On a cloudy but mild day in North Carolina, here are some things going on:
From National Review, President Trump is neither a neocon nor an isolationist.
From FrontpageMag, the false analogies of fake foreign policy news.
From Townhall, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) "caves" and will send the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is endorsed by a climate group funded by billionaires.
From the Washington Examiner, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg runs her mouth again.
From The Federalist, Marianne Williamson drops out of the presidential race.
From American Thinker, a video shows the junk science used by the federal climate assessment program.
From CNS News, more Americans are employed than ever before, even though the U.S. lost about 12,000 manufacturing jobs in December.
From LifeZette, surveillance footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein's cell during his first suicide attempt has been erased.
From NewsBusters, NBC host Seth Meyers denies the cash delivery from the Obama administration to Iran.
From Canada Free Press, the fires in Australia expose Green Folly.
From CBC News, Canadians need answers about UIA Flight PS752, and Iran should understand why.
From Global News, Iran issues several visas to Canada as it tries to gain access to the investigation of Flight PS752.
From CTV News, firefighters from Quebec head down under.
From The Portugal News, merchants in Lisbon have until the end of March to adapt to new rules banning single-use plasticware.
From El País, the Spanish Supreme Court temporarily freezes a decision by election officials to strip Catalan Premier Quim Torra of his seat in Catalonia's parliament.
From Euractiv, former European Commission officials join the Spanish government.
From RFI, why do the French support the strikes against proposed pension reforms even with the travel mayhem they have caused?
From SwissInfo, when dealing with Swiss cops, watch your language.
From ANSA, a referendum on cutting the number of Italian parliamentcritters gets the required number of votes in the Senate. (Yes, a bunch of Italian Senators voted for a bill that could reduce their own numbers, along with those of the Lower House.)
From the Malta Independent, 20 migrants are charged in connection with a riot at the Marsa, Malta reception center.
From Malta Today, soon-to-be-former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat gives his last official speech.
From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana plans to change its rules for street performers. (If you read Slovenian, read the story at SiolNET.)
From Total Croatia News, the ferry port in Split, Croatia records a record number of passengers in 2019. (Yours truly rode a ferry out of Split in 2007.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, progress in the negotiations to form a coalition government in Kosovo is unclear.
From Ekathimerini, two alleged violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets are reported.
From the Greek Reporter, a Greek photographer captures the rare "red devil horns" eclipse sunrise.
From EuroNews, a car carrying 12 illegal migrants crashes after a high-speed chase.
From Novinite, life expectancy in Bulgaria is the lowest in the E.U.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's environmental minister resigns while facing mismanagement charges.
From Radio Bulgaria, 20 men dance while carrying the Bulgarian flag in Lake Michigan.
From Romania-Insider, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Ludovic Orban agree on holding early elections. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)
From Russia Today, Russia launches its new hypersonic Kinzhal cruise missile.
From Sputnik International, Russia denies a U.S. claim that a Russian ship "aggressively approached" U.S. ship in the Arabian Sea.
From The Moscow Times, according to Human Rights Watch, Russia is "escalating" its crackdown on Jehovah's Witness. (What is this "freedom of religion" you speak of?)
From Daily News Hungary, a Palestinian man is charge with attempted sexual assault in Budapest.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian opposition party Párbeszéd submits proposals to boost wind and solar energy.
From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban discusses wage increases and climate protection.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak hauliers continues their strike for a third day.
From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic conducts its second census for birds.
From Polskie Radio, according to a Polish government spokesman, Russia is lying about the causes of World War II.
From the CPH Post, more Danes are flying and flying farther.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany has gridlock over a nuclear-capable fighter jet.
From the NL Times, according to the Dutch defense minister, Dutch soldiers in Iraq are safe.
From Dutch News, according to Dutch ministers, Dutch military intelligence indicates that the Ukrainian jet which crashed after taking off from Tehran was shot down.
From Free West Media, after police in The Hague close down a party put on by Eritreans, they get stoned.
From VRT NWS, 12 migrants are found in a refrigerated truck in Halle, Belgium.
From the Express, former parliamentcritter Rory Stewart is forced to watch his "terribly wrong" prediction on Brexit.
From the Evening Standard, Bournemouth University is put on lockdown when a fitness vest is mistaken for a suicide bomb vest.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party calls for a referendum to abolish the U.K. monarchy.
From the (Irish) Independent, publicans in Dublin oppose governmental plans to put calorie counts on menus.
From the Irish Examiner, for the first time in three years, the Northern Ireland Assembly will sit.
From The Conservative Woman, "the left's wilful ignorance on anti-Semitism".
From The Stream, what effect would the discovery of life on Mars or beyond have on faith?
From Space War, "Dotard" wishes "Rocket Man" a happy birthday.
From CheckYourFact, no, congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) did not claim that President Trump ordered the strike on Suleymani because Adam Schiff (D-Cal) spent time on impeachment.
From New York Post, in the U.S., women now have more jobs than men. (The story links to an article in The Wall Street Journal, which is behind a paywall.)
From Accuracy in Media, the media pans privacy claims made by Apple and Facebook at an electronics show.
And from Rolling Stone, Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart passes away at age 67.
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