Mexico is passing a law to impose government regulation on traditional medicine.

China has an agency dedicated to expats from China, including Tibetans. Its mission is to spy on them, pressure them, and occasionally threaten, attack or kidnap them.

I wonder: When the US catches Chinese agents stalking exiled Chinese dissidents, what sort of crimes are they charged with, and what sort of sentences do they serve? Are the sentences long enough to discourage Chinese from trying such violence, or do they consider it a slap on the wrist?

*Sudan coup: US condemns military takeover as protests rage overnight.*

US citizens: support the Stop Wall Street Looting Act.

This article argues that oil extraction will collapse in the 2030s, because the fraction of oil extracted that will have to be burned so as to extract oil will increase to a level that won't be profitable to continue.

I don't have the knowledge to judge whether this is true. But if it is, that may provide the necessary extra impetus to move the world quickly to renewable energy.