On a mild and partly sunny Tuesday, which is the last day of 2024, here are some things going on:
From National Review, even though it's downright masochistic, let's look back on 2024.
From FrontpageMag, the Biden-Harris administration has an "insidious" reason for wishing people "Happy Kwanzaa".
From Townhall, President-elect Trump gives some smart advice to his nominees ahead of their Senate confirmation hearings.
From The Washington Free Beacon, federal judge Mark Scarsi is a nominee for Man of the Year.
From the Washington Examiner, President Biden puts up a last-ditch obstacle to Trump's plan to have oil drilling in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada.
From The Federalist, the biggest loser of 2024 is former President Obama.
From American Thinker, five New Year's resolutions for the federal government.
From NewsBusters, 10 more battles from White House press briefings in 2024.
From Canada Free Press, the New Year brings dangers for Poland.
From TeleSUR, 16 Ecuadorian soldiers are sent to preventive detention for the alleged "forced disappearance" of four children.
From TCW Defending Freedom, Reform party leader Nigel Farage addresses the U.K. from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
From Deutsche Welle, a man steals an excavation vehicle in Grünsfeld, Germany and goes on a "rampage", thus making his last mistake.
From Polskie Radio, almost 200 people in Międzyzdroje, Poland combine to set a Guinness World Record for the largest ice swimming relay. (This shows that the line between the "badass" and "stupid people" labels can be somewhat thin.)
From Radio Prague, Prague, Czech Republic prepares for an expected record influx of tourists on New Year's Eve.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks in America and their roots. (Yours truly is descended mainly from Slovaks who left the Austro-Hungarian Empire for the United States.)
From Daily News Hungary, starting January 1sr, bikes and dogs may be taken on certain trains in Budapest, Hungary will no longer cost ya more, pilgrim.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture encourages Hungarians to eat locally produced sausages on New Year's Eve. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Turizmus.)
From Russia Today, the founder of the platform Telegram claims that Russians have more media freedom on it than E.U. citizens do.
From Sputnik International, Russia, China and North Korea tell the West to buzz off.
From The Moscow Times, Russian President Putin hails his country's achievements during the 25 years he has been in power. (This shows that between the offices of president and prime minister, the one with the real power is whichever Putin is holding. He has held both during those 25 years.)
From EuroNews, Moldova braces for an energy shortage as Russia halts gas supplies over a disputed debt.
From Romania-Insider, the BET index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange gained 8.8 percent in 2024.
From Novinite, three men are found dead on Strandzha Mountain in Bulgaria, and are believed to have entered illegally from Turkey. (This again shows how opposing illegal migration is not racist or xenophobic, and condoning it is not compassionate, since illegal migration is often dangerous to the migrants themselves.)
From The Sofia Globe, December 2024 in Bulgaria was wetter and warmer than usual.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarians find good fortune for the New Year inside bread, walnuts or onion skins.
From Balkan Insight, how the late former U.S. President Carter secured a ceasefire in Bosnia and Herzegovina in December 1994.
From The North Africa Post, is a phone call between the foreign ministers of Morocco and Syria paving the way for a thawing of relations between the two countries?
From The New Arab, the Lebanese army deploys into the village of Shamaa after Israeli troops withdraw in accordance with a recently negotiated ceasefire.
From The Daily Mail, the Taliban send troops to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan as the two countries exchange strikes.
From Gatestone Institute, NGOs are driving antisemitism in the U.K.
From The Stream, five "rash" and "reckless" predictions for 2025.
From The Daily Signal, 33 books worth reading in 2025.
From The American Conservative, President Javier Milei pulls off a "miracle" in Argentina.
From The Western Journal, FEMA admits that it failed to deliver on its Christmas pledge to victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
From BizPac Review, congresscritter and Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-Cal) is raked over the figurative coals for defending Biden's mental state.
From The Daily Wire, according to Trump, Democrats "will try all sorts of tricks" to delay his cabinet nominations.
From the Daily Caller, a former pollster for Mr. Bill skewers the media for not covering Biden's health decline.
From the New York Post, men in New York City realize that dating is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.
From Breitbart, the increase in voting by mail leads to an increase in mismatched signatures and in turn to ballot rejections.
From Newsmax, Ford will recall over 20,000 hybrid SUVs due to concerns about their batteries.
And from SFGate, a man from Santa Cruz, California rides the largest wave every to be surfed.
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