New Zealand should treat feral cats as pests to be eliminated, like the other introduced predators, to protect the endangered birds.

* Attorney general Letitia James requests calls for fines [of $10,000 per day] until [the wrecker] complies with order to turn over files related to his businesses.*

$10,000 amounts to 3.65 million per year. That may not be enough to get the wrecker to comply — he could simply pay the fine.

Can New York State jail him until he complies? I think that would do the job.

*Brazil military "posed as NGOs on social media" to play down deforestation.*

Why, I wonder, does the military wish to protect deforestation? It's not likely that military activity is causing the deforestation. I suspect that the military has joined in a corrupt plan to support plutocrats that profit from deforestation.

Accusing Assad of seizing the possessions (including homes) of political prisoners, amounting to 1.5 billion dollars.

Canada has banned foreign investors from buying homes in Canada. (Except those who will actually live in a home they buy.) This is wise; other countries should do it.

However, it might be slightly better to tax homes owned by foreigners (except homes they reside in) at a very high rate. That would deal with the problem of homes foreigners have already bought.