The IMF puts social spending targets into many "aid" contracts, but these are usually not actually followed, and they have little effect compared with the crushing austerity the IMF imposes.

Russia and Ukraine traded prisoners of war, which both countries had put on trial.

Florida's escalation of the War on Painkillers drove abusers to use heroin instead.

The overall effect is likely to be dangerous. The painkillers are made in regulated labs and the pills always the same contents. Heroin is made by unregulated labs and typically diluted with who-knows-what.

"My father warned Exxon about climate change in the 1970s. They didn't listen."

Indian women attribute domestic violence to alcohol and want it prohibited.

I understand where they are coming from. I saw a small version of that progression in my father, and it convinced me to lead a life of sobriety (which doesn't conflict with occasionally drinking a little wine).

However, prohibition of an addictive drug is likely to do more harm than good. The people who are dependent will get it through crime syndicates.