As the snow hangs around on a Monday that begins February, here are some things going on:
From National Review, military personnel arrest the president who won last November's election - in Myanmar.
From FrontpageMag, one party wants to criminalize dissent.
From Townhall, President Biden's plan to undo former President Trump's tax cuts produces an "interesting development".
From The Washington Free Beacon, former Trump administration official (and Trump son-in-law) Jared Kushner is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Harris already alienates Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).
From The Federalist, why it's unconstitutional to impeach someone who has already left public office. (Article II of the Constitution, section 4 states that "The President, Vice President and civil Officers" shall be removed from office upon impeachment and conviction. Try as I might, I just can't find the word "former" or the prefix "ex-" in that section.)
From American Thinker, we need a clear single standard for defining a "peaceful protest".
From CNS News, Biden agrees to meet with 10 Republican lawmakers to discuss a more "targeted" coronavirus relief bill.
From LifeZette, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to make D.C. a state.
From NewsBusters, the inconsistent enforcement of Twitter rules about violence.
From Canada Free Press, how do we know that a virus exists?
From Global News, the ferry between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada to Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. is suspended for 2021 due to the coronavirus.
From TeleSUR, a new local strain of the coronavirus might have emerged in Mexico.
From The Conservative Woman, the cruelty of the coronavirus lockdowns in the U.K. is precisely the point.
From the Express, the U.K. is urged to sign a new post-Brexit trade pact with Greenland.
From the Irish Examiner, due to a deal between unions and Ireland's Department of Education, schools will reopen in the country on February 11th.
From VRT NWS, what's new today in Belgium?
From the NL Times, shops and restaurants in the Netherlands will remain closed until March 2nd.
From Allah's Willing Executioner, a suspected Islamist terrorist allegedly attacks two people with a knife in Hanover, Germany. (If you read German, read the story at RTL.)
From The Slovak Spectator, find the wind in the Slovakian region of Záhorie.
From Hungary Today, hundreds of people protest against Hungary's coronavirus restrictions at Heroes' Square in Budapest.
From Russia Today, Russian dissident Alexey Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh is put under house arrest.
From Gatestone Institute, Russian President Putin shoots himself in the foot.
From Romania-Insider, the Romanian government abandons plans to extend a Bucharest subway line to the city's main airport.
From Radio Bulgaria, why are pink flamingos flocking to Atanasovko Lake near Burgas, Bulgaria?
From EuroNews, Rambo goes to Bulgaria.
From Ekathimerini, a series of quakes strikes near the Greek island of Lesvos.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, parents in Slovenia call for schools to be reopened.
From Balkan Insight, Kosovo and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
From the Malta Independent, Maltese police with taser 1 - suspected robber with hammer 0.
From ANSA, Italian parties and Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico hold talks in an attempt to form a new government.
From ReMix, according to an opinion column, Italy's judicial branch poses a threat to democracy.
From Free West Media, six NGOs want France to discontinue its allegedly "discriminating" identity checks.
From El País, the Spanish region of Madrid may consider giving waiters priority for coronavirus vaccinations.
From Euractiv, polls predict a tie between two separatist parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia.
From Turkish Minute, thousands of lives were reportedly ruined in Turkey's continuing crackdown on the Gülen movement.
From Armenpress, U.N. human rights experts call for the release of all prisoners of war from the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.
From The Syrian Observer, two car bombs kill at least 11 people in the Syrian region of Allepo.
From YNetNews, Israelis wait in long lines for coronavirus vaccines.
From Egypt Today, Egypt approves the emergency use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
From The New Arab, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, Palestinians will start being vaccinated against the coronavirus in mid-February.
From IranWire, who is Saba Kord Afshari, who has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for opposing mandatory hijabs?
From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan promises that rich and poor will have equal access to coronavirus vaccinations.
From Khaama Press, two people are killed in a string of IED attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan.
From the Hindustan Times, Twitter restores 250 accounts in India suspended for a controversial hashtag.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi peacekeepers rescue 32 Chinese miners in the Central African Republic.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa receives the final report from the commission investigating the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks.
From The Jakarta Post, a look at the leader of Myanmar's army.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian customs authorities bust an attempt to smuggle water from the Zamzam Well in Mecca.
From The Mainichi, a mock English exam in the Japanese prefecture of Saga draws fire for including a question that apparently links Islam to terrorism.
From The Stream, acceptance of the Biden presidency depends on what the definition of "accept" is.
From The American Conservative, according to an opinion column, President Biden's inaugural address was awful.
From USA Today, Oregon decriminalizes drug use and offers treatment instead of jail.
From The Daily Wire, San Francisco's plan to rename its public schools is "rife with historical errors".
From Fox News, Angelina Jolie sells a painting by Winston Churchill that he once gave to President Franklin Roosevelt.
From Newsmax, according to lawyer Alan Dershowitz, the media cherry-picks from former President Trump's speeches.
From Breitbart, police in Olympia, Washington repel an attempt by armed homeless activists to take over a hotel.
From the New York Post, astronauts complete a power upgrade on the International Space Station.
And from CNN, some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol building didn't even vote in the 2020 election.
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