African activists are making some progress campaigning against female genital mutilation.

*Knowledge of medicinal plants at risk as (indigenous) languages die out.*

*Nicaraguan police arrest third potential Ortega opponent.*

How many other Nicaraguans might possibly run against Ortega? Is there anyone in the country that certainly won't do so?

Hungary says that the proposed Budapest branch of the Chinese university Fudan has not been approved, and suggest it could be cancelled if local people don't like it.

It could be an excuse to silence controversy and quietly proceed with the plan.

The last time Earth had this level of atmospheric CO2, it was 7F hotter (around 4C) and sea level was around 80 feet higher.

If we don't get the CO2 level back down to 350 ppm, we are likely to see all of today's coastal cities inundated, by and by.