California bans legacy admissions at private universities
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California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988)
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EU supreme court will hear arguments on whether Danish law limiting the concentration of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods violates EU anti-discrimination law
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Denmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989 – a day when "something shifted in human affairs"
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Emotions are running high in EU foreign policy – and that's ok
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The Steam subscriber agreement has dropped its forced arbitration clause, allowing gamers to take legal action against the platform
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Massachusetts bill could fully legalize kei cars and override RMV ban
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Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU capitals puts strain on bloc’s unity. From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zone.
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The attempt to reform Intel
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Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US
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Thai king signs same-sex marriage bill into law
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How cities run dry
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Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google)
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Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America
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California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says
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The Ukrainian economy at war (2024) - Defence production, energy and endurance
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Domestic abuse experts to be embedded in emergency response control rooms in England and Wales
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Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present – overhaul signals a switch from play-based teaching for younger children
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London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids
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Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare
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Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models – sovereign wealth fund cushion has made it possible for government to offer green incentives to motorists
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Swedish government says excessive screen time is causing a severe health crisis for youth – new legislation in the works to require schools to ban access to digital devices
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The carbon tax is good for Canadians. Why axe it?
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NHTSA proposes new vehicle safety standard to better protect pedestrians
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Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity
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Dutch will spend $2.7 billion on improving infrastructure to keep ASML
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How a start-up utopia became a nightmare for Honduras: US investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country
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Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts
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Chat control is back on the agenda of EU governments. The Hungarian Presidency will collect “guidance for further work”. Take action to stop chat control now!
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The games behind your government's next war
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Sweden has announced controversial plans to scrap its tax on airline tickets from 2025
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Bipartisan group of 350 US city mayors commit to electrifying fleets and broadening EV charging infrastructure
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US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
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America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China
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EU ChatControl is back on the agenda
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Finland's Fortum starts using US nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence
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Over the last ten years Finland reduced road deaths by a sizable 29% – the average decline in the European Union was 16%
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Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy
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Kamala Harris plans to tax unrealized US stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million
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California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes
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UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns. Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action.
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How anti-trans US policies in Project 2025 could impact all families
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Book review: "Escaping Gravity" by Lori Garver
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Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation
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What works: Groundbreaking evaluation of climate policy measures over two decades
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Kamala Harris's speech killed any hope she would end the Gaza genocide
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The US government spends millions to open grocery stores in food deserts. The real test is their survival.
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Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’
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California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers
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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.
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