Beyond climate change despair, Sympathy for the Iranian people amid fresh sanctions, Saudi Arabia’s odd response to a Canadian tweet, Australia and New Zealand wake up to China’s power play, Lula’s long-shot bid for a third term as Brazil’s president

The Guardian / London Beyond climate change despair, a way forward

“This is the summer when, for many, climate change got real...,” writes Simon Lewis. “[D]espair is in the air. Now a new scientific report makes the case that even fairly modest future carbon dioxide emissions could set off a cascade of catastrophe.... How do we deal with such news?... [T]aking a step back from the gloom, we face

The Jerusalem Post / JerusalemSympathy for the Iranian people as Trump reapplies US sanctionsAl Jazeera / Doha, QatarSaudi Arabia’s odd and outsize response to a Canadian tweetThe Indian Express / New DelhiIndia, Australia, and New Zealand wake up to China’s power playThe Hindu / Chennai, IndiaLula’s long-shot bid for a third term as Brazil’s president