A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway ~life Article 560 words 9 votes
Canadian federal government considering new caps on payday lending and high risk lending ~finance Article 1320 words 12 votes
The costs of not investing in American public infrastructure, research, and education ~tech Article 5332 words, published Oct 17 2023 29 votes
Europe's single currency, used daily by about 350 million people, has become a hot topic in an unlikely place – Sweden ~finance economics Article 77 words 12 votes
YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers ~tech google social media Article 298 words, published Oct 6 2023 122 votes
Brazil is embracing the migrant crisis that everyone else wants to avoid ~society politics Article 77 words 11 votes
Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency ~transport Article 1999 words 23 votes
Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value ~finance Article 987 words, published Oct 5 2023 33 votes
Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise ~enviro pollution.air pollution.noise Article 409 words 10 votes
Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’ ~finance economics Article 1031 words 24 votes
Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed ~life.style Article 801 words, published Oct 2 2023 16 votes
California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns ~enviro Article 1825 words, published Sep 13 2023 6 votes
Former US President Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt after leaving White House: Sources ~society politics Article 941 words 43 votes
Feeding seaweed to cows can cut methane emissions – Swedish study proposes government commission more research into environmental benefits of cattle feed additives ~enviro pollution Article 686 words 11 votes
Can NYC ease housing costs with ‘City of Yes’ proposal? ~design urban planning Article 77 words 14 votes
Poverty, not the poor - a systematic analysis of the relatively high stable rate of US poverty using multinational data ~finance Link 21 votes
Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are planning to sue the Danish state ~health healthcare Article 447 words 26 votes
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs ~health Article 502 words, published Sep 27 2023 30 votes
Migrants are driving Canada's population surge despite declining birth rate: StatsCan ~life Article 570 words 17 votes
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations ~enviro Article 1674 words 7 votes
‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans ~society politics Article 1335 words 19 votes
Joe Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve US rail safety and boost capacity in thirty-five states ~transport Article 1039 words 34 votes
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman introduces legislation to cancel school lunch debt ~life education Article 532 words 77 votes
China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic' ~enviro climate change Article 527 words 22 votes
Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future. ~transport Article 757 words, published Sep 20 2023 35 votes
Kick revisits moderation policy after CEO laughs at sex worker ‘prank’ stream ~tech social media Article 1014 words 18 votes
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation ~health Article 895 words 36 votes
Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates ~lgbt Article 44 votes
Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants ~life Article 885 words 23 votes
Italian senate about to vote on a law that upgrades surrogacy to 'universal crime' would lead to prosecution of foreign acts within Italy ~lgbt Article 1804 words 9 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
Norway's Fyllingsdalen tunnel is a showstopping piece of urban cycling infrastructure – for a city where car-centric development still dominates ~transport Article 77 words 11 votes
Sweden's minority-run coalition announced on Wednesday it would be cutting funding for climate and environmental measures next year ~enviro climate change Article 962 words 10 votes
US offers nearly half-a-million Venezuelan migrants legal status and work permits following demands from strained cities ~life work Article 538 words 16 votes
Copying US president Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps ~enviro climate change Article 1057 words 60 votes
Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent – Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind ~life family parenting Video 11:52 4 votes
UK's Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed ~tech social media Article 741 words 27 votes
There's hope for the US opioid crisis — but politics stands in the way ~health medicine Article 2582 words, published Jan 4 2021 8 votes
US President Joe Biden's decision to skip Climate Ambition Summit called a 'disgrace' ~enviro climate change Article 541 words 24 votes
Ending minimum parking requirements was a policy win for the Twin Cities ~design urban planning Article 882 words, published Aug 31 2023 16 votes
Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears ~health Article 490 words 30 votes
This Obamacare disaster had a surprising turnaround ~health Article 1545 words, published Sep 13 2023 16 votes
Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024 ~enviro pollution plastics Article 350 words 20 votes