* Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing [medical] problems in [other countries].*

The issue is worth posting about, but I reject the term "global south" and I took this opportunity to campaign against it.

I also took the opportunity to highlight my disagreement with the marketing campaign to replace the word "medical" with "health". I don't know whether that author (or The Guardian) supports that as a marketing campaign—it may be a matter of following a fashion. But I see it as a marketing campaign, and as such I reject it.

It looks like the part of the US State Department that tries to combat foreign disinformation will be defunded.

Who in the US government might want to do that? Perhaps those who are in league with Putin, such as the corrupter, and those who spread foreign disinformation, such as Musk.

Monarch butterflies are now listed as threatened in he US, which puts limits on actions that could further harm the species. The limits, not very strict, are described in the article.

Th FTC's order to block the merger of the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains was upheld in court.

However, it appears that Lina Khan, responsible for several years of militancy by the FTC, will not be reappointed. That means it will become weaker, and additional damaging mergers of large companies will proceed.

I would like to know more about how this happened. If you can point me at an article about this, please email me the text as well as the URL.

*Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says.* This is a consequence of the higher temperature in the Arctic, and consequences such as wildfires.