Palestinian prisoners, imprisoned without trial, have been on hunger strike for months.

If we are to avoid the other disasters that CO2 emissions will cause, aside from those due to temperature, we need to cut emissions even more sharply.

San Francisco mounted real opposition to a bid to hold the Olympics there.

So did Chicago, although the campaign failed.

Ireland has legalized abortion in some limited situations. This decision, defying threats from the Catholic Church, is an important victory for women and for humanity, even though it does not go far enough.

Meanwhile, the law imposes a harsh penalty on abortions in other circumstances.

Organized peaceful protests in Rio de Janeiro turned violent after discovery of a box of molotov cocktails, which might have been planted by thugs so as to be discovered.