*Israeli checkpoint killing of Palestinian was an execution, report claims.*

Many Yazidis cannot go home to Shinjar, and continue to live in dismal refugee camps. With Covid-19 on top of that, some young people are committing suicide.

If the wrecker had continued the campaign to eradicate PISSI, perhaps more of the Yazidis could go home.

I am surprised by the statement that some Yazidis remain prisoners of PISSI. PISSI no longer controls territory; where can it hold its prisoners. The statement is so brief and sketchy that it is hard to make sense of. The reference given does not seem to say anything about this.

*Woman awarded $7,700 for five years of housework in China divorce ruling.*

It is a long-standing feminist complaint about social practices that women tend to do the chores, and their work is undervalued because it is unpaid. It seems that China takes this argument seriously.

Due to global heating, bats in some places are dying from heat.

*Germany convicts former Assad regime agent in historic Syria torture verdict.*