If global heating proceeds unchecked, fatal humid heat waves could kill 3/4 of the population of India by the end of this century.

The first fatal heat waves could start much sooner than that. It only takes one of them to leave a city or even a region empty of humans.

People who are old, weak, or sick could be killed by lesser heat waves.

I wonder whether filling a bathtub with cold water and getting into it could protect a person during a fatal heat wave. It may depend on having access to refill the bathtub with more cold water when the water warms up.

A million children in Yemen are in danger of catching cholera, all because of the US-supported bombardment by Salafi Arabia.

In areas where powerful interests are involved, the troll is being converted slowly into an irrelevant noisemaker. Tillerson said, in effect: Don't listen to the president — the US wants talks with North Korea, not regime change.

This means the troll can say whatever makes his fanatical supporters happy, while Tillerson states actual US foreign policy.

This may be an improvement over actually carrying out what the troll says.

Jordan bans rapists from escaping justice by marrying the victim.

There are other places which still permit this.

"Taking on Adani (about its proposed giant coal mine) is not just about climate change. It's taking back power from corporate plutocracy."