The town of Penzance is pioneering the rejection of all single-use plastic.

Many kinds of digital technology are now used to monitor employees in various ways — their actions, and their feelings.

Some of these uses can be beneficial. The simplistic question, "Would we be better off with no monitoring or 100% monitoring," is a red herring. The right questions are which kinds of monitoring we should permit, which uses of the data, and who should control the systems and the data they collect?

It is clear that workers with a strong union can more effectively prevent employers from monitoring them and using the data against them. A progressive government can make laws to protect workers from harmful monitoring.

Libyan Coastguard Accused of Abandoning Three Migrants in Sea.

Global heating has brought wildfires to the Swedish Arctic.

Greedy Indian parents continue driving their sons to murder their wives for not delivering enough money as a dowry.