Fossil fuel companies' disinformation in US public schools.

Anti-vax propaganda is spreading measles in countries where it had become rare. The WHO warns that measles occasionally causes lifelong disability, or death.

Modi has celebrated the partial construction of a Hindu temple where the Babri Masjid used to stand, treating it as a symbolic defeat of Islam.

Former Indian governments tried to promote interreligious peace and tolerance. No longer. Modi's party (BJP) has used religious hostility to boost its power, much as American fascists do. Now it wants to make Hinduism the de facto official religion, and oppress others.

In the past, some Muslim rulers repressed Buddhism generally, as did some Hindu rulers. Some historians maintain that the Dalits of today are the descendants of people who were Buddhists. In recent decades, Dalits have faced forcible opposition from Hindu fanatics when they try to hold ceremonies to convert to Buddhism.

An earthquake destroyed roads near the Shika nuclear power plant in Japan, trapping 400 people within the evacuation zone. Fortunately the plant was idle and there was no leak.

Election sabotage in New Hampshire: a deepfake audio call pretended to be Biden telling people to stay home rather than vote for him in the state's Democratic primary.