A right-wing Japanese politician proposed a stealthy change to the constitution, and proposed the Nazis' stealthy change to the German constitution as an example.

Proposing a stealthy change to the constitution is enough reason to end a politician's career, even if had not cited Nazis as a positive example of doing so. However, there is reason to think that that politician's may have other views in common with Nazis, as he visits the shrine in which war criminals, the Japanese equivalents of Dubya, are worshiped.

Berlusconi's conviction for tax fraud has been definitively upheld, and he will have to serve a sentence.

Campaigners accuse the British GCHQ of selling its spying services to the US.

Global heating is causing various causes of illness and death to spread.

A study finds that hot weather increases violence.

Global heating is likely give people lots of substantial things to fight about. Now we see it is likely to make them start fighting, too.