UK PM Rishi Sunak applauded for being openly transphobic in speech ~lgbt transgender Article 468 words 53 votes
Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates ~lgbt Article 44 votes
Iceland is turning to taxes to reduce the impact exponential growth in tourism has on its pristine wilderness ~travel Article 77 words 7 votes
Fukushima contaminated water set to be released into the ocean ~enviro pollution.water energy Article 889 words, published Mar 17 2020 13 votes
Questions asked of the UK Prime Minister over Johnny Bairstows dismissal in the Ashes. Just not cricket. ~sports cricket.test Article 553 words 6 votes
Respect existence or expect resistance – protests in Norway against wind farm on Sámi land ~enviro energy.renewable Article 484 words 3 votes
Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen wrote part of a speech using OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to highlight the risks of artificial intelligence ~tech Article 396 words 3 votes
Absolut Vodka will stop exporting its products to Russia after a backlash in its home country, Sweden ~food drinks Article 4 votes
The world’s longest suspension bridge is history in the making. After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland. ~engineering Article 1867 words, published Apr 11 2023 8 votes
Denmark has managed to anger the Evangelical Lutheran Church and hundreds of thousands of Danish voters – all because of a public holiday ~humanities religion Article 928 words 6 votes
Sweden and France could be set to join forces to build new nuclear power stations in the Nordic nation ~enviro Article 426 words 5 votes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to become 1st world leader to appear in ‘Drag Race’ franchise ~tv Link 6 votes
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, crime fiction fan and Iceland's Prime Minister, has published her first thriller novel with her close friend and bestselling author Ragnar Jónasson ~books fiction.crime Link 4 votes
UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil ~finance economics Article 441 words 11 votes
Liz Truss's UK growth plan is nothing but a magic potion ~finance economics Article 766 words 11 votes
UK in turmoil as government's gamble to solve economic woes fuels crisis, instead ~finance economics Article 641 words 9 votes
The prime minister of Finland apologizes for going to clubs maskless after contact with an infected official ~health Article 310 words 5 votes
Japan's Parliament elects former diplomat Fumio Kishida as new PM ~news japan politics Article 717 words 7 votes
Samoa elected its first female leader. Parliament locked her out. ~news samoa politics Article 640 words 9 votes
Mario Draghi forms new government in Italy, politicians and technocrats named as ministers ~news italy politics Article 331 words, published Feb 12 2021 8 votes
BBC 100 Women 2020 – A profile of Sanna Marin, who leads Finland's all-female coalition government ~life.women Article 2028 words 7 votes
Boris Johnson announces ten-point green plan, including investments in nuclear and wind, and new combustion vehicle ban from 2030 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 832 words 30 votes
Sanna Marin, Finland's fearless prime minister, is challenging sexism in politics ~life.women Article 819 words, published Oct 21 2020 10 votes
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir kept calm under pressure as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake interrupted her live interview with the Washington Post ~enviro Article 39 words 7 votes
Teenage girl becomes Finland's PM for the day – Aava Murto is taking over for the day as part of a campaign for girls' digital rights ~life.women Article 33 words 12 votes
When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number ~tech social media security Article 8335 words 32 votes
This is why Indian teens kept spamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Instagram with thirsty comments ~tech social media Article published Jun 30 2020 10 votes
Anne Barton, the great-granddaughter of Australia's first prime minister Sir Edmund Barton, has thrown her support behind a campaign to remove his statue from an Indigenous burial site ~humanities.history Article 640 words 7 votes
Cyber-attack Australia: Sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says ~tech security.cyber Article 769 words 7 votes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker ~news australia politics Article 344 words 6 votes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises for 'any hurt or harm' caused by robodebt scheme ~news australia politics Article 650 words 7 votes
Swedish prosecutors have named Stig Engström as the man who killed former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme in 1986, ending years of mystery ~humanities.history Article 625 words 5 votes
Sweden to present findings on Olof Palme assassination – sources say South Africa handed over dossier, but not everyone is hopeful mystery will be solved ~humanities.history Article 1052 words 5 votes
New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern to join Australian national cabinet on Tuesday ~health Article 233 words 11 votes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts ~health Article 803 words 3 votes
Even in the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese likely won't stay home until Shinzo Abe makes them ~health Article 5 votes
Swedish PM Stefan Löfven warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy – health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people' ~health Article 1181 words 6 votes
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir wants to introduce a well-being economy – GDP becomes merely one of thirty-nine indicators of national progress ~life Article 10 votes
Norway's prime minister will hold a separate press conference for children to answer their questions about the coronavirus pandemic ~health Article 394 words 8 votes
The UK backs away from “herd immunity” coronavirus proposal amid blowback ~health Article 1178 words 7 votes
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of the Canadian Prime Minister, tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus ~news canada Article 1085 words 22 votes