ReTuna shopping mall in Sweden is the first in the world to sell only secondhand and repurposed items – established in 2015, it's a municipality-led experiment in circular consumption
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Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen has issued a long-awaited apology to the Greenlandic women and their families affected by what she called "systematic discrimination" during a contraceptive campaign
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Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers strike deal that would allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize
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Denmark has proposed scrapping its tax on chocolate, cake and other sweets, as well as coffee, to help consumers cope with high food prices
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US government snaps up 10% of Intel for $8.9B
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Bluesky will block Mississippi IP addresses in response to its age assurance law
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The Finnish capital Helsinki went a whole year without a traffic fatality. Data-driven city planning helped.
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The nVidia AI GPU black market: investigating smuggling, corruption, and governments
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US Supreme Court allows Mississippi social media age verification law to go into effect
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Brazil's publicly funded payment system is pretty cool
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A contentious book argues that endless oil revenue and a sovereign wealth fund are making Norway increasingly bloated, unproductive and unhealthy
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Foreign couples flock to Denmark to get married. Copenhagen wants to save room for locals.
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Why free buses in NYC could backfire horribly
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Malaysia no longer takes US plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California
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A huge fight looms over the NASA budget this fall
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Why is the world's most powerful quantum computer being built in Denmark? Atom Computing and Microsoft working at backend to set up computer.
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What's next for public television and radio in the US after Republicans strip funding?
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Transit passes are better but free fares are good too
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Nebraska sues neighboring Colorado over how much water it’s drawing from the South Platte River
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A company tried to put real estate on the Blockchain and now it's facing a lawsuit from the city of Detroit
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Data manipulation within the US Federal government
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Google Wallet adds age verification and more government ID support
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Calgary brings fluoride back to its drinking water
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Gothenburg's experience with congestion pricing has been notably less triumphant – a cautionary tale about tolling downtown drivers
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Lyon, France joins European exodus from Windows to Linux
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How a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children
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The Faroe Islands are the only country that celebrates their World War II occupation
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Meeting client requirements of a 200-year design life for the Kruunuvuori Bridge in Finland demanded ingenuity in structural engineering and material choices
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Zohran Mamdani’s logo looked nothing like a logo: The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign for mayor of New York City
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How does tiny Denmark defy the odds to become one of the richest nations?
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When the Swedish town of Kallinge discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of PFAS, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children's future
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US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care
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Bergen in Norway has been building one of the world's most advanced trash systems, using vacuum tubes to whisk waste away
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Before the government announced its move, Denmark's largest cities of Copenhagen and Aarhus had already announced plans to phase out Microsoft software and cloud services. Here's why.
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Wernher von Braun’s record on civil rights
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Survivors and families of those killed in an oil rig disaster forty-five years ago will finally get compensation from the Norwegian state after a close vote passed in the country's parliament
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Norway to introduce tourist tax amid record visitor numbers and overtourism concerns – allows municipalities to introduce a 3% tax on overnight stays
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Hollywood has left Los Angeles. For years, studios found it cheaper to shoot elsewhere. Post-industry-collapse, elsewhere is the only place they’ll shoot.
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Decades of searching and a chance discovery: Why finding Leadbeater’s possum in New South Wales is such big news
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Right to repair is now law in Washington state
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Mysterious database of 184 million records exposes vast array of login credentials
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Citing illegal pollution US racial justice nonprofit NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Elon Musk's supercomputer in Memphis
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Why did the UK government nationalise this pub?
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Sámi introduce certification to promote ethical tourism in Finland – Responsible Sámi Tourism Certificate will recognise tourism businesses whose operations align with Sámi values
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Sweden's recycling centres overflowing with clothes after EU-wide ban on throwing away textiles – municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility
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South Korean mother sues the government and an agency over the adoption of her missing son sent to Norway
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Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits transgender youth
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Why Denmark is Europe's wedding hot spot – an insider tip for international couples trying to avoid bureaucratic hurdles back in their home countries | Focus on Europe
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The crypto racket - public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution
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Mass psychosis - how an entire population becomes mentally ill
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