Iceland's Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson will be the country's next prime minister, replacing Katrín Jakobsdóttir who resigned from the post last week
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Hawaii ban on short-term vacation rentals moves forward in state legislature
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Switzerland’s climate failures breached human rights, top court rules
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Norway's top authority revokes decision by city to only take Ukrainian refugees – was contrary to the constitution and the Scandinavian country's discrimination laws
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The dark reality of Japanese host clubs
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Indiana appeals court upholds injunction on abortion ban, citing religious liberty
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Arizona governor signs bill approving human composting burials
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German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
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Icelandic PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir announced her resignation – said that she will run for president, a ceremonial post that is mostly above the daily political fray
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Few states cover fertility treatment for same-sex couples, but that could be changing
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Families of people buried in pauper's field next to Hinds County Penal Farm near Jackson, MS, are calling for a federal investigation into the burials, which took place without families being notified
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California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax
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UT Austin lays off around sixty staffers to comply with Texas DEI ban
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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Norway to increase number of conscripted soldiers from 9,000 to 13,500 – Russia's attack on Ukraine has given northern European countries an impetus to beef up their militaries
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California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Donald Trump 2.0
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Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms
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San Francisco city leaders look to bring back emergency sirens by end of 2024
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America's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing
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Norway unveiled plans to remove a loophole used by the Nordic nation's richest – government attempts to drag more tax revenue out of the fleeing billionaires
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Why ban books when you can ban book awards?: Suburban Illinois district cancels youth chosen Caudill Awards
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100,000 years and counting – how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?
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How does Paris stay Paris? By pouring billions into public housing.
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US Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor slams appeals court and scolds fellow justices for ‘sowing chaos’ by allowing Texas to arrest and deport illegal crossers
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Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve another law giving government more power to curb dissent
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Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
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California, USA must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report says
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t serve in its armed forces. That’s getting harder than ever to justify and threatens Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.
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US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
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Indian government to impose ban on import, sale, and cross-breeding of twenty-three ferocious dog breeds
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YouTube blocks access to CBC's The Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's demand
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Oregon decriminalized drugs. Voters now regret it.
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A state by state review of how easy or difficult it is to enforce open records laws in the US reveals many obstacles
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Haiti’s leader to resign as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis
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Is private equity actually worth it?
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New York governor sends national guard to subway in crime crackdown
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350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what?
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Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses”
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The problem with California Prop 1
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France becomes the first country in the world to guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
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A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s
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A legal historian who studies the US abortion battle explains why the Alabama state Supreme Court’s decision on in vitro fertilization is so momentous
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UK requesting comments for updating ebike power laws
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Mitch McConnell will step down as the US Senate Republican leader in November
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Would Roman elections pass a UN inspection?
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Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups
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Florida’s recommendations give room for measles to spread
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US Federal Trade Commission and eight states sue to block supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons
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Philadelphia SEPTA won a $317 million federal grant to help replace aging Market-Frankford Line cars
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UK Conservative party suspends MP Lee Anderson over claims that Islamists have "got control" of London's Mayor Sadiq Kahn and the capital
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