Sweden has earmarked $661 million for a temporary scheme to help the most affected households cope with high electricity bills this winter ~finance Article 379 words 6 votes
John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85 ~sports.american_football Article 117 words 10 votes
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90 ~news south africa Article 1499 words 13 votes
Norway's data privacy watchdog fines Grindr $7.16 million for sending sensitive personal data to hundreds of potential advertising partners without users' consent ~tech social media Article 390 words 7 votes
US intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive ~news russia ukraine usa Article 1150 words 12 votes
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers convicted of murder ~news usa.ga.brunswick crime.hate Article 632 words 22 votes
Helsinki City Council says it will no longer serve meat at seminars, staff meetings, receptions and other events to reduce capital's carbon footprint ~food meat Article 360 words, published Nov 4 2021 6 votes
Henrietta Lacks estate sues company using her ‘stolen’ cells ~science medicine Article 892 words, published Oct 4 2021 12 votes
UN report warns of global water crisis (floods and droughts) amid climate change ~enviro water climate change Article 430 words 7 votes
Denmark's hippie, psychedelic oasis Christiania turns fifty – celebration over four days includes parades, speeches, exhibitions, workshops, shows and concerts ~life Article 602 words 4 votes
Bus driver shortages are latest challenge hitting US schools ~transport Article 1094 words, published Aug 22 2021 8 votes
Danish government has presented a proposal to get foreigners and people with immigrant backgrounds to work thirty-seven hours a week in exchange for welfare benefits ~news denmark politics Article 388 words 7 votes
Massive fire threatens Lake Tahoe, more ordered to flee ~enviro climate change Article 842 words 20 votes
Amazon’s mission: Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building ~tech amazon security.home Article 983 words, published Jul 22 2021 9 votes
Affidavit: FBI feared Pennsylvania would seize fabled gold ~humanities.history Article 1065 words 6 votes
Jeff Bezos plans to go to space aboard Blue Origins first crewed flight in July ~space spaceflight.commercial spaceflight.crewed Article 21 votes
Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted ~enviro pollution Article published May 31 2021 7 votes
Study seeks origins of ghost nets that haunt Hawaii’s shores ~enviro pollution.water Article published May 27 2021 5 votes
Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut net emissions by 45% by 2030 ~enviro climate change Article 664 words 8 votes
Joe Biden: “Great day for America;” Vaccinated can largely ditch masks ~health Article 504 words 23 votes
Ransomware gang threatens release of DC police records ~tech privacy security.cyber Article 447 words 10 votes
China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media ~tech social media facebook Article 3237 words 13 votes
Facebook to lift Australia news ban after government agrees to amendments to proposed legislation requiring them to pay publishers ~tech facebook social media Article 6 votes
US hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell ~health healthcare Article 1967 words 4 votes
An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland's capital of Helsinki ~arts art.public art.ephemeral Article 256 words 19 votes
Italy takes action against TikTok following girl’s death ~tech social media Article 246 words 5 votes
Norway hires Ståle Solbakken to replace Lars Lagerbäck as coach of the national football team – Lagerbäck leaves after failing to qualify for next year's European Championship ~sports.football Article 182 words 4 votes
New York 22nd district race up in air as county finds fifty-five uncounted ballots ~news usa.ny politics.usa Article 492 words 12 votes
GM will recall about seven million US pickup trucks and SUVs from the 2007-2014 model years to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators ~transport Article 962 words 12 votes
Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks ~news estonia usa politics.usa Article 527 words 12 votes
Finland's interior minister summoned an emergency meeting after patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by hackers ~tech privacy security Article 547 words 5 votes
Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed ~transport Article 371 words 8 votes
Danish veterinarians and farmers have begun culling at least 2.5 million minks in northern Denmark after coronavirus has been reported in at least sixty-three farms ~health Article 426 words 6 votes
Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country's main international airport – a four-month trial of an alternative testing method ~transport Article 460 words 9 votes