Monday Links

Starting with an announcement from a Senator, here are some things going on:

From the Tennessean, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has announced his retirement, effective at the end of his present term.

From The Washington Post, a business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn has been indicted for illegally lobbying for Turkey.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the federal government is spending about $245,000 to teach kids "sustainable gardening".

From the Washington Examiner, what happened to the work iphones issued to Peter Strzok and Lisa Page?

From FrontpageMag, Dutch politician Geert Wilders speaks at David Horowitz's Restoration Weekend.

From National Review, three lessons for the U.S. from Canada's possible gun ban.

From Townhall, the death of a seven-year-old girl was not caused by the Border Patrol, as even her father acknowledges.

From The Federalist, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) makes a "definitive" case against impeaching President Trump.

From American Thinker, is it "time to investigate the investigators?"

From CBC News, the number of places where Canadians can apply for passports has almost doubled in the past year.

From Global News, a family facing deportation will be allowed to stay in Canada for 18 more months.

From CTV News, the number of irregular asylum seekers crossing into Canada in November was the lowest since June 2017.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach denies claims that U.K. Prime Minister May "loathes" him.

From the Express, Rees-Mogg saves May from Corbyn.

From the Independent, the post-Brexit plan does not include May's immigration cap.

From the Evening Standard, a threat made to a hotel in Cardiff, Wales results in an evacuation.

From The Scottish Sun, a man admits killing his estranged wife and her mother.

From the NL Times, another grenade is found in Amsterdam, but it's much older than the rest.

From Dutch News, Dutch authorities seize cacti, ivory, coral and monkeys in an operation against wildlife trafficking.

From Deutsche Welle, if you want to attend a Christmas service at a Protestant church in Essen-Haarzopf, Germany, you'll need a ticket.

From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda signs into law a plan to reinstate retired judges.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia exports a record number of toys.

From Daily News Hungary, Airbus Helicopters will establish a factory for parts in Hungary.

From Hungary Today, opposition parties and civil organizations demonstrate against Hungary's law extending voluntary overtime.

From About Hungary, if you want to understand the demonstrations, here are five takeaways.

From Russia Today, a Spanish traveler riding his bike through Siberia gets helped by some of the locals.

From Novinite, Bulgaria considers replacing MiG-29s with F-16s.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bulgaria seems to be preferred as the host of part of the TurkStream gas pipeline.

From Ekathimerini, Greek authorities investigate a bombing at a building housing a TV station.

From the Greek Reporter, more on the bombing of the building which includes a TV station.

From ANSA, a Somali terror suspect arrested in Bari, Italy last week wanted to attack St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

From El País, Catalan separatists say "now is the time for action".

From The Portugal News, eight civilians are arrested for the alleged theft of military material.

From France24, France will introduce new taxes on large Internet and technology companies.

From RFI, have the "yellow vest" protests come to an end?

From SwissInfo, over half of Swiss company CEOs are not Swiss.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's interior minister suggests that Syrian children born in Turkey should receive Turkish citizenship.

From Arutz Sheva, is AirBnB backtracking on its ban of listing properties in the West Bank or not?

From The Times Of Israel, according to UNIFIL, the tunnels dug from Lebanon into Israel violate a 2006 U.N. resolution.

From Iraqi News, Iraqi troops arrest three female ISIS terrorists.

From Khaama Press, in Afghanistan's Herat province, a Taliban leader gets droned.

From UrduPoint, over half of Pakistanis who recite the Koran make good use of their vocal chords.

From PJ Media, ISIS threatens more attacks in Spain.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey's outrage over the Khashoggi murder is fake.

From The Daily Caller, SCOTUS Justice Ginsburg recovers from her fall and the resulting broken ribs.

From CNS News, the U.S. power grid is vulnerable to an EMP attack.

From NewsBusters, two YouTube personalities propose a free speech funding site.

From the New York Post, teens are vaping more and using other drugs less.

And from The Babylon Bee, California considers taxing a very common source of carbon dioxide.