Texas Republicans are creating new legal excuses to take over the election authority of Houston, with its 5 million people.

It is not exactly clear what they want to do to Houston's voters, but it must be come sort of voter suppression.

German thugs raided the homes of climate campaigners belonging to a group called "Last Generation", comparable to Extinction Rebellion.

The group hopes to prevent mass murder. The thugs accused it of being a "criminal organization."

On recent history in Pakistan: democracy and military rule.

Former governors of Alabama point out that around 12% of the people sentenced to death in that state were subsequently exonerated.

One of them upheld the death sentence for a man he now believes was innocent.

The Labour Party is proposing to reform the UK economy.

I still have to ask: would they tax the rich and use the money to lift people out of poverty? "Growth" as such is benefit if the growth goes mainly to the wealthy.