Search engines have substantial influence over elections -- enough to control the outcome in races that are only fairly close.

Putin threatens to retaliate for US sanctions by ending cooperation over the International Space Station.

A US coal mine with a history of violating safety rules killed two miners.

This is part of the general US tendency not to inspect industrial facilities including mines, chemical plants and perhaps soon chicken processing plants.

The European Court of Justice ruled that Google Search must stop showing links to old personal information about people that demand it.

This is not going to amount to substantial censorship.

Indeed, it could point the way to limiting massive surveillance.

The UK government is trying to accelerate the inundation of London by cutting subsidies for solar farms.