United We Fall

China has introduced “harsher punishment”€ for breaking the nation’s environmental protection laws: reckless violators of pollution standards in the world’€™s biggest and fastest-growing economy now face execution.

Bank of America’s mortgage servicing unit systematically lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications, and paid their staff bonuses for deliberately pushing people into foreclosure: Yes, these allegations were suspected by any homeowner who ever had to deal with the bank to try to get a loan modification – but now they come from six former employees and one contractor, whose sworn statements were added last week to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts.

Congress debating future of programme that helped an estimated 50 million Americans last year.

First direct negotiations may be on hold after Karzai announces boycott amid row over name of group’s office in Doha.

The FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance purposes, the head of the agency told Congress early Wednesday.

Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said Monday that abortion should be banned as early as 15 weeks after conception because he has witnessed male fetuses masturbate at that stage. RH Reality Check first reported Burgess’ comments, which came during a late-night House Rules Committee hearing on a GOP bill that would ban abortions starting at 20 weeks after conception.

THIS ISN’T SATIRE.

CAPITALISM CREATED MODI

The headline made me LULZ.

“Shut up”, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had shouted at Kamduni women on Monday. Her party toughs ensured they did.