John Kerry, the US "climate envoy", publicly recognizes the need for much faster action to curb fossil fuels.

The article does not say whether he mentioned reduction of emissions from agriculture as crucial.

France has legally protected the sounds and smells of the countryside against lawsuits from annoyed neighbors.

Slavery today is a personal injustice with a macroeconomic cause.

*Former head of Vatican bank sentenced to jail for embezzlement.*

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russian forces tortured and murdered Georgian civilians and burned their houses, in the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

Bizarrely, it was Georgia which started that war by attacking Russia, perhaps hoping to get NATO support when Russia counterattacked. But NATO declined to be drawn in.

I can't criticize Russia for counterattacking when attacked, but that doesn't excuse war crimes.