Klarna reports first quarterly profit in four years – swing to profit of £9.6m by Swedish firm improves its fortunes in run-up to possible £12bn flotation ~finance business Article 684 words 9 votes
For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones ~life relationships Article 2445 words 54 votes
Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption – scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phase ~enviro Article 313 words 11 votes
Drought in Amazon Rainforest makes water level in Manaus sink to just thirteen meters, the lowest since records began ~enviro climate change water Article 438 words, published Oct 16 2023 8 votes
Scholastic to separate books on race, gender and sexuality for US book fairs ~books Article 627 words 26 votes
New York Red Bulls maintain the longest active playoff streak in pro sports ~sports.football Article 679 words, published Oct 22 2023 3 votes
Roger Goodell’s bald servility to NFL owners has made him filthy rich ~sports.american_football Article 1353 words, published Oct 20 2023 7 votes
US pedestrian deaths are soaring. Is it time to ban right turns on red lights? ~transport Article 860 words, published Oct 17 2023 76 votes
PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir will take part in Iceland's first full-day womens strike in forty-eight years – calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence ~life.women Article 740 words 12 votes
The Las Vegas Aces are the next great American sports dynasty ~sports.basketball Article 1271 words 6 votes
The sweeper-keeper is redefining soccer’s sense of risk ~sports.football Article 931 words, published Oct 16 2023 7 votes
Chinese tennis is booming through talent, investment … and distractions ~sports tennis Article 1103 words, published Oct 15 2023 6 votes
Prosecutors in Finland have charged a hacker accused of the theft of tens of thousands of records from psychotherapy patients ~tech privacy security.cyber Article 343 words 9 votes
Finland faces growing Russian online threat, Finnish security services say – espionage attempts have increased since Ukraine invasion ~tech security.cyber Article 584 words 22 votes
Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency ~transport Article 1999 words 23 votes
Life on Europe's only open Schengen border with Russia – in the Barents Sea, Russia maintains cordial relations with NATO neighbours over fishing rights ~life Article 956 words 7 votes
Is the cost of bringing Lionel Messi to Major League Soccer falling on fans? ~sports.football Article 1520 words, published Oct 12 2023 8 votes
After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril ~life work Article 1236 words 3 votes
Arsenal made Manchester City look mortal. Can Pep Guardiola adapt again? ~sports.football Article 1077 words, published Oct 9 2023 7 votes
Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about being stabbed in 2022 - describes it as 'an attempt to answer violence with art’ ~books Article 538 words 17 votes
The Green Bay Packers: Where fans rather than a billionaire are the owners ~sports.american_football Article 1574 words, published Sep 30 2023 21 votes
Agnetha Fältskog recalls the stress and sadness in ABBA, their blockbuster Voyage project, and the music she never lets the world hear ~music pop Article 2379 words 4 votes
‘We showed Portugal rugby exists’: Win over Fiji caps World Cup breakthrough ~sports Article 455 words 6 votes
Feared lost now rediscovered - documentary about life in Brazilian Amazon from 1918 that has been hailed as a classic emerges from depths of Czech archive ~movies documentaries Article 748 words, published Oct 7 2023 17 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
Paddington in Peru films in Colombia – sparking row over legislation in Peru ~movies Article 600 words, published Oct 5 2023 7 votes
The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts ~books libraries Article 649 words 39 votes
Courtney Lawes insists England always believed their rugby style ‘would click’ ~sports Article 777 words, published Oct 2 2023 5 votes
Swedish crime novelist Camilla Läckberg has been forced to deny claims that she tricked readers into buying books she didn't write herself ~books fiction.crime Article 919 words 12 votes
Supporters of clubs in Norway have demonstrated against the use of a Video Assistant Referee, while Sweden continues to hold out against introduction ~sports.football Article 1170 words 7 votes
New Zealand Matrix fan film becomes oldest active torrent in the world ~tech internet Article 1027 words 47 votes
The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgård, review – long-lost siblings are linked across time and space in this expansive novel ~books fiction reviews Article 963 words 7 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
Björk and Rosalía have collaborated on a new song to benefit activists fighting against industrial salmon farming in Björk's native Iceland ~music Article 643 words 6 votes
Pep Guardiola says it would take player uprising to reduce number of matches ~sports.football Article 504 words, published Sep 29 2023 5 votes
Grassy, herbal and sweet: How peas on toast is edging out avocados for brunch ~food Article 927 words, published Sep 30 2023 19 votes
Over 75,000 workers poised for largest healthcare strike in US history ~health healthcare Article 720 words 36 votes
The pristine Tana River, bordering Norway and Finland, is littered with the rotting corpses of an invasive Pacific salmon species ~enviro Article 1376 words 9 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
Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous 300 year old Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall ~enviro Article 183 words 59 votes
NFL revises gambling policy to toughen ban for players who bet on own team ~sports.american_football Article 289 words 9 votes
Real men share the housework: what Britain can learn from the domestic bliss of Scandinavia ~life family parenting relationships Article 867 words 31 votes
‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1326 words 23 votes
Do Liverpool have the strength to take on champions who never have an off-day? ~sports.football Article 1108 words, published Sep 25 2023 9 votes
Remembering the Philadelphia ‘Pathetics’, the worst baseball team in history ~sports.baseball Article 1386 words, published Sep 27 2023 4 votes