On a cloudy and mild Tuesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Republican holdouts prevent congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) from becoming House Speaker on the first vote.
From FrontpageMag, two priorities for the incoming 118th Congress.
From Townhall, migrants find another area through which to illegally enter the U.S.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the FBI claims that violence against Jews is decreasing, but Jews aren't buying it.
From the Washington Examiner, while being sworn in for his second term, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) takes a shot at the "floundering federal government".
From The Federalist, 10 scandals to keep looking at during 2023.
From American Thinker, former President Trump appears to need a refresher course in anti-abortion apologetics. (Perhaps he also needs to learn the saying "When in hole, stop digging".)
From CNS News, congresscritter Bob Good (R-VA) calls the aforementioned congresscritter McCarthy "part of the problem".
From NewsBusters, CBS's 60 Minutes gives air time to population alarmist Paul Ehrlich.
From Canada Free Press and the "Soylent Green is people" department, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signs legislation to allow human compositing.
From TeleSUR, the recently departed soccer star Pelé's funeral procession marches through the streets of Santos, Brazil.
From TCW Defending Freedom, the Net Zero death cult is taking over the U.K.'s National Health Service.
From Free West Media, the Chief Twit becomes the first person even to lose $200 billion in a single year.
From EuroNews, according to an investigation, pro-Russian agents are working to turn Germany against Ukraine.
From ReMix, the Polish government reportedly pays the music group Black Eyed Peas €1 million to perform in the resort town of Zakopane, who then wear LGBT armbands and mock the governing party PiS. (Yours truly stayed in Zakopane in 2000, but did not perform any music, wear armbands of any sort, or mocked whichever party was in charge of Poland at the time.)
From Balkan Insight, a French museum keeps over 72,000 photos taken in the Balkans over a century ago.
From Morocco World News, the number of allegations of violence against women significantly increased during 2021.
From The North Africa Post, Morocco will host the next Abraham Accords summit this coming March.
From Hürriyet Daily News, President Erdoğan announces a 25 percent increase in salaries for civil servants and for pensions.
From Rûdaw, Iraq collected over $115 billion in oil revenue in 2022.
From Armenpress, Azerbaijan has kept the Lachin Corridor, which connects the region of Artsakh to the rest of the world, closed for 23 days. (Artsakh, also called Nagorno Karabakh, is a region in Azerbaijan whose people are mostly ethnic Armenians.)
From In-Cyprus, the real estate company Ask Wire maps properties in Nicosia, Cyprus that are in danger of flooding from the Pedieos River.
From The Syrian Observer, buying a Syrian passport is gonna cost ya even more, pilgrim.
From The961, after three years, the Hilton Beirut Metropolitan Palace is reopened.
From Arutz Sheva, Israel newsman David Bedein points out an unpleasant fact about the Palestinian Authority.
From the Egypt Independent, according to Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary-General Mostafa Waziri, the Grand Egyptian Museum will be inaugurated within a few months.
From the Sudan Tribune, Sudan stops an attempt to overthrow the government of the Central Africa Republic.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, four Ethiopians are listed among the Reputation Poll International's "100 Most Reputable Africans" in 2023.
From the Saudi Gazette, rain alerts and thunderstorm "warnings" are issued for the Saudi Arabian regions of Mecca, Medina and Al-Baha.
From The New Arab, Kuwait plans to deport a female Kuwaiti Bidoon activist who has American citizenship back to the U.S. (The Bidoon are a stateless people residing in several Middle Eastern countries. They are largely prevented from obtaining citizenship in the countries in which they live, but as this woman's story shows, at least some of them can become U.S. citizens.)
From Iran International, some Iranian politicians suggest that the country holds early parliamentary and presidential elections.
From Hasht e Subh, a man in the Afghani province of Ghor is arrested for allegedly criticizing the Taliban and its ban on women studying in universities. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From The Hans India, the Indian government increases its windfall tax on domestically produced oil.
From The New Indian, five Muslims in the Indian state of Jharkhand stuff beef into the mouth of a Hindu Dalit. (The Dalit are the lowest strata of India's caste system, and were previously called "untouchables".)
From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Bangladeshi Army Chief General Shafiuddin Ahmed, his country's army is fully prepared to counter any enemy attack.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe discloses measures for economic reform.
From Raajje, the Maldivian government took in a revenue of MVR 27 billion in 2022.
From The Straits Times, China slams coronavirus rules imposed on its traveling citizens.
From Free Malaysia Today, according to Economic Affairs Minister Rafizi Ramli, there will soon be changes to Malaysia's economy.
From Tempo(dot)Co, according to Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno, Indonesia is ready to welcome foreign tourists, including travelers from China.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlights a new motto for realizing goals in 2023.
From the Taipei Times, Taiwan will test its first domestically built submarine starting this coming September.
From The Korea Herald, the new omicron coronavirus subvariant XBB.1.5 is detected in South Korea. (Please welcome my newest source, The Korea Herald.)
From The Mainichi, a music professor in Kurume, Japan teaches instrument-free "body percussion".
From Gatestone Institute, how the U.N. empowers terrorists.
From The Stream, a liberal professor admits that the left has taken over America.
From The Daily Signal, in the first vote for House Speaker, Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wins more votes than the aforementioned congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal).
From ITR Economics, if a recession occurs in 2024, it will not be restricted to the U.S.
From The American Conservative, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) outlines his "plan for American renewal".
From BizPac Review, a homeless woman in Portland, Oregon claims that street life is a "piece of cake" for her.
From The Daily Wire, 19 Republican congresscritters vote against McCarthy's bid to become House Speaker.
From the Daily Caller, The New York Times hires David French as an opinion columnist.
From Breitbart, eight out of every 10 people arrested in Stockholm, Sweden are under age 18.
From Newsmax, Donald Trump the Younger goes into the podcasting business.
And from the New York Post, an Australian woman claims that she became gay after she stopped taking the pill.
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