Online vitriol could undo decades of political progress, warns Dutch deputy PM ~tech social media Article 1006 words 18 votes
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu appoints new head of subcommittee related to the West Bank - from the Religious Zionist Party ~society politics Article 216 words 15 votes
J. B. Pritzker: the billionaire US hotel heir—and progressive? ~society politics Article 2235 words 27 votes
Israel’s apologists are showing they couldn’t care less about Palestinian lives ~society politics Article 2443 words 30 votes
Norway's foreign minister ousted after weapons-maker shares scandal – husband had been making financial deals that could have affected her ministerial duties ~society politics Article 264 words 8 votes
Martti Ahtisaari, ex-Finland president and Nobel peace laureate, dies aged 86 ~society politics Article 504 words 7 votes
Steve Scalise drops out of US Speaker of the House race ~news usa politics Article 622 words 28 votes
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job is at risk after US House of Representatives votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him ~society politics Article 506 words 60 votes
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at 90 ~society politics Article 1740 words 95 votes
Ralph Nader, wary of Donald Trump, offers to help US President Joe Biden win ~society politics Article 1402 words 18 votes
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Europe during migration speech ~society politics Article 608 words 15 votes
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman introduces legislation to cancel school lunch debt ~life education Article 532 words 77 votes
‘I plan to wear a bikini’: US Senate Republicans mock changes to dress code ~society politics Article 459 words 24 votes
Denmark's parliament to introduce interpreters – Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam spoke and answered questions in Greenlandic, causing protests from some lawmakers ~humanities.languages Link 12 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
As Finland's presidential election gets underway, one key question looks set to dominate – whom do Finns trust to deal with Russia? ~society politics Article 1030 words 7 votes
Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the US Senate ~society politics Article 2329 words 41 votes
Who's running for US president in 2024? Meet the candidates — and likely candidates — vying for your vote ~society politics Link 27 votes
Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities ~health Article 504 words 7 votes
Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons ~life education Article 934 words 20 votes
Three Finnish opposition parties have called for a vote of no-confidence in the government to be held later this week over a racism scandal ~society politics Article 383 words 24 votes
Mike Huckabee: 2024 will be last US election ‘decided by ballots rather than bullets’ if Donald Trump loses over legal cases ~society politics Article 422 words 43 votes
Anger in Sweden as Nobel Prize organizers invite Russia and Belarus to the award ceremonies – several lawmakers say they will boycott this year's ceremonies ~news sweden russia belarus iran politics Article 384 words 35 votes
'Most privileged nursing home': Nikki Haley takes a swipe at America's ageing politicians ~society politics Article 134 words 28 votes
After Mitch McConnell's and Dianne Feinstein's episodes, should we talk about age limits in US public officials? ~society politics Article 722 words 95 votes
Russia has 'right to war' with 'each and every' NATO country - Dmitry Medvedev ~news russia ukraine politics Link 28 votes
Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event ~society politics Article 219 words 73 votes
David Brooks: Nikki Haley is the best Donald Trump alternative ~society politics Article 931 words 16 votes
A series of racism scandals within the new Finnish government has led to calls for a ban on the swastika and the hammer and sickle ~society politics Article 326 words 28 votes
Finland's former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb will run as a candidate in the presidential elections – will face the popular former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto ~society politics Article 319 words 12 votes
Finland should aim to leave the European Union in the long term, the far-right Perussuomalaiset's Jussi Halla-aho said ahead of his party congress ~society politics Article 509 words 19 votes
Villavicencio assassination a ‘disturbing moment’ for Ecuador democracy, former running mate says ~news ecuador politics crime.organized Article 6 votes
Environmental experts have criticised the Swedish government's plan to build at least ten nuclear reactors in the next twenty years ~enviro Article 599 words 22 votes
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Villavicencio reported killed in attack at rally ~news ecuador politics Article 93 words 31 votes
Third racism scandal hits Finland's government in space of a month – Wille Rydman used racial slurs in private messages according to Helsingin Sanomat ~society politics Article 333 words 31 votes
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader's jail term extended to nineteen years ~news politics russia crime Article 693 words 31 votes
‘Republican stooge’: Robert F Kennedy Jr mocked in the US after it’s revealed half his Super PAC funding comes from GOP mega donor ~news usa politics Article 30 votes
Bernie Sanders 'disappointed, but not surprised,' as US Senate rejects 10% military spending cut ~society politics Article 587 words 17 votes
Norwegian left-wing party leader Bjørnar Moxnes resigned on Monday after stealing a pair of luxury sunglasses from Oslo airport ~society politics Article 233 words 44 votes
Finland's right-wing government is facing yet another crisis after old comments from a far-right blog forum, purportedly written by Riikka Purra, re-surfaced ~society politics Link 14 votes
Orkney could leave the UK to become a self-governing territory of Norway after its council opted to explore alternative forms of governance ~society politics Article 396 words 23 votes
Finland's new economy minister has resigned after just ten days in office over remarks he made at a far-right event four years ago ~society politics Article 40 words 21 votes
Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, stepping down after crushing election defeat ~news greece politics Article 328 words 8 votes
Protesters gather in Helsinki over ministers' far-right links – several hundred people protest against new rightwing administration's austerity and immigration-cutting programme ~society politics Article 984 words 10 votes
Norway approves nineteen oil and gas projects, saying the resulting investments are worth over $19 billion ~enviro Article 255 words 13 votes