*Freedom of Press is Dealt Deadly Blows by Modi's Proto-Fascist Regime in India.*

*Global heating to drive stronger La Niña and El Niño events by 2030, researchers say.*

These events already cause havoc — droughts and fires in some places and times, floods in others. Global heating is likely to make them worse.

Next year's climate conference will be hosted (and run) by the UAE.

The UAE is a repressive regime that recognizes human rights only when that pleases the emirs, so protest will be crushed and most activists kept out, as happened this year in Egypt.

In addition, the UAE is a big oil exporter, which means that next year's event will be even more corrupted by global heating denialists than this year's.

The UAE spends lots of money to manipulate the US goverment and policies.

If any powerful coutries really want to make progress in defending the climate, they should denounce the UN climate conferences as corrupt betrayals, refuse to attend, and organize a new kind of event. But maybe they are corrupted enough to be content with this corruption.

Big US banks are lobbying against a proposed rule that would stop them from managing retirement funds any more if they are caught committing crimes in doing that.

*"The [Putin forces] mined everything": why making Kherson safe could take years.*

Please distinguish between the Putin forces and Russia. Ukraine will need to live with Russia, and Ukrainians will need to live with their Russian relatives, for centuries, assuming those countries survive coming global disaster. Hate Putin, not Russia!