Corruption by banks is built into the structure of the UK government.

The US recognizes that training Syrian rebels was a flop, and says it will do better.

To succeed at this would require training thousands, and they'd need real combat experience to get good. Where could they get that combat experience without being cut to bits? Perhaps if they joined up with the Kurds.

Global heating, and the melting of Arctic sea ice, is spreading toxic methylmercury which gets into the food chain.

I suspect it will concentrate in predators higher up in the food chain, which are the species humans typically eat.

This year's dry conditions in the Pacific Northwest will be typical weather in 2070, and the amphibians there will be in big trouble.

So will the trees, unless we curb our greenhouse emissions fast.

Tests show that Argentine Prosecutor Nisman was murdered.