90% of US countries have had at least one weather disaster from 2011 through 2022. This figure does not count heatwaves.

There is no information about how much each disaster was due to global heating, but it is a big cause of weather disasters now and going forward. Each American should recognize that "global heating is going to hit the place I live."

That doesn't count the crop failures that are going to affect us all even though the place they occur may be far away.

The article points out also that it would be more economical to do things to prevent disasters than to repair them.

*China censors maskless crowd footage in World Cup broadcasts.*

Apparently the contrast with them puts China in a bad light, in the minds of many Chinese. Are they right? I won't assume that. They can see when people die from the rigidity and harshness of the Chinese state. But if China drops the effort to eradicate Covid outbreaks, it could kill millions of Chinese. I think it would be better to correct the rigidity and harshness.

I agree with Sridhar that in what China needs in the long term to get better vaccines and get most people vaccinated.

The UK NHS is trying to suggest that nurses should not strike because it would cause some operations to be delayed.

That statement is literally true, but the argument it is part of is invalid. The main cause of postponing millions of operations every year is mismanagement and underfunding by the government, and the harmful consequences include the pay that is inadequate for nurses to live on.

Qatar believes it can bully any and all parts of the British government by pulling some of the investments that harm Britain.

By deciding to investigate Israel's killing of Shirin Abu Akleh, the US is putting limits on its willingness to support Israel no matter what Israel does.