATE:  At least four people reportedly have been killed.  France24 has also reported on this story.

From VRT NWS, the Belgium parliament holds a debate, but not yet any no confidence vote.

From the NL Times, those hand grenades just keep turning up in Dutch cities.

From Dutch News, the Dutch and U.K. prime ministers talk over breakfast.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Telegraaf.)

From Russia Today, President Putin comments after the arrest of an activist who called for unsanctioned protests.

From Sputnik International, Russia answers questions from the ECHR about the Ukrainian sailors detained after the Kerch Strait incident.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey talks with the U.N. over the investigation of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey reportedly has sites for torturing Gülenists.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF finds another Hezbollah tunnel.

From The Times Of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Hezbollah against interfering with the effort to locate and destroy the tunnels.

From The Jerusalem Post, Italian Interior Minister Salvini visits Israel and states an obvious truth about the tunnels.

From Dawn, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo adds Pakistan to the list of "countries of particular concern" about religious freedom.

From Khaama Press, the Taliban's deputy finance minister has been arrested.

From Gatestone Institute, the dangerous implications of the ECHR's adoption of blasphemy laws.

From FrontpageMag, Google has an app for reporting blasphemy.

From National Review, the SCOTUS accepts for review a "boring" case that could restrain the administrative state.

From Townhall, President Trump, Senator Schumer (D-NY) and former Speaker Pelosi discuss the wall.  (We don't need no education....oh, wait, not that "wall".)

From LifeZette, the line "there's battle lines being drawn" is still true.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Senate will vote on "FIRST STEP".

From LifeNews, left-wing students can't state why they want Justice Clarence Thomas's name removed from a building.

From the New York Post, France's "yellow vest" protests are getting expensive.

From CNS News, George Bush the Elder was a good man, but a bad president.

From Fox News, there are still some good people in the world.

From Philly(dot)com, NASA responds to NBA player Steph Curry's claim that the moon landings were fake.

And from The Babylon Bee, while his boss takes on two prominent Democrats, Vice President Pence silently prays.