The TPP uses the weasel-term "free flow of information", which sounds like it refers to freedom of expression for people, but really only defends businesses' data collection.

Lula, the former Brazilian president, has been charged with hiding property from tax rolls.

I am disappointed in him over this, because I admire him for making Brazil's policies better in various areas.

Hysteria about terrorism is so great in France that students are being encouraged to smoke tobacco inside schools because it is considered too dangerous for them to stand and smoke in the street.

Thus, the very large danger (albeit one that takes decades to kill people) of tobacco is being encouraged for fear of the very small danger of terrorism.

A UK activist went to Australia to confront the undercover thug who had pretended to love her as a front for infiltrating environmental activist groups.

Now he is associated with a training program for thugs, which is probably part of setting up in Australia to snoop on, sabotage and provoke protests.

Turkish journalist sentenced to 21 months in prison for insulting Erdoğan.

By acting like a tyrant, Erdoğan insults himself worse than anyone else could.