It's not enough to have "grownups" as political leaders. We need grownups that feel compassion for poor people rather than for fortunes.

Farmers in Kenya are selling some of their old baobab trees, which they want to get rid of to use that land.

There may be valid reasons to want to preserve the old baobab trees in Kenya, and/or cultivate new ones. However, that aside, transplanting some (provided they can actually take root and thrive in their new homes) is not particularly bad, especially if the farmers would otherwise have cut them down. It is absurd to claim this is some sort of crime.

The concept of "biopiracy" is used here with a meaning I had not seen before, but it is just as bogus as the other meaning.

Egypt has cancelled events inside the climate conference where NGOs planned to invite scientists to meet visiting politicians.

Will governments allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Putin for the crime of aggressive war? The US may try to protect Dubya from a similar prosecution for conquering and occupying Iraq — a war which he started without grounds or need, based on lies.

Dubya deserves to be prosecuted for that crime, and I would love to see him imprisoned for it.

*Human Rights Watch Condemns Qatar Over Arrests, Abuse of LGBTQ+ People Ahead of World Cup.*