China, Russia and Canada follow policies that (if applied globally) would lead to 5C of global heating. The US and Australia are not much better.

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic is unable to cope with the violence there.

California prisoners are fighting wildfires for wages of $1.45 per day.

Low wages for prisoners drive down wages for everyone else.

Damascus Journalist Has a Million Stories but None She Can Safely Report.

Over 600 people are missing in Northern California, perhaps killed by the fire.