Electricity bills are so high in Pakistan that some have been driven to suicide.

The Telegraph reported on Monday, August 21, 2023, that Germany has banned illegal migrants from changing gender. Migrants awaiting deportation will be banned from changing gender in Germany amid fears they may try to do so to evade authorities and remain in the country.

Associated Press reported, “About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday (10 August). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year, but available data suggests suicides are more common in the U.S. than at any time since the dawn of World War…

In the aftermath of the lethal wildfires that destroyed the town of Lahaina on Maui in Hawaii, residents whose homes burned to the ground are receiving solicitations from off-island real estate investors to scoop up their land. The unsolicited purchase offers, which experts characterize as predatory given their proximity to the devastation caused by the fires, have spurred local authorities to take action to protect residents grappling with the death…