Greece has closed the banks until after the referendum.

This is to stop people from moving all their money out in euros before the referendum.

Diversity of wildflowers in California is declining.

The Palestinians of Hebron have been helped to return to the center of the city, despite systematic repression which had previously pressured most of them out.

Mohammad Hossein Rafiee is in prison in Iran for publishing an article that supported President Rouhani in aiming for a nuclear deal.

It strikes me that maybe he was imprisoned for advocating release of political prisoners, free and fair elections, and human rights, rather than for supporting a possible nuclear deal. That would not be any less unjust, but it would be less absurd.

Australia will deliver foreign aid via companies.

This may in certain cases be an efficient way to distribute medicines, and I have nothing against that; but I fear this presages a conversion of "foreign aid" into "aid to foreign companies".