Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says russia politics Article 651 words 94 votes
Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin critic dies after 'losing consciousness' at maximum security prison russia politics Link 14 votes
Polish political tensions ramp up as PiS politicians arrested at Presidential Palace poland politics Article 233 words 16 votes
Nationalist leader convicted for ordering violence against Polish abortion rights, lgbtq rights, protester “Grandma Kate” poland politics crime Link 17 votes
Anger in Sweden as Nobel Prize organizers invite Russia and Belarus to the award ceremonies – several lawmakers say they will boycott this year's ceremonies sweden russia belarus iran politics Article 384 words 35 votes
Villavicencio assassination a ‘disturbing moment’ for Ecuador democracy, former running mate says ecuador politics crime.organized Article 6 votes
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Villavicencio reported killed in attack at rally ecuador politics Article 93 words 31 votes
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader's jail term extended to nineteen years politics russia crime Article 693 words 31 votes
Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, stepping down after crushing election defeat greece politics Article 328 words 8 votes
North Carolina GOP censures Senior State Sen. Tillis for backing LGBTQ+ rights and other policies usa.nc politics Article 556 words 14 votes
Norway has expelled fifteen Russian officials that it had accused of spying under diplomatic cover norway politics russia Article 8 votes
Søren Pape Poulsen, leading challenger to Mette Frederiksen, is hemorrhaging support after false claims about the origins of his soon-to-be ex-husband denmark politics Article 3 votes
US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defying Beijing usa taiwan china Article 1216 words 21 votes
Lords complain of ‘poor wine’ and ‘too much salmon’ in the ‘disappointing’ taxpayer-subsidised food and drink served to Parliament united kingdom politics Article 378 words 14 votes
Denmark seeks to charge former defence minister with disclosing secrets – top prosecuting office says Claus Hjort Frederiksen shared ‘highly classified information’ denmark politics crime Article 353 words 3 votes
In France, a racist conspiracy theory edges into the mainstream france politics Article 1077 words 13 votes
Former Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, said that he has been charged under a law that deals with divulging state secrets denmark politics crime Article 38 words 4 votes
New York governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after investigation finds he sexually harassed multiple women usa.ny politics Article 1598 words 16 votes
New vote totals show tighter Democratic race for New York City mayor usa.ny.nyc politics Article 785 words, published Jun 30 2021 5 votes
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial George W Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 politics usa.il Article 620 words 12 votes
Mike Gravel, former Alaska Senator and anti-war advocate dies at age 91 usa.ak politics Article 718 words 10 votes
Denmark's secret service helped the US spy on European politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014 denmark politics usa Article 33 words 5 votes
Alexei Navalny reaches fourteenth day of hunger strike as officials threaten force-feeding politics russia Article 524 words 15 votes
Covid-19: Brazil to get fourth health minister since pandemic began politics Article 50 words 6 votes
Mario Draghi forms new government in Italy, politicians and technocrats named as ministers italy politics Article 331 words, published Feb 12 2021 8 votes
Pennsylvania Republicans block seating of Democratic state senator, take control from lieutenant governor politics usa.pa Article 692 words 20 votes
Email accounts belonging to Finnish MPs were compromised during a cyberattack on the country's parliament in the autumn finland politics crime Article 250 words 6 votes
An anti-gay Hungarian politician has resigned after being caught by the police fleeing a 25-man orgy through a window nsfw hungary politics crime Article 493 words 27 votes
Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks estonia politics usa Article 527 words 12 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
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
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in connection with $60 million bribery scheme usa.oh politics crime Article 156 words 19 votes
Australian Senators unite to block Pauline Hanson's 'all lives matter' motion australia politics Article 658 words 8 votes
Katri Kulmuni will step down as Finland's finance minister after admitting on Friday that she had used taxpayers' money to fund training on how to speak in public finland politics Article 98 words 12 votes
New Zealand opposition leader ousted as PM Ardern's popularity soars new zealand politics Article 309 words, published May 22 2020 12 votes
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sues Betsy DeVos over “reprehensible” new sexual assault rules usa Article 872 words 5 votes
Republican Mitt Romney sides with Democrats calling for $12 hourly raises for essential workers in the USA politics usa Article 325 words 22 votes
Brazilian superminister Sérgio Moro resigns after Bolsonaro fires federal police chief Maurício Valeixo politics Article 468 words 6 votes
New Zealand Health Minister David Clark demoted after driving 20km to beach, breaking lockdown rules new zealand politics Article 376 words 12 votes
Time’s Up said it could not fund a #metoo allegation against Joe Biden usa politics Article 1357 words 12 votes
Tulsi Gabbard suspends US election campaign, endorses Joe Biden usa politics Article 248 words 17 votes
Andrew Yang’s new US non-profit is giving away $500,000 in free cash as a UBI experiment usa politics Article 376 words 23 votes
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard norway.svalbard russia politics Link 4 votes
Brazilian culture secretary fired after echoing words of Nazi minister of propaganda Joseph Göebbels politics germany.nazi Article 445 words 7 votes
Russia's government resigns as Putin offers spot on Security Council to Medvedev russia politics Link 13 votes