A Thai student leads a protest movement demanding reduction of the power of the king.

*Cyprus scraps 'golden passport' scheme after politicians caught in undercover sting.*

*Ending world hunger by 2030 would cost $330bn, study finds.*

That is much less than one would expect. Just $33 billion a year would be peanuts for the US government.

US border thugs deport large numbers of people to the small Mexican border town of Sasabe, perhaps because they know it cannot process so many immigrants that fast and has no place for them to stay.

This sadism is typical of the US border thugs.

China has cut off its importation of Australian coal. It will presumably burn Chinese coal instead.

This could teach Australia to invest in something less damaging than coal mining. But I fear that the Australian government will be so desperate for China to resume buying coal that it will break and bow down to China. That would be very bad for freedom in the world.

The Australian government has a few oppressive policies — towards immigrants, towards software developers. Towards whistleblowers that reveal its dishonesty and crimes. However, in general it is much better than China.

In regard to global heating, to the first order this makes no difference. Australian coal and Chinese coal are both very damaging.