After about a year of negotiations, the three largest countries in North America have come up with a deal that would replace NAFTA, called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA for short. In order to go into effect, it must be ratified by the appropriate legislating bodies of the three respective countries.
Read more at CBC News, the Financial Times, the Financial Post, Business Insider and AP News.
Read Spencer Fernando's eponymous blog for some reaction. (H/T Kel the Red Fox Blogger)
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In other stories:
From National Review, the case against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh is collapsing.
From The Federalist, the prosecutor who questioned Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Ford details 12 inconsistencies in her story.
From Kagfeed, the memo from the prosecutor to Republican Senators.
From Townhall, three lessons to be learned form the Kavanaugh "circus".
From The Washington Free Beacon, pro-lifers urge Democratic Senators to confirm Kavanaugh.
From Voice Of Europe, Hungary's foreign minister says that the U.N. migration package will make things worse.
From Radio Poland, according to Poland's prime minister, the Polish economy is booming. (via Voice Of Europe)
From Radio Praha, the Czech deputy prime minister traces the founding of Czechoslovakia to Chicago.
From Deutsche Welle, six members of a German far-right terror group are arrested for allegedly planning to attack migrants.
From the NL Times, as the arrival of Sinterklaas is announced, so are protests.
From Dutch News, Schipol Airport has a new round of technical difficulties.
From France24, a Frenchman involved with the Swedish Academy gets two years for rape.
From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron faces some angry people in the French West Indies.
From El País, the anniversary of Catalonia's independence referendum is marked by protests and roadblocks.
From the Express, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warns that U.K. planes will not be allowed to land in the E.U.
From the Independent, a no-deal Brexit could result in corporate tax cuts.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. bookies claim that London could see some snow this month. (Would this snow be caused by global warming? If so, will the U.S. president be blamed?)
From ANSA, unemployment in Italy is down to its lowest level since 2012.
From Total Croatia News, the implementation of the Istanbul Convention starts today.
From Ekathimerini, police in Greece arrest 40 Afghani migrants after a Syrian migrant is killed.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek President Anastasiades asks Turkish Cypriots to respect the rights of all Cypriots.
From Iraqi News, Iraqi security forces capture 27 ISIS terrorists near Mosul.
From Rûdaw, according to a monitor, the KRG election was peaceful, but not without fraud.
From AhlulBayt News Agency, three groups of Syrians return home from Lebanon.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government decreases its investment in the CPEC rail project.
From Russia Today, Russian prosecutors point out that a "like" on the Internet is not a crime.
From Sputnik International, Iran launches ballistic missiles into Syria in an attempt to hit a terrorist hideout.
From NDTV, two people have been arrested in connection with an explosion at a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, India.
From the Brisbane Times, a witness in a terror trial in Australia states that all Australians should either sign a contract with Muslims, leave the country, or be executed.
From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian lies about Israel's "nationality" law.
From FrontpageMag, it's now twice as fun to be an illegal alien.
From Fox News, Senate candidate Karin Housley (R-MN) has called for an investigation of the alleged domestic abuse by Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN).
From Twitchy, be careful when wishing for FBI investigations.
From the Tennessean, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to Tennessee's Amendment 1, which removed the right to an abortion from their constitution. (via Life News)
From The Daily Caller, former President Obama endorses Cavanaugh. (This man is not Kavanaugh, he's Cavanaugh.)
From CNS News, an ABC reporter finds President Trump agreeing with her.
From TechSideline, retired Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer gets his own statue.
And from The Babylon Bee, Vice President Pence admits to underage root beer drinking.
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