Afghan refugees being smuggled into Greece were caught and charged with doing the smuggling. One such conviction has been overturned on appeal.

People have shot at electric power stations in Oregon and Washington.

The attackers have not been identified, but the obvious suspects are right-wing extremists. That region (outside its big cities) is known for the presence of people who hate the very idea of government and can consider any sort of sabotage justified if it damages government.

UK ministers refused to negotiate with the NHS workers who are preparing to strike soon.

This confirms, in my view, their intention to destroy the NHS.

An Italian is trapped in the Italian embassy in the United Arab Emirates because he has been sentenced to a large fine and he has no money.

Warnock won the election for senator from Georgia in the face of powerful and effective Republican voter suppression. The Warnock's general election for senator in 2022 had a million fewer voters than Warnock's general election in 2020. And the subsequent runoff in 2022 had a million fewer voters than the runoff for the 2020 election.

Republican voter suppression is intended to hit Democrats harder than Republicans. Why it did not succeed this time in defeating Warnock, I don't know, and I wonder.

The article explains that Georgia Republicans have already passed further laws to make it harder to fight voter suppression in 2024.