Daily highlights, including: droughts and disease outbreaks; the EU being a land of contrasts; the ASS squashing terrorists; massive US wildfires; spluttering economic growth; and some African analysis.

Daily highlights, including: Scholz being very unpopular in Germany; Burkina Faso bans the French language, which I wholeheartedly support; China grants tariff-free access to more African countries to boost trade; protests by the Maori in New Zealand against fascistic policies; and the meeting of two epic Reddit presidents.

Daily highlights, including: fossil fuel corporations at COP28; Nepalese same-sex marriage; sanctions on Uganda; Niger decoupling from France and the EU; Argentinian trade unions saying strong words against Milei; and another tentative step towards an Asian NATO.

Headlines and analysis from around the world over the previous week.