Temperatures in parts of India have reached 51C, a record in that country. People are demanding that the government do something about this.

The first thing it should do is to prevent things from getting worse. India must stop burning coal for electricity and invest heavily in renewable generation and storage.

Foreign powers have set up a new "government" in Libya, and now plan to send it arms, but it hardly has real existence.

Who will end up with those arms?

There is another government in the eastern part of Libya, and both now plan to issue money -- different money.

Brazil's new acting president is imposing right-wing austerity and privatization.

Trump and his supporters look aside from, and even excuse, the threats of violence against a reporter who published a negative article against his wife.

A bill in Congress would require training thugs in de-escalation, so that they know how to do something with black suspects other than shoot them dead.