*US Military Ordered 'Clandestine Burning' of Toxic Chemicals in Poor Neighborhoods: Study.*

The US has given support to the UN again, in a prestigious way: inviting it to lead peace negotiations for Afghanistan.

I see hope that this might lead to a real peace rather than merely a fig leaf behind which the US can stop prolonging the war.

China's heavy-handed pressure on its critics is causing blowback.

*Shanna Swan: 'Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045'.*

If it were no worse than that, it might be ok. But we cannot be sure that human reproductive systems will work sufficiently to utilize those techniques.

*Covid-19 has shown humanity how close we are to the edge.*