*The Biden team will be 'diverse'. That doesn't mean it will help struggling people.*

People who have experienced coping with racism, poverty, and other handicap will have an advantage in understanding how to help others cope with them — if they want to try. The problem with making identity (that is, a person's background) the main criterion is that it's easy to find plutocratists who have the desired background, but the wrong values and goals.

*Children will die due to UK overseas aid cuts, pediatricians say.*

I am sure it is true. As children in the UK are dying due to years of Tory cuts in welfare benefits, with more to come. But the Tories have no choice — the plutocrats' demands cannot go unsatisfied.

Corbyn would have done something about this.

One of Assad's torturers faces prosecution in Germany.

Farming macadamia nut trees in Australia endangers the wild macadamia nut trees and their genetic diversity. The wild species is now designated as vulnerable.

Iran executed Ruhollah Zam for publishing criticism of officials, including the statements of protesters.