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12 votes
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Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
11 votes -
The site of a mining town on Svalbard is now being returned to nature in one of Norway's biggest-ever restoration projects
4 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 11
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9 votes -
Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza
22 votes -
Satellite images show China building houses on Bhutan's territory
10 votes -
Thailand takes steps toward legalizing same sex marriage - bill from cabinet will be submitted to parliament
20 votes -
Venezuelan referendum approves takeover of oil-rich region of Guyana
36 votes -
The red US state brain drain isn’t coming. It’s happening right now.
77 votes -
Top court clears path for Democrats to redraw House map in New York
15 votes -
Amsterdam to cut speed limits 40% to improve road safety
46 votes -
Danish parliament has voted to ban the burning of religious scriptures after a series of Qur’an desecrations in the country and neighbouring Sweden
26 votes -
Links forged half a century ago with Gaza City mean that support for Palestine goes well beyond gesture politics in Tromsø, Norway
8 votes -
How Russia punched an $11 billion hole in the West’s oil sanctions
17 votes -
The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of Venezuela (2019)
7 votes -
Norway's minority government and two opposition parties have agreed to allow seabed mineral exploration in the Arctic region
8 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 4
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7 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump falsely claims attack ad used AI to make him look bad
27 votes -
How the US Secret Service keeps presidential motorcades safe
5 votes -
No Fap: A cultural history of anti-masturbation
34 votes -
You can’t even pay people to have more kids
59 votes -
Lars Aagaard, Danish climate minister, says farmers deserving most success on the European market should be those who emit the least carbon per tonne of food produced
18 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 27
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13 votes -
Kenneth Chesebro (former Donald Trump lawyer) may testify in Nevada and Arizona election fraud cases
17 votes -
Why did NEPA peak in 2016?
6 votes -
Why we’re dropping Basecamp
27 votes -
US real estate agents compensation challenged in suit from Joe Biden Department of Justice
12 votes -
Norway's new gas field highlights tensions as COP28 climate talks open – new North Sea projects jar with push to phase out fossil fuels
4 votes -
Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of children
10 votes -
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
83 votes -
US Supreme Court case SEC v Jarkesy threatens the role of adminstrative law judges
14 votes -
Israeli spyware firm NSO demands “urgent” meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken amid Gaza war lobbying effort
22 votes -
$15 tolls likely for nation’s first congestion pricing program
13 votes -
Sebastian Stan to play a young Donald Trump in Ali Abbasi film 'The Apprentice'; Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova also cast
8 votes -
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says trans kids are “children of God” "The way these Super PACS and my opponent went about their campaign was just mean, gross, and cruel."
22 votes -
Not your grandma’s granny flat: How San Diego hacked state housing law to build ADU ‘apartment buildings’
16 votes -
Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet.
16 votes -
Christopher Luxon sworn in as New Zealand prime minister, says priority is to improve economy
18 votes -
It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw.
23 votes -
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reportedly said 'just let people die', COVID inquiry hears
39 votes -
Joe Biden administration offers $35 billion in low-interest loans to support US transit-oriented development
24 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 20
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4 votes -
Poll: US President Joe Biden’s standing hits new lows amid Israel-Hamas war
34 votes -
Rosalynn Carter, former US first lady and tireless humanitarian who advocated for mental health issues, dies at 96
42 votes -
The Survivors - One year later, those who lived through the Club Q shooting are still healing. These are their stories.
12 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 13
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9 votes -
Novo Nordisk suggested to senior UK government officials that they could “profile” benefit claimants – those who are most likely to return to the labour market
17 votes -
Sweden's government has pledged to take an active role in securing financing for a massive buildout of nuclear power to meet an expected surge in electricity demand
9 votes -
NGO CLASP report - Out of date, inefficient air conditioners sold by the millions in smaller Asian countries
6 votes -
Norwegian state-run telco Telenor announced plans to sell its satellite division to Space Norway, part of the country's space agency
6 votes