The US puts a lot of money into subsidizing housing, but limited mainly to the wealthy.

In Madagascar most people are very poor, so they are making fun of the president's wife's expensive dress. The government's response: a bill to prohibit insulting officials.

Madagascar has been hit hard by global heating effects, including drought sometimes and flooding sometimes.

90% of Madagascar's former forest has been cut down, and desperate people are rapidly cutting down what remains, but that will only give them a short respite before they die in large numbers.

I think this is a foretaste of what the whole world could be like in 2070.

Such a desperate situation calls for desperate measures. If the rest of the world wants to help, I suggest offering a regular supply of food to anyone under 20 years old who agrees to be sterilized in exchange.

Philando Castile informed the thug that he had a licensed gun, but that he was about to get out his ID as requested. The thug told him not to, so he raised his arms instead — so the thug shot him and killed him.

Mr Castile was black. Maybe the thug was affected by unconscious racism, but that is not an excuse.

The invasion of Iraq was not merely a blunder. B'liar was warned about all the bad consequences, and that the "intelligence" was a lie; he went ahead anyway.

It wasn't necessary to be an expert, or have any inside information, to recognize that invasion was unjustified. Even I could see it.

Global heating means ever worse floods in the UK. People may not appreciate how bad the effects can be; here is a projection.