Denmark is the latest country to join the Artemis Accords, the 48th country to sign the document outlining best practices for sustainable space exploration ~space Article 456 words 6 votes
Mel Manuel, trans candidate for US House, injected testosterone on camera in a campaign ad ~lgbt transgender Article 230 words, published Oct 24 2024 18 votes
US study on puberty blockers goes unpublished because of politics, doctor says ~lgbt transgender Article 1656 words 18 votes
A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark's Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic into Danish ~humanities.languages Article 681 words 19 votes
Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics ~tech social media Article 525 words 17 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
Denmark's minister of equality: There are limits to what rights trans people should have ~lgbt transgender Article 905 words 24 votes
‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis ~enviro climate change Article 856 words 61 votes
Delta cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from tech outage ~transport Article 417 words 39 votes
Tech giants should be made subject to a global tax for their use of people's personal data, according to Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum ~tech Link 30 votes
The Controversialist: Marty Peretz and the travails of American liberalism ~books Article 5524 words, published May 14 2024 3 votes
US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years ~transport Article 839 words 42 votes
Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, says Swedish foreign minister ~enviro Article 1031 words 10 votes
Can a movie change the law? The 1961 film 'Victim' isn't just a tense thriller, it was crafted to serve as a stealthy challenge to a British law that criminalized the very existence of homosexuals. ~movies Video 39:33 12 votes
Canada to expedite approval of new nuclear projects, energy minister says ~enviro Article 937 words 19 votes
Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin critic dies after 'losing consciousness' at maximum security prison ~news russia politics Link 14 votes
Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing ~enviro Article 77 words 10 votes
India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications ~tech apple security Article 3836 words 19 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 ~enviro climate change Link 18 votes
Denmark is to restrict the sale of alcohol to under-eighteens and increase the price of suckable nicotine sachets, as their growing popularity is worrying health authorities ~health Article 284 words 31 votes
US cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as Federal Communications Commission bans digital discrimination ~tech internet Article 507 words 43 votes
Sweden's schools minister Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor/free schools in her plans for education reform ~life education Article 1010 words 8 votes
Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries ~enviro climate change Article 355 words 12 votes
Denmark's parliament to introduce interpreters – Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam spoke and answered questions in Greenlandic, causing protests from some lawmakers ~humanities.languages Link 12 votes
Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024 ~enviro pollution plastics Article 350 words 20 votes
Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities ~health Article 504 words 7 votes
Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons ~life education Article 934 words 20 votes
Villavicencio assassination a ‘disturbing moment’ for Ecuador democracy, former running mate says ~news ecuador politics crime.organized Article 6 votes
Environmental experts have criticised the Swedish government's plan to build at least ten nuclear reactors in the next twenty years ~enviro Article 599 words 22 votes
Norway approves nineteen oil and gas projects, saying the resulting investments are worth over $19 billion ~enviro Article 255 words 13 votes
Typography 2024: For America! For America’s best ~design typography advertising.political Article 1754 words 7 votes
Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns until the end of August, likely bringing controversial practice to historic end ~enviro Link 19 votes
Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants ~tech google Article 284 words 27 votes
North Carolina GOP censures Senior State Sen. Tillis for backing LGBTQ+ rights and other policies ~news usa.nc politics.usa Article 556 words 14 votes
Welsh town seats world’s first known nonbinary mayor ~lgbt Article 653 words, published May 13 2021 12 votes
Greenlandic MP refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language ~humanities.languages Article 320 words 6 votes
US lawmakers are being silenced for speaking out against anti-trans bills ~lgbt transgender Article 1368 words 10 votes
The world’s longest suspension bridge is history in the making. After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland. ~engineering Article 1867 words, published Apr 11 2023 8 votes
Norway has expelled fifteen Russian officials that it had accused of spying under diplomatic cover ~news norway politics russia Article 8 votes
Nebraska lawmaker three weeks into filibuster over trans bill ~lgbt transgender Article 1176 words 21 votes
Danish parliament urges lawmakers and employees to remove TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying “there is a risk of espionage” ~tech social media security.cyber privacy Article 263 words 4 votes
Finland defence minister to take two months' paternity leave amid NATO bid – Antti Kaikkonen says 'children are only little for a moment' ~life parenting family work Article 291 words 8 votes
We look into the implications of a bill that could classify loot boxes as gambling, and what it could mean for the Finnish games industry ~games Article 2239 words 4 votes
A theme park crisis is wrecking South Korea’s bond market ~finance economics Article 2128 words, published Nov 10 2022 3 votes
Just days after promising advertisers that Twitter would not be a “free-for-all,” Elon Musk promoted a right-wing rumor about the vicious hammer assault on Paul Pelosi in the US ~tech social media Article 307 words 29 votes
Søren Pape Poulsen, leading challenger to Mette Frederiksen, is hemorrhaging support after false claims about the origins of his soon-to-be ex-husband ~news denmark politics Article 3 votes