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15 votes
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Sweden has unveiled plans to combat gang violence by reducing sentences for those who cooperate with the police
6 votes -
Former NJ librarian told students in DC to reenact Holocaust scenes, report says
2 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 24
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7 votes -
Denmark will pull its small military force out of northern Mali after the country's transitional government said no permission had been given for them to deploy there
4 votes -
US rejects Russian demand to bar Ukraine from NATO
9 votes -
US Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
23 votes -
Julian Assange can ask Supreme Court to consider extradition case
4 votes -
Pentagon puts 8,500 troops on ‘High Alert’ amid Ukraine tensions
8 votes -
Burkina Faso's military seizes power in a coup, detains president and dissolves government
11 votes -
Taiwan reports new large-scale Chinese air force incursion
12 votes -
Taliban delegation is to hold talks with Norwegian officials and Afghan civil society representatives in Oslo next week
6 votes -
US intelligence indicates Russia preparing operation to justify invasion of Ukraine
15 votes -
Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH
27 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 17
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6 votes -
Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole – Anders Behring Breivik goes to court claiming he is no longer a danger to society
6 votes -
Former Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, said that he has been charged under a law that deals with divulging state secrets
4 votes -
Missile systems and tanks spotted in Russian far east, heading west
9 votes -
Dozens of protesters reported killed in Kazakhstan as Russia-led military alliance heads to the country
14 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 10
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8 votes -
Grid News goes live with millions in funding and a team of more than twenty journalists
17 votes -
David Sassoli, European Union parliament president, dies at age 65
6 votes -
US Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail
16 votes -
Three suspected pirates who were detained for six weeks on a Danish warship off West Africa's coast have been released at sea in a small dinghy
5 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 3
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8 votes -
Gabriel Boric wins election as Chile’s next president
22 votes -
Taiwan supports Lithuania as China applies sanctions
10 votes -
Q shaman prison interview
13 votes -
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
26 votes -
Sweden, which is holding a general election in September, has joined France in creating an agency to combat disinformation
10 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 27
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6 votes -
Ninety-nine good news stories you probably didn’t hear about in 2021
13 votes -
Video shows Los Angeles police officer open fire in shooting that killed teen girl
7 votes -
Iran nuclear talks resume with Tehran focused on sanctions relief
5 votes -
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90
13 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 20
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7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 13
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7 votes -
Malta becomes first EU nation to legalise cannabis for recreational use
13 votes -
Pentagon won’t punish any troops over errant drone strike in Kabul that killed ten civilians
4 votes -
G-7 warns Moscow of ‘massive consequences’ if Russia invades Ukraine
10 votes -
Chris Wallace announces he is leaving Fox News, joining CNN+
11 votes -
US Feds bust ‘modern-day slavery’ ring amid new immigration enforcement effort
10 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 6
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9 votes -
UK has reached an agreement with Norway and the EU over how to divide fish stocks in the North Sea next year
6 votes -
Journalists Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa called for better protection for independent reporting as they received their joint Nobel Peace Prize
4 votes -
Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 29
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9 votes -
Deal to make Olaf Scholz German chancellor clears final hurdle
6 votes -
BuzzFeed News writers are walking out in protest against the company
@Joe Bernstein: In my seven years at BuzzFeed News, I've never faced an "or-else" traffic quota. We're walking off today, in part, to make sure our journalists never do. pic.twitter.com/BWavn6fndG
23 votes -
Finland arrests five over far-right terror plot – this marks Finland's first case of suspected far-right terrorism
4 votes