Philippine cops accuse a high official of arranging the murder of journalist Percival Mabasa.

Egypt told the participants in the Cop27 climate conference to use a special app, which shows signs that it is snooping on them.

Given the repression of the Egyptian government, that is something to be fesred.

I wonder if it is possible to participate in Cop27 without extra restrictions if you don't run that app.

Apps are generally nonfree software — on iMonsters, all apps are nonfree software — and any nonfree program is likely to be malware. The operating systems of those devices are also malware, which is one of the reasons I don't have one.

US citizens: call on Vanguard to stop financing human rights abuses through oil company Petroperú.

*Queensland [thugs] to get expanded powers to randomly scan people for knives [with a metal detector].*

This is not as bad as the usual "stop and search", but I find it worrysome that the thugs find "other minor crimes" when they do this. What crimes, and how do they find those crimes? The finding of those other crimes could involve a more intrusive search than just waving a wand. That could be an opportunity for racial profiling to do some harm.

I am shocked by the reference to carrying knitting needles as a "crime". Lots of women used to carry knitting needles with them, and knit whenever they had a chance to sit for a while. Is knitting outside your house now illegal? Does it require a permit?

The US National Hockey League kicked out a newly hired athlete for bullying a student in school at the age of 14.

Bullying is nasty, but what people do at age 14 should not follow them for their adult lives.

Young people often commit minor crimes. The point of the juvenile courts is to give give them a chance for a fresh start as adults. But the system won't achieve that goal if employers persecute them for those juvenile crimes.