* The US is warming faster than the global average and its people are suffering … a disaster every three weeks costing at least $1bn.*

The Italian government is funding an exhibit to promote Lord of the Rings, which has been adopted by right-wing extremists in Italy.

*Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses.*

Amazon already destroyed a large fraction of US jobs in retail by driving competing other stores out of business. The jobs that remain in Amazon warehouses, which often lead to injury and illness, are few by comparison.

*EU agrees to ban exports of waste plastic to poor countries.*

Poor countries, desperate for foreign currency, often agree to accept large quantities of waste, which there is no safe way to dispose of so they have to keep it forever.

US citizens: call on state officials to keep the insurrectionist off the ballot for the next election — for engaging in insurrection.