New Zealand has moved hard against the housing speculators.

This is good, but New Zealand (like many other places) needs to build a lot more places for people to live, in concentrated form near public transport.

(satire) *Police Say Dead Homeless Individual Threatened Them With Weapon As Far As You Know.*

Another positive feedback loop for global heating: soil absorbs less carbon than was expected.

Somalia is in danger of collapsing again.

Burmese oppositionists are now using a general strike and staying home as a replacement for visible protests.