The unknown spider species we are driving to extinction today might save your life if it survives. And wiping them out could make us starve.

Uganda's latest anti-gay law was struck down as unconstitutional, but only on a technicality, and the old one that was imposed by British colonialists remains.

The GAO says big US banks are still "too big to fail".

The Great Barrier Reef is already sick, and the new coal mine that Australia plans to create will attack it in several ways, probably killing it.

A US court continues to demand that Microsoft hand over a client's emails stored in Ireland, without consulting Ireland.

Ireland could stop Microsoft from complying, if it had the guts.