Ukraine says that Russia is waging overt war with Ukraine by blockading its ports in the Sea of Azov.

De facto, Russia has been at war with Ukraine for years through its support for rebels in the Donbass region. But Russia has always pretended that was not so. I wonder whether Russia will say there is no blockade.

China stopped ordering couples to have just one child. Now it has started pressuring them to have more children.

This is insane. China does not need a higher birth rate; it needs a lower population.

Global Food System Is Broken, Say World's Science Academies.

We make so much meat that it makes people sick, while the resulting deforestation and the methane produced by cattle are driving global heating faster.

However, the claim that "reducing meat and dairy consumption is the single biggest way individuals can lessen their impact on the planet" is incorrect because it overlooks the real biggest way: have fewer children or none.

Arms sold by the US and UK to Salafi Arabia and its allies in Yemen are diverted in substantial quantities to the black market, in which they are sold to al-Qa'ida and PISSI, as well as the Houthis.

Some terrorist groups have been integrated into the "army of Yemen" which is allied to Salafi Arabia.

A new threat to expand copyright, from a rapper claiming no one should be allowed to imitate his "moves".

I hope judges understand that ruling in his favor would cripple art.