Spells of heat or rain that lasts for weeks have become twice as common since 2000, due to measurable changes in the behavior of the jet streams.

All this is due to global heating.

US citizens: Tell the USDA not to allow 2,4-D resistant corn.

20,000 or more besieged Yazidis escaped from Isis encirclement.

It is not clear whether US attacks helped make this possible.

Naomi Klein: 'Our Economic Model Is at War with Life on Earth'.

Hamas threatened to increase its ineffective rocket attacks on Israel unless the siege is ended.

It suits both Hamas and Israel to treat these rocket attacks as a big danger.