US border thugs forced foreign student Shahab Dehghani to fly back out, defying a court order saying that for the moment he could stay in the US.

Brazilian prosecutors want to charge Glenn Greenwald for publishing information, obtained by crackers, about the corruption of Brazilian prosecutors.

This is not exactly parallel to the US case against Julian Assange (since the information he published was leaked), but they are mostly parallel, and they pose similar threats to freedom of the press.

Unexpected levels of PFAS chemicals have been found in water supplies in various US cities.

These chemicals do not break down naturally, and can do various kinds of damage. No one knows yet what levels of them are safe.

After removal of dangerously flammable insulation from two housing projects in London, heating has become so expensive that the residents are starving and/or freezing.

The local government needs to replace the insulation with something not flammable.

Not-exactly-natural disasters cost 3 trillion dollars in the last decade, up from 1.8 trillion in the previous decade.

Global heating effects are responsible for much of the increase.

A survey found that 57% of Australians have been affected directly by the fires.

The fires are still spreading, so the number may yet increase.

A quarter of the population has experienced medical problems from the fires.