*Great Barrier Reef corals have more than halved in past 25 years, study shows.*

Canada's last ice shelf broke up and disappeared.

*Calls grow for radical reform of Chile's national police force. The Carabineros face 8,500 allegations of human rights abuses in the past year.*

A giant international monopoly of privatized water is being formed.

Privatization of water for residential use should not be allowed.

(satire) *NASA officials announced Tuesday that the Hubble Space Telescope had recently given scientists the rare opportunity to observe a pair of galaxies mating.*