Gaza's water supply is severely restricted by the Israeli siege; its wells have salted up. If things get much worse, it will be fatal.

Deep-learning AI is likely to be hit by a tangle of patents.

Refugees that Australia dumped in Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) want to get travel documents from Papua New Guinea so they can look for somewhere else to go. Papua New Guinea has found excuses to refuse.

Businesses force non-compete agreements on employees, even nonprofessional jobs such as security guards, which makes them effectively trapped and unable to change employers.

In some cases they are not legally valid, but the employees have no feasible way to find this out. And the fear of being sued, even frivolously, by a company which can afford a lawyer, can intimidate the employees.

I think that employment contracts need to be more tightly regulated. Companies should not be allowed to make up new demands and impose them on employees that feel they don't dare refuse.

Perhaps employers should be required to post a notice such as, "If you are paid hourly, your employer MAY NOT impose a no-compete contract. If it tries to, show your contract (dated 2019 or later) to state office S and collect a $1000 fine from your employer right away."

Global heating is causing West Nile virus to spread in the US.