Tories have pushed reopening so hard that Covid-19 is increasing. Now some parts of England are running out of coronavirus tests.

*Greystone Nursing Homes, Whose Executives Gave $800,000 to Trump, Are Epicenters of Covid-19 Deaths.*

Businesses that pay off officials expect something specific in return. Perhaps in this case it is permission to cut corners on safety.

*I'm a freelance writer. A Russian media operation targeted and used me.* The site PeaceData offered to pay him for a weekly column.

Seven UN special rapporteurs say, *Hong Kong security law 'may break international laws'.* It conflicts with treaties that China has signed.

This can have an effect on China but only if other countries condition some decisions on this.

I would expect that the lawless behavior of uniformed US thugs violates some treaties. And what about Guantanamo. and wars of aggression? Not that one country's wrongs excuse another country's wrongs — but would be easier to enforce the treaties if breaking them were unusual and unaccepted.

One of the planet-roasting policies that the US has maintained for decades is allowing oil and gas extractors to pay only a small amount for what they extract. That was always bad. But the wrecker has cut down the payments to nearly zero for hundreds of wells.