Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign thailand.bangkok politics Article 978 words, published Oct 16 2020 11 votes
Danish mayor Frank Jensen quits amid sexual harassment allegations – Social Democrat has apologized for his behaviour, saying he did not want to stand in the way of progress denmark.copenhagen politics Article 376 words, published Oct 1 2020 6 votes
Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand Labour Party to historically high re-election, projected to win 49% of votes and 64/120 seats new zealand politics Article 655 words 28 votes
Trump will undergo televised medical evaluation on Friday night, Fox News announces usa politics Link 18 votes
FBI busts militia 'plot' to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer politics crime usa.mi Article 232 words 38 votes
Presidential debate: Trump refuses to take part in virtual TV event usa politics Article 175 words 19 votes
US President Donald Trump abruptly scraps stimulus talks, punting on economic relief until after Election Day politics usa Article 26 votes
Joe Biden can end the drama on election night. All he has to do is win Texas. politics usa.tx Article 1873 words 13 votes
Postal Service workers quietly resist DeJoy’s changes with eye on election usa politics Article 3055 words 16 votes
Trump campaign is reportedly plotting an election coup to “bypass” a Biden win usa politics Article 707 words 28 votes
Trump won’t commit to ‘peaceful’ post-election transfer of power usa politics Article 1056 words 9 votes
Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris usa politics crime Article 1682 words 17 votes
With violent crime on the rise, Minneapolis City Council asks: Where are the police? usa.mn crime politics Article 776 words 5 votes
Denmark's left-leaning parties have agreed to change the country's sexual violence laws to allow sex without explicit consent to be prosecuted as rape denmark politics crime law Article 162 words 21 votes
Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud related to "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding campaign politics usa crime Article 157 words 35 votes
Sweden is beefing up its military presence in the Baltic Sea amid concerns over increased Russian activity in the region and heightened tensions in Belarus sweden politics russia belarus Article 319 words 13 votes
Denmark suspends Lars Findsen, head of the country's foreign intelligence service – Danish Defense Intelligence Service had initiated operations that were contrary to Danish law denmark politics law Article 267 words 9 votes
Head of Iowa Postal Workers Union says that mail sorting machines are being removed from post offices in the state, hindering ability to process mail usa politics Article 703 words 38 votes
Lebanon’s prime minister resigns in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut and the ensuing public outrage lebanon.beirut politics Article 1047 words 6 votes
Denmark's vegan party says it has enough support to run for parliament – the party, founded in 2018, reached the 20,182 declarations needed on Thursday denmark politics Article 267 words 13 votes
US Intelligence: China opposes Trump reelection; Russia works against Biden politics china russia usa Article 360 words 9 votes
A newsroom at the edge of autocracy; The South China Morning Post is arguably the world’s most important newspaper for what it tells us about media freedoms as China’s power grows journalism hong kong china politics Article 3740 words, published Aug 1 2020 7 votes
Anti-Putin protest in Russia’s far east attracts thousands for a fourth weekend russia.khabarovsk politics Article 321 words 9 votes
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies after battle with coronavirus politics usa Article 542 words 29 votes
US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's response to colleague who called her a misogynistic slur usa politics Video 10:25 42 votes
Incumbent Polish president Andrzej Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote poland politics Article 785 words, published Jul 13 2020 9 votes
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in connection with $60 million bribery scheme usa.oh politics crime Article 156 words 19 votes
US Postal Service memos detail ‘difficult’ changes, including slower mail delivery usa politics Article 1442 words 24 votes
Citizens in Greenland are voting on whether to keep a controversial statue of a Hans Egede, seen as a symbol of Danish colonialism denmark.greenland politics Article 456 words 4 votes
Hundreds of hyperpartisan sites are masquerading as local news. This map shows if there’s one near you usa politics journalism Article 1180 words 11 votes
Singapore's Workers' Party wins Sengkang GRC, boosting presence in parliament to record high singapore.sengkang politics Link 5 votes
Swedish ex-ambassador Anna Lindstedt acquitted – had been accused of going beyond her remit to have talks with a foreign power sweden china politics Article 511 words 4 votes
India loses jurisdiction over Italian marines who killed two Indian fishermen in 2012 italy india politics crime Article 663 words 6 votes
In first for Congress, US House passes bill to establish DC as the nation's 51st state, but it faces insurmountable opposition in the Senate politics usa.dc Article 472 words 26 votes
Counter-espionage agency ASIO is conducting a sweeping investigation into allegations Chinese government agents have infiltrated the office of a NSW Labor politician to influence Australian politics china politics australia.nsw Article 503 words 7 votes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker australia politics Article 344 words 6 votes
Supreme Court rules against Trump’s attempt to end DACA, a win for undocumented ‘Dreamers’ brought to US as children usa politics Article 64 words 21 votes
Australian Senators unite to block Pauline Hanson's 'all lives matter' motion australia politics Article 658 words 8 votes
Joe Biden campaign ramps upcampaign staffing and posts US electoral college map usa politics Article 2192 words 10 votes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises for 'any hurt or harm' caused by robodebt scheme australia politics Article 650 words 7 votes
After a staff uproar, New York Times says that Senator Tom Cotton’s “Send In the Troops” op-ed it published yesterday did not meet its standards journalism usa politics Article 523 words 21 votes