NGOs allowed to seize €2.9 million from Belgian government for failure to shelter asylum seekers politics Article 560 words 13 votes
Palm Springs capped Airbnb rentals. Now some home prices are in free-fall. politics.usa Article 1612 words 49 votes
Canada announces cap on international students for next two years politics Article 762 words 29 votes
US Food and Drug Administration recommends easing restrictions on marijuana politics.usa Article 1181 words 62 votes
Finland must crack down on hate speech against minorities if it's to appear “united against all external threats” says presidential hopeful Pekka Haavisto politics Article 1100 words 14 votes
Rebecca Solnit: Slow change can be radical change politics Article 1787 words, published Jan 11 2024 19 votes
The US Supreme Court will evaluate the constitutional validity of local ordinances barring homeless from sleeping on streets and sidewalks politics.usa Article 405 words 35 votes
Finnish presidential frontrunner Alexander Stubb said NATO should become "more European" politics Article 587 words 14 votes
Politicians from Germany’s AfD met extremist group to discuss deportation ‘masterplan’ politics Article 1122 words 13 votes
US President Joe Biden pardons thousands on federal marijuana charges, commutes others politics.usa Article 77 words 79 votes
Falkland's sovereignty 'not up for discussion' UK leader warns after new Argentinian president vows to 'get them back' politics Article 515 words 17 votes
Finland's government has cited security concerns for the closure of all border crossings with Russia – Russian-speaking Finns say their rights are being violated politics Article 1268 words 24 votes
How Russia punched an $11 billion hole in the West’s oil sanctions politics Article 77 words 17 votes
Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of children politics Article 593 words 10 votes
The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda politics Article 395 words 17 votes
Christopher Luxon sworn in as New Zealand prime minister, says priority is to improve economy politics Article 1021 words 18 votes
Russia's war in Ukraine and destabilising "hybrid warfare" actions on the eastern border put foreign and security policy top of the agenda in Finland's presidential election politics Article 1687 words 8 votes
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned politics Article 2483 words 34 votes
Ontario to ban Canadian work experience requirement in job postings politics Article 681 words 17 votes
US diplomats privately criticize US public policy stance towards Israel in leaked memo politics.usa Article 617 words 26 votes
Norway's government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills politics Article 589 words 5 votes
Trade tops the agenda as Germany’s Olaf Scholz meets Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu on West Africa trip politics Article 440 words 8 votes
Europe's single currency, used daily by about 350 million people, has become a hot topic in an unlikely place – Sweden politics Article 77 words 12 votes
Former US President Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt after leaving White House: Sources politics.usa Article 941 words 43 votes
Migrants are driving Canada's population surge despite declining birth rate: StatsCan politics Article 570 words 17 votes
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Europe during migration speech politics Article 608 words 15 votes
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman introduces legislation to cancel school lunch debt politics.usa Article 532 words 77 votes
Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants politics Article 885 words 23 votes
US offers nearly half-a-million Venezuelan migrants legal status and work permits following demands from strained cities politics.usa Article 538 words 16 votes
Why so many migrants are coming to New York politics.usa Article 1400 words, published Sep 15 2023 8 votes
The conservative push for “school choice” has had its most successful year ever politics.usa Article 4118 words, published Aug 7 2023 44 votes
As Finland's presidential election gets underway, one key question looks set to dominate – whom do Finns trust to deal with Russia? politics Article 1030 words 7 votes
US researchers employed by federal Housing and Urban Development agency propose study re comparative effectiveness of cash grants vs current system of vouchers for housing assistance politics.usa Article 1623 words 15 votes
Bill to legalize Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California heads to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk politics.usa Article 364 words 27 votes
Norway wealth tax pushes the rich to move to Switzerland – millionaire prime minister has embarked on a push to tax the wealthiest for social justice politics Article 77 words 41 votes
The Ezra Klein Show: Interview with Jennifer Pahlka about where government policy implementation goes wrong (and why government doesn't always work well) politics.usa Article 6586 words, published Jun 6 2023 7 votes
Schoolkids in eight US states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy politics.usa Article 1035 words 85 votes
Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine – found 50,500 politics Article 329 words 22 votes
Sweden seeks to stem deadly rise in youth crime – illegal guns are relatively accessible, with younger and younger children being drawn into serious crime politics Article 1214 words 14 votes
Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public-school student is going to get free lunch. politics.usa Article 392 words 71 votes
Finland should aim to leave the European Union in the long term, the far-right Perussuomalaiset's Jussi Halla-aho said ahead of his party congress politics Article 509 words 19 votes