Opponents of Virginia's Republican candidate for governor, a right-wing extremist, went to his rally pretending to be his supporters,

While swinging the torches that rightwing extremists carried in the violent rally in 2017.

It is valid to try to tie right-wing extremists to recent past acts of violent right-wing extremism, but this way of doing it was wrong and foolish.

It is wrong because it can have the effect of a false-flag attack. The Republican candidate denounced it as one, and that was easy to do because the difference was small. If you're going to criticize someone through a comparison, you must show clearly and visibly that it is a comparison rather than a falsehood.

Second, it could easily backfire by winning the Republican candidate more support from white supremacists.

Australia will export "green hydrogen" to the UK.

That means hydrogen produced without consumption of fossil fuels.

New Zealand schools will start teaching the history of British colonization of New Zealand.

It is important for New Zealanders to study this history. I hope however, that the courses will not fall into the widespread modern myth of nasty Europeans vs the peaceful united native peoples. The Maori were far from peaceful or united before Europeans arrived, and the desire to despoil others was not limited to Europeans alone.

US citizens: call on Biden to ban offshore drilling for fossil fuels.

US citizens: call on Congress to pass laws to prevent Facebook from promoting right-wing extremism over other views.