Susan Moylan-Coombs to run as an independent against Tony Abbott in Warringah ~news australia politics Article 449 words 2 votes
There are calls for several Icelandic MPs to resign after they were recorded using crude language to describe female colleagues and a disabled activist ~news iceland politics Article 751 words 13 votes
Lloyd Russell-Moyle: British MP announces in Commons he is HIV positive ~lgbt Article 481 words 5 votes
Japan cybersecurity minister admits he has never used a computer ~tech security.cyber Article 510 words 25 votes
My Health Record: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt bows to pressure and extends opt-out deadline as website hits issues ~health healthcare Article 465 words 6 votes
Jared Polis of Colorado is the first openly gay man to be elected as a state governor ~lgbt Article 1191 words 9 votes
Wentworth by-election: Kerryn Phelps officially declared winner ~news australia.nsw politics Article 280 words 4 votes
US Federal Communications Commission Republican claims municipal broadband is threat to First Amendment ~tech Article 1004 words 12 votes
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro threatens purge of leftwing 'outlaws' ~news politics Article 970 words 8 votes
'Dirty tricks': Fake email sent to Wentworth voters claims Kerryn Phelps has HIV ~news australia.nsw politics Article 511 words 3 votes
Pinboard on Twitter: Palmer Luckey has made the maximum legal donation this year to Steve King, the nation's most openly white supremacist congressman. ~tech Tweet @pinboard: Palmer Luckey has made the maximum legal donation this year to Steve King, the nation's most openly white supremacist congressman. 25 votes
How game design transformed Hillary for America's supporter engagement ~tech Article 1486 words 2 votes
ABC board members appointed by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield despite being rejected by merit-based panel ~news australia politics Article 1075 words 3 votes
'Rank socialism': Facebook removes senator's official page over hate speech ~tech facebook social media Article 496 words 8 votes
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asks FTC to investigate Google's market dominance ~tech google Article 408 words 17 votes
There should be ‘consequences’ for platforms that don’t remove people like Alex Jones, US Senator Ron Wyden says ~tech internet social media Article 3069 words 12 votes
If Vanuatu can ban single-use plastics, so can the other commonwealth countries. Op-ed by Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vanuatu ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 731 words 6 votes
Jawar Mohammed's red-carpet return signals Ethiopia's political sea change ~news ethiopia politics Article 1221 words 2 votes
Boris Johnson's burka jibe: Why do some Muslim women wear the veil? ~humanities religion Article 1556 words 4 votes
Rashida Tlaib set to become first Muslim woman in US Congress ~news usa politics.usa Article 608 words 15 votes
A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 932 words 14 votes
Sacha Baron Cohen puts Dick Cheney-signed waterboard kit on eBay ~arts art.performance Article 385 words 7 votes
California GOP Congressman Rohrabacher met with accused Russian agent Maria Butina in St. Petersburg ~news russia usa politics.usa Article 655 words 8 votes
Defending democracy a generational struggle, Australian MPs warn ~news australia politics china Article 3 votes
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan names son-in-law as treasury and finance minister ~finance economics Article 92 words 10 votes
Scott Pruitt resigns as US Environmental Protection Agency administrator ~enviro Article 1744 words 32 votes
Digital IDs needed to end 'mob rule' online, says security minister Ben Wallace ~tech internet privacy Article 633 words 6 votes
Congressional candidate in Virginia admits he's a pedophile ~news usa.va politics.usa Article 1271 words 26 votes
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne acknowledges election is lost, urges voters to ensure NDP or PC minority ~news canada.on politics Article 1012 words 9 votes
North Korea: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for talks ~news russia north korea politics Article 590 words 3 votes
Humanism on the Hill—Jared Huffman and the Congressional Freethought Caucus ~humanities religion Article 934 words 3 votes