Over the years, as social media companies gorged themselves on the data of billions of people to fuel vast profits, the information flow never went the other way. Now the tables are turning. One of the most promising pieces of legislation in Congress tackling tech giants’ undue influence, out of reportedly 30 or so bills, would force such firms to ...

  Lithuania is a small country with a big problem. After a series of perceived slights, China has brought its massive economic leverage to bear on the tiny Baltic state. Pressure increased dramatically in recent weeks after Taiwanese officials opened a de facto embassy in the Lithuanian capital using the island’s name. (The many other such offices around the world, ...

Over the past few weeks, Alaska recorded record-high temperatures, scientists released a “report card” showing relentless deterioration of the Arctic’s climate, and researchers warned that an ice shelf in Antarctica could collapse within a few years, dramatically increasing the region’s contribution to rising sea levels. These are signposts on a grim path. They show that damage to the cryosphere, the ...