Norway's foreign minister ousted after weapons-maker shares scandal – husband had been making financial deals that could have affected her ministerial duties ~misc politics Article 264 words 8 votes
New Zealand in political limbo as National considers shape of coalition ~misc politics Article 641 words 6 votes
California public school students will learn about labor rights under first-of-its-kind law ~life education work Article 635 words, published Oct 3 2023 44 votes
Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise ~enviro pollution.air pollution.noise Article 409 words 10 votes
Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries ~enviro energy Article 1256 words 14 votes
Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed ~life.style Article 801 words, published Oct 2 2023 16 votes
The war in Ukraine is heightening tensions between Russians and Norwegians living on Svalbard | Focus on Europe ~life Video 5:26, published Sep 30 2023 8 votes
California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns ~enviro Article 1825 words, published Sep 13 2023 6 votes
Feeding seaweed to cows can cut methane emissions – Swedish study proposes government commission more research into environmental benefits of cattle feed additives ~enviro pollution Article 686 words 11 votes
New survey shows that many in the US lack knowledge of basic facts about government ~misc politics Article 1852 words, published Sep 14 2023 47 votes
California high-speed rail project scores 202 million dollar federal grant. Here’s what it will pay for ~transport Article 366 words, published Sep 25 2023 21 votes
Can NYC ease housing costs with ‘City of Yes’ proposal? ~design urban planning Article 77 words 14 votes
US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa ~enviro water.ground Article 1007 words 45 votes
New Orleans officials seek to build a freshwater pipeline as saltwater wedge inches closer ~enviro water.fresh water.salt Article published Sep 27 2023 11 votes
Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are planning to sue the Danish state ~health healthcare Article 447 words 26 votes
How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing Danish state secrets that had been in the public domain for years ~misc politics Article 2828 words 10 votes
‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1326 words 23 votes
Finland faces autumn of discontent with strikes and protests over government's austerity budget ~misc politics Link 8 votes
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs ~health Article 502 words, published Sep 27 2023 30 votes
‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans ~life housing work education Article 1335 words 19 votes
India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says ~news india politics Article 671 words 16 votes
Joe Biden administration grants Seattle Children's Hospital $240K for LGBT sex education tool ~lgbt transgender Link 11 votes
Witnesses and security camera footage viewed by The Washington Post reveal a more complex operation to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh leader, than authorities have previously described ~news india politics canada.bc Article 1389 words 40 votes
Gainesville, Florida is giving trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace a key to the city ~lgbt transgender Article 377 words 11 votes
Size of McKinsey consulting firm opioid settlement increased by $230 million ~finance business Article 376 words 10 votes
New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings ~lgbt Article 377 words 14 votes
Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future. ~transport Article 757 words, published Sep 20 2023 35 votes
Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates ~lgbt Article 44 votes
Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants ~life Article 885 words 23 votes
Norway's Fyllingsdalen tunnel is a showstopping piece of urban cycling infrastructure – for a city where car-centric development still dominates ~transport Article 77 words 11 votes
Sweden's minority-run coalition announced on Wednesday it would be cutting funding for climate and environmental measures next year ~enviro climate change Article 962 words 10 votes
French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims ~lgbt transgender Article 417 words 16 votes
Justin Trudeau claims Canadian authorities have intelligence Indian government was behind slaying of Canadian Sikh leader in British Columbia ~news india politics canada.bc Article 111 words 63 votes
Florida surgeon general rejects FDA guidance, urges people under 65 not to get Covid booster ~health Article 696 words, published Sep 13 2023 26 votes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit Saturday against five major oil companies and their subsidiaries over climate change ~enviro climate change Article 636 words 45 votes
New Mexico Governor bans public carry of guns in Albuquerque ~news usa.nm.albuquerque politics Article 897 words, published Sep 8 2023 33 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
Small US cities experiment with grant funded Uber-like microtransit ~transport Article 1175 words 16 votes
Norway's former prime minister Erna Solberg said she should have recused herself from several matters when in government due to her husband's trading activities ~misc politics Article 290 words 9 votes
The conservative push for “school choice” has had its most successful year ever ~finance Article 4118 words, published Aug 7 2023 44 votes
California announced the strongest railway emissions regulations in the US. Freight companies are suing. ~transport Article 1813 words, published Sep 6 2023 24 votes
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts ~tech apple Article 448 words 39 votes
Bill to legalize Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California heads to Governor Newsom's desk ~life Article 364 words 27 votes
Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows ~life.women Article 927 words, published Sep 7 2023 26 votes
Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’ ~enviro water Article 820 words, published Sep 6 2023 23 votes