Huge power cut causes chaos in Spain and Portugal as Madrid mayor warns people to stay put
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Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet
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Norway's capital is known for its green policies and widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Why does the city still struggle with air pollution?
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Waymo to operate on car-free Market Street in San Francisco
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US abortions hold steady but fewer cross state lines for procedure, study finds
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Norwegian government submits bill to parliament that would allow municipalities to charge a 3% tourist tax on paid overnight stays, including hotels, campsites, and Airbnb rentals
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Brazil’s government-run payments system has become dominant
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UK tribunal denies government's request to keep details of 'backdoor order' case secret, that lead to Apple disabling 'Advanced Data Protection Service' for UK customers
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Real Page inc. sues California city officials over ban on rental price algorithms
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Eastern District of Texas strikes down Food and Drug Administration’s final rule regulating laboratory developed tests
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California lawmakers reject bills to ban trans athletes’ participation in girls sports
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Miami-Dade County commissioners vote in favor of removing fluoride from water systems
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Hawaiʻi's needy wait as benefits system tech overhaul runs late, busts budget
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How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town
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Gothenburg fined for missing an environmental target – was one of the first local governments in the world to take out a "sustainability linked loan"
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As NASA faces cuts, China reveals ambitious plans for planetary exploration
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“I don’t see how we can save it.”
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Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies
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Wyoming pays $150,000 to settle lawsuit over botched prosecution of hemp farmers
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Five of six Greenlandic political parties support reconsidering fossil fuel ban, with only Inuit Ataqatigiit maintaining strong opposition
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Norway will allow cities to introduce zero-emissions zones, as the number of electric cars on the road in the biggest urban centers passes 40%
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Internet shutdowns for political and social control at record high in Africa
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Rep Zooey Zephyr’s speech flips thirteen Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
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Utah becomes first US state to pass bill making app stores verify ages - Governor has not yet signed the bill
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California Governor Gavin Newsom "completely aligns" with Charlie Kirk on trans athlete issue, and agreed about restricting gender affirming care for prisoners and youths, in podcast
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For decades, the Swiss city of Basel has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe
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The Japanese mayor who built a floodgate no one wanted — and saved his town from a massive tsunami after his death
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Cousin marriage: What new evidence tells us about children's risk for ill health and how governments are responding
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Trying cocktails from the USSR
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Andrew Jackson ‘paralyzed’ Washington with cuts
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Meredith Whittaker said Signal intends to exit Sweden should its government amend existing legislation essentially mandating the end of end-to-end encryption
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American demand for weight-loss drugs is supercharging Denmark's economy and transforming a small Danish community into an unlikely boomtown
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The birth and glory of Swedish computers
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Has Iceland found the antidote to toxic ‘girlboss’ feminism – concept of ‘konur eru konum bestar’ is everywhere, including the female-led coalition government
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Sweden's Supreme Court rules that climate activist Greta Thunberg's legal challenge against the state for insufficient climate action is inadmissible
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Reindeer movements are causing conflict in the Umeå region ahead of this week's Rally Sweden round of the World Rally Championship
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Some residents say they were in the dark as Los Angeles fires spread with no evacuation order
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Is Colorado's EV incentive worth it?
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The curse of the household analogy regarding UK government spending
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Eighteen months after Maui wildfires destroyed over 2,000 homes, only three have been rebuilt
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Iceland is crowdsourcing ideas from the population on budget savings to ensure taxpayer money is well spent
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Families of the more than 120 men killed when the Alexander L. Kielland oil rig capsized in 1980 were failed by official investigations in Norway, a new study has concluded
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Andøya Spaceport is centrepiece in the Technology Safeguards Agreement signed by US and Norwegian authorities
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New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
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Supreme Court seems ready to back Texas law limiting access to pornography
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Texas sues Allstate Insurance over its collection of driver data
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The US government stopped enforcing Robinson-Patman and destroyed independent grocery stores
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California fire facts
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In 2023 the Danish city of Aarhus launched a three-year trial project to curb the number of disposable coffee cups – more than 700,000 were returned last year
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Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions
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