Israeli army firing at a crowd of hungry Palestinians near some aid trucks caused a total of 400 casualties.

Israel says its soldiers never shot at the crowd, but witnesses there say people were shot. The Israeli army has a decades-long tradition of lying about such things.

*Texas is on fire while oil companies are fueling the flames of climate chaos.*

Global heating effects in part of Italy have wiped out the harvest of the rice varieties used for risotto.

Israel is sabotaging humanitarian organizations that aid Palestinians in the occupied Palestine by not giving visas to their workers.

Putin seems to be using the "my puppets are pleading for my help" game with Transnistria, a breakaway part of Moldova with a garrison of Russian troops.

There is no easy way Putin can send reinforcements to Transnistria: they would have to fly over Ukraine or cross the Black Sea. Either way, Ukraine could attack them

But first, surely some of those Russian soldiers would like to get out of Putin's power. Let's give them a chance and encourage them to take it.