Here on a chilly Saturday are some things going on:
From National Review, why the candidates matter.
From Townhall, the firm behind the Steele Dossier did not want to to be public, so they shared it with liberal reporters.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a look at the State Department's newest training facility.
From the Washington Examiner, authorities in California search for answers about a school shooting involving a "ghost gun".
From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Devin Nunes (R-Cal) announces a lawsuit against CNN for an allegedly "demonstratively false" story. (via American Thinker)
From American Thinker, Republicans need their own "Spartacus" to out the "whistleblower".
From NewsBusters, an MSNBC contributor claims that Russia wanted Trump to win the 2016 election, just after another said otherwise.
From Canada Free Press, the report by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz will be Judgment Day for the mass media.
From CBC News, Canadian Conservative leader Andrew Scheer fires his two top staffers after losing last month's election.
From Global News, according to a Canadian bioethicist, medical schools should deny applicants who object to abortion or assisted suicide.
From TeleSUR, as a strike across Colombia enters its second day, a curfew is imposed in Bogota.
From The Mainichi, Pope Francis arrives in Japan.
From the Borneo Post, 51 Chinese nationals and two Malaysians are arrested for alleged involvement in an online loan and gambling scam.
From Free Malaysia Today, according to the Chinese ambassador to Malaysia, China is willing to help efforts against online scams.
From The Straits Times, a Hong Kong student shot by police calls for voters to turn out for Sunday's elections.
From The Jakarta Post, a Muslim organization in Indonesia denies asking a South Korean bakery with a French name to avoid putting non-Islamic greetings on their cakes. (If you read Indonesian, read the story at Kompas.)
From the Daily Mirror, the Indian government expects Sri Lanka's new government to continue the national reconciliation process with respect to the Tamil minority.
From the Colombo Page, the new Sri Lankan president invites social media activists to help build the nation.
From The Hans India, the killing of four security personnel by Maoists in the Indian state of Jharkhand appear to justify fears of the Election Committee.
From the Hindustan Times, a video on the phone of a man arrested by West Bengal forest officers shows a portable machine printing counterfeit Indian money.
From ANI, a recruitment drive for India's Border Security Force in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir draws a large number of women.
From India Today, hundreds of activists from India's Congress party march to demand the restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.
From Khaama Press, an explosion kills three civilians and injures five others at a market in the Afghan province of Kapisa.
From Dawn, Pakistan summons the Norwegian ambassador over the burning of a copy of the Koran in Kristiansand, Norway.
From The Express Tribune, an assistant to Pakistan's prime minister questions the lack of information on the health of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from his party.
From Pakistan Today, so far in 2019, 102 cases of polio have been reported in Pakistan.
From Radio Farda and the "good luck with that" department, a U.S. court orders Iran to pay an American reporter $180 million for detaining him in 2014.
From IranWire, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence arrests a journalist for Tweets posted during the country's shutdown of the Internet. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From StepFeed, some memes for the Lebanese revolution.
From The New Arab, the U.S. military loses a drone over Tripoli, Libya.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish government will consider alternatives if it doesn't acquire American F-35 fighter jets.
From Rûdaw, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence makes a surprise visit to Iraq, including Kurdistan.
From In-Cyprus, 37 trees are planted in Nicosia, Cyprus in memory of 37 women murdered by their partners or former partners.
From Arutz Sheva, a senior member of the Likud party calls for primaries and claims that Prime Minister Netanyahu will not succeed in forming a government.
From The Times Of Israel, protests for and against Netanyahu are staged in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Haifa area.
From The Jerusalem Post, according to Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, a unity government is still possible if he takes the first turn as prime minister.
From YNetNews, Israel sends a rare message to the governments of Iran, Syria and Russia.
From the Egypt Independent, an Egyptian archaeological mission find a cache of mummified animals, including big cats, in Saqqara.
From Egypt Today, the launch of a rocket carrying two Egyptian communications satellites is delayed until today.
From Morocco World News, the U.S. embassy and consulate in Morocco advise their personnel to avoid the Casablanca Derby.
From Dunya News, a Muslim who attacked a Norwegian man for burning a copy of the Koran draws praise on social media.
From Gatestone Institute, the "thought police" have come to Norway.
From The Stream, Jesus was not "nice", and his followers shouldn't be "nice", either.
From the Daily Caller, according to Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) there's "no way in the world" that the Senate would convict President Trump based on what he has seen so far.
From Fox News, the five-year-old boy who was thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America is now "walking perfectly".
From the New York Post, a jab by former Vice President Biden at Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reminds Trump lawyer (and former NY Mayor) Rudy Giuliani of a "mafia case".
And from Twitchy, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) drops some truth bombs on Senator Kamala Harris's (D-Cal) threat to take over drug companies and "snatch" their patents.
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