Before I forget…
People wanted someone to blame for the dam collapses that killed thousands in the city of Derna on Libya’s coast, and they found their men.
President Biden made a state visit to Vietnam that included a discussion on human rights. Days after he left, a Vietnamese court sentenced an environmental activist to three years in prison, saying she committed tax fraud.
Dianne Feinstein, the long-serving U.S. senator who spearheaded the first federal assault-weapons ban and documented the CIA’s torture of foreign terrorism suspects, died at 90. Here’s what that means for the Senate.
Canadian Sikhs say they are grateful to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for standing up to India at the risk of backlash from New Delhi, which he said could be linked to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.
Shell is having a debate over its CEO’s decision to scale back investments in renewable energy. Thanks to the reporting of our colleague Ron Bousso, that debate is now public.
Elon Musk visited the Texas-Mexico border, then went on X to tell people how the U.S. should fix its immigration problem. He’s getting involved in a similar debate in Germany.
British police investigating the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, a much-loved landmark in northern England, made a second arrest.
France has a bedbug problem, just in time for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
Has anyone else been having trouble with getting their insurer to cover their COVID-19 shots? Or am I the only one?
And finally, how are those cookies? Did I scandalize any bakers by calling for salted butter?
