A flash fire started in a town near Denver and wind quickly drove it through 580 houses, so fast that firefighters could do nothing to stop it.

This was partly due to a severe drought. In 20 years, the area will probably have an even worse drought.

All coast protection measures are temporary. Eventually the sea overwhelms them — and projected sea-level rise keeps rising.

*India bans Mother Teresa charity from receiving funds from abroad.* This is probably a part of the increasing repression of Christians.

Let's not presume that Mother Teresa set a standard of goodness. I read that her organization didn't bother to offer medical treatment to dying poor people — it gave them only "spiritual" aid.

However, any government that lays charges of "hurting religious sentiments of believers in XYZ religion" is viciously repressive, regardless of which religion XYZ is, or what else may be good or bad about those who are accused.

*Why Is the UK's National Health Service Being Run by Former Bankers?*

There's no one like a banker for screwing non-rich people and redirecting funds to the rich.

The Tories have been bleeding the NHS for a decade, and it's almost ready to fall down dead.

Germany will shut down three nuclear power plants and replace them with renewable generation.

This is good, but it should also replace a substantial amount of fossil fuel consumption with renewable generation at the same time, so it can tell Putin "buzz off".