A coalition proposes copyright reform in the US.

The concepts it uses to formulate its ideas ("creators" and "consumers") discourage consideration of any but superficial changes, and these ideas seem to call for small change.

Poverty in the UK Is As Bad As the 1940s.

Iran banned a magazine, Today's Women, for writing about unmarried couples that live together.

Iranian officials say that their laws which discriminate against women are not discrimination, on the grounds that they come from religion. I'd say that indicates a religion that discriminates against women.

Extreme heat and rain events are happening much more frequently now than over the 20th century, and this has been tied to global heating.

The UN concluded that Israel directly targeted UN facilities in Gaza and is responsible for killing and wounding 250 Palestinians who were sheltering there.