Some Chinese expats in Australia were too scared to testify about Chinese threats and intimidation of Chinese expats in Australia.

A congressional panel recommended keeping all the US troops in Afghanistan to pressure the Taliban to make concessions in negotiations.

If you suppose that this is a real negotiation, and that concessions would lead to a preferable outcome, that conclusion would make sense. But I don't think this is a real negotiation about a real outcome. Either it is a process for the US to convince itself to stop keeping the war going, and let the Taliban win, or it is a sham.

Turkish students are protesting against Erdoğan.

Prohibiting privatized federal prisons should include immigration prisons.

Millions in the UK have purchased apartments that they now cannot sell because the buildings were constructed with unsafe materials. Some of them have been bankrupted by bills to deal with the problem.

Taking care of such problems is the job of the state. A state with effective democracy would do the job.