China is flipping out because Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a trade office using the name "Taiwan".

New South Wales reopened activities with most people vaccinated, but kept test-and-trace and mask requirements. Case rates have remained very low.

A large part of the "great resignation" which has caused the US labor shortage involves working mothers who were forced to quit because they couldn't rely on schools as a place to put their children while working.

Perhaps economic considerations will convince states to allow mothers to leave more children alone at home.

*US faces nurse shortage from burnout.*

US citizens: call on colleges and universities to stop charging students for credits they accrued through unpaid internships.

The EU is considering a directive to require companies sending various agricultural products to the EU to prove their products were not related to deforestation.

The products proposed are beef, wood, palm oil, soy, coffee and cocoa.

If other big importers sign on to this, it could make a big difference.