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8 votes
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Finland games industry disappointed by new immigration reforms – 30% of the industry is made up of gaming professionals that have immigrated to the country
10 votes -
New report from US National Transportation Safety Board says engineer at Norfolk Southern objected to the train weight distribution before catastrophic derailment
22 votes -
Russia's FSB announces a felony investigation into Wagner Group's incitement to 'armed rebellion'
48 votes -
A Delaware city is set to give corporations the right to vote in elections
28 votes -
Finland's new economy minister has apologised for extremist remarks after it emerged he addressed a far-right group four years ago
7 votes -
Green energy is cheaper... so why aren't we using it?
24 votes -
Cannon fodder: The US judge in the Donald Trump documents case sets an early trial date, but that's not happening
18 votes -
What the hell happened to the California of the ’50s and ’60s?
12 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 19
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
28 votes -
Oklahoma City continues planning for bus rapid transit
26 votes -
The truth about China's social credit system
33 votes -
Typography 2024: For America! For America’s best
7 votes -
Philadelphia politician proposes more local options for mass-transit funding
11 votes -
Estonia legalizes same-sex marriage
47 votes -
The truth about Afghanistan's zero unit night raids
7 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump demands Republican rivals pledge to pardon him … or else
44 votes -
Australian Senate passes legislation for Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, triggering a public vote within six months
25 votes -
Alabama town gets first Black mayor, but the previous one won't leave
46 votes -
Denmark is the latest European country to push for a levy on streamers' local turnover to fund local TV and film content
8 votes -
How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist
27 votes -
Watered-down LGBTQ ‘understanding’ bill shows how far Japan’s parliament is out of step with its society – and history
20 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 12
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
33 votes -
Finland's far-right Perussuomalaiset party has agreed to enter a coalition government with the centre-right Kokoomus and two other groups
12 votes -
Hoping to avert nuclear crisis, US seeks informal agreement with Iran
5 votes -
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg appears likely to stay on as allies struggle to find a replacement for him
10 votes -
How Olivier Vandecasteele became a pawn in Iran’s deadly diplomatic game
4 votes -
Hungary–US arms deal halted as Viktor Orban blocks Sweden's NATO membership – Senator Jim Risch's seniority gives him prerogative to block deals unilaterally
18 votes -
US President Joe Biden can probably forgive student debt even if Supreme Court of the United States rules against him
28 votes -
Inside North Korea: "We are stuck, waiting to die"
60 votes -
The UK Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson's role in "partygate" has been published
18 votes -
Mike Pence reads the Donald Trump indictment - He ‘can’t defend’ the conduct but thinks the case is also political
21 votes -
Donald Trump finds no new lawyers in time for Mar-a-Lago documents arraignment: he is expected to be represented by existing lawyers Todd Blanche and Chris Kise
54 votes -
The US is openly stockpiling dirt on all its citizens
25 votes -
Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after US Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case
13 votes -
‘I want blood’: Heavily-armed Donald Trump supporters say they’ll protest Trump’s indictment
90 votes -
Mondelez, facing widening corporate boycotts in the Nordics over continued presence in Russia, has asked to meet the Norwegian government to protect its local business
14 votes -
US Department of Justice announces charges against Donald Trump
118 votes -
Headteachers warn UK facing ‘dangerous’ teacher shortage as recruitment crisis deepens
26 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump indicted for second time, sources say
130 votes -
I-95 highway in Philadelphia has collapsed; officials say repairs will take "months"
32 votes -
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
68 votes -
Cheques will be phased out in Australia by 2030 as mobile wallet use sky-rockets
18 votes -
Former Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in custody after being arrested in connection with Scottish National Party investigation
29 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 5
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
17 votes -
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86
29 votes -
Boris Johnson stands down as a member of UK parliament with immediate effect
57 votes -
North Carolina GOP censures Senior State Sen. Tillis for backing LGBTQ+ rights and other policies
14 votes -
The spy whose tapes rocked Spanish society
5 votes -
Sweden set up a eugenics plan, grounded in the science of racial biology, between 1934 and 1976 – between 20,000 and 33,000 Swedes were forced to be sterilised
12 votes