Macron publicly pressured Israel to stop building colonies in occupied Palestine, and condemned the siege of Gaza.

That is a good thing to do, and shows more courage than the US has had for a long time. However, each one of these colonies violates the Geneva Convention. To stop making more of them is not sufficient.

A uranium mine near the Grand Canyon could contaminate the Havasupai tribe's water permanently if anything goes wrong.

The company will promise in court that it will bend over backwards to prevent contamination. Then, having won permission, it will cut corners to the max -- because corporations are psychopaths and that's how they operate.

Conservatives governed Sweden and cut taxes for the rich, leading to increased inequality. Now the Social Democrats are working to reduce the inequality.

The name "Winnie the Pooh" is banned in China because the great dictator has been compared to him.

For the rank and file Republicans, global heating denial is an example of surrendering to fear by denying the danger. It's like refusing to go to the dentist, or to get tested for AIDS or cancer.