US Justice Department says Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants ~life education.higher Article 760 words 10 votes
AMC Theatres to offer fifteen-cent tickets for older films on first day of reopening ~movies Article 298 words 8 votes
Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his US Vice President ~news politics usa Article 1380 words 47 votes
Lebanon’s prime minister resigns in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut and the ensuing public outrage ~news lebanon.beirut politics Article 1047 words 6 votes
US President Donald Trump issues executive orders taking effect in forty-five days that ban "transactions" with Chinese owners of TikTok (ByteDance) and WeChat (Tencent) ~tech social media Article 303 words 19 votes
Outbreak hits Norway cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen – traveling from port to port along Norway's western coast, the virus may not have been contained onboard ~health Article 440 words 11 votes
The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time – a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960 ~humanities religion Article 525 words 8 votes
The US Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid ~finance Article 2360 words 10 votes
The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities ~news china.xinjiang Article 3251 words 48 votes
Police in Greenland have detained a man in connection with the vandalism of a statue of a Danish colonizer that was doused with red paint ~news denmark.greenland crime Article 171 words 2 votes
Greta Thunberg has hope for climate, despite leaders' inaction ~enviro climate change Article 676 words 7 votes
Four major US publishers sue Internet Archive for copyright infringement, alleging that it has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public ~books libraries Article 665 words 30 votes
Sweden football coach Janne Andersson has signed a contract extension through to UEFA Euro 2024 ~sports.football Article 140 words 6 votes
Boston Marathon canceled for the first time in its 124-year history ~sports Article 722 words 8 votes
A group of Copenhagen residents sued the Danish government Wednesday over legislation that authorized dismantling neighborhoods designated as ghettos ~life housing Article 363 words 5 votes
Greta Thunberg scolds Danes for dumping wastewater – thirty-five billion liters of unfiltered sewer water have been pumped into the Oresund Strait since 2014 ~enviro pollution.water water.waste Article 226 words 10 votes
Danish Lutheran minister who attracted international attention by proclaiming that there is no God or afterlife, but retracted after being suspended, has died ~humanities religion Article 283 words 5 votes
Analysis of treatment with hydroxychloroquine for 368 patients in US veterans hospitals shows more deaths, no benefit ~health Article 417 words 24 votes
Department of Homeland Security report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies ~health healthcare Article 855 words 11 votes
The best films of 2019 by Lindsey Bahr ~movies reviews Article 1401 words, published Dec 5 2019 4 votes
Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela’s Maduro ~news venezuela usa crime Article 2995 words 14 votes
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes his first public appearance in twenty days, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill ~news north korea politics Article 808 words 17 votes
Many failures combined to unleash death on Italy’s Lombardy ~health healthcare Article 2398 words 6 votes
Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders, and severing supply chains in China ~finance economics Article 1165 words 4 votes
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content ~tech google facebook internet social media Article 533 words 6 votes
In Iran, isolated musicians perform from rooftops ~arts photography Article 543 words, published Apr 16 2020 6 votes
New wave of infections threatens to collapse Japan hospitals ~health healthcare Article 904 words 9 votes
Finnish carrier Finnair, which has focused heavily on routes to Asia, says it will deepen its cooperation with China's Juneyao Air ~transport Article 203 words 3 votes
Cuban doctors fighting coronavirus around world, defying US ~health healthcare Article 897 words 11 votes
After warnings in January, US federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers ~health healthcare Article 2280 words 7 votes
Norway extradites convicted Kurdish cleric to Italy, where he has been sentenced to twelve years in jail for planning terror ~news norway italy Article 365 words 6 votes
Sweden's external military intelligence service said Friday the security policy situation in the Baltic Sea region 'has deteriorated over time' ~news sweden russia Article 226 words 4 votes
Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case – the first non-Liberian to be held accountable in connection with the civil wars ~news finland sierra leone liberia crime.war Article 362 words 4 votes
Michael Bloomberg drops out of US Presidential race, endorses Joe Biden ~news usa politics Article 632 words 30 votes
Japanese Prime Minister asks all elementary, middle and high schools nationwide to close until late March to help control the spread of COVID-19 ~health Article 316 words 21 votes
Florida can't bar felons from registering to vote over fees and fines, appeals court rules ~news usa.fl law.constitutional Article 774 words 11 votes
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its owner Chinese automaker Geely Holding are considering a merger deal ~transport Article 304 words 4 votes
Iranian rocket fails to reach necessary speed for putting Zafar 1 communications satellite into orbit ~space rocketry satellites Article 812 words 6 votes
E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s, has made a legal demand for a DNA sample to compare against male DNA on her dress ~news usa politics crime Article 743 words 13 votes
Donald Trump administration's Middle East peace plan calls for creation of a State of Palestine, freeze on new Israeli settlements ~news usa palestine israel politics Article 616 words 7 votes
Don Larsen, New York Yankee who pitched only perfect game in World Series history, dies at 90 ~sports.baseball Article 1177 words 6 votes
China convicts three researchers involved in gene-edited babies ~science biology Article 138 words 11 votes
India suspends internet and phone services in some parts of the country to quell protests over new citizenship law that excludes Muslims ~news india law Article 1054 words 21 votes
The Supreme Court in the Netherlands has ordered the government to cut national greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% of 1990 levels by the end of next year ~enviro climate change Article 950 words 16 votes
In Sweden's Arctic, ice atop snow leaves reindeer starving ~enviro climate change Article 1055 words 3 votes