Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced PM Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government
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Germany: 288,000 foreign workers needed annually until 2040
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Denmark's uprooting of settled residents from ‘ghettos’ forms part of aggressive plan to assimilate nonwhite inhabitants
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The most anti-school voucher county in Kentucky
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An antitrust advocate reflects on the US Democratic Party's cult of powerlessness
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China population set for 51 million drop as pro-birth moves fail
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California legacy pot growers struggle
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Montana voters approve abortion rights in state constitution
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Fewer kids are going to California public schools. Is there a right way to close campuses?
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Norway's parliament has apologised to minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy
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Donald Trump expected to try to halt US TikTok ban, allies say
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Can Donald Trump reduce the US trade deficit?
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Norway unveils plans to boost spending to combat antisemitism against the backdrop of rising terrorism threats linked to Jewish and Israeli targets
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A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms
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The lines at US food banks are growing longer
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Donald Trump US tariffs would increase laptop prices by $350+, other electronics by as much as 40%
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Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen
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Donald Trump and the Joe Biden White House both say the United States should have a sovereign wealth fund – Norway, home to the world's largest, may offer a few lessons
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Iceland on track for snap election as government falls – disagreements on issues including foreign policy and asylum seekers, says Bjarni Benediktsson
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German government plans to reform adoption law, allowing unmarried couples to adopt and a child to have two mothers
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Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the US
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Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold
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Swedish government accused of trying to ‘outlaw poverty’ over begging ban – critics say proposal may not be lawful and would not tackle root cause of vulnerability
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Israeli military announces ground invasion of Southern Lebanon
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California bans legacy admissions at private universities
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California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988)
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EU supreme court will hear arguments on whether Danish law limiting the concentration of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods violates EU anti-discrimination law
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Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland
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Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google)
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California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says
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Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present – overhaul signals a switch from play-based teaching for younger children
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Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare
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Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity
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Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts
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Chat control is back on the agenda of EU governments. The Hungarian Presidency will collect “guidance for further work”. Take action to stop chat control now!
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America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China
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EU ChatControl is back on the agenda
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Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy
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Kamala Harris plans to tax unrealized US stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million
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California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes
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Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation
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California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers
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Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit
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According to demographic projections, people leaving Sweden are set to outnumber immigrants this year – government says this is thanks to its restrictive migration policies
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Sweden's snitch law immigration plan prompts alarm across society – forcing public sector workers to report undocumented people decried as utterly inhumane
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Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio can start Tuesday at nearly 100 locations
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A tax break for Washington State data centers promised jobs. Now there are questions about whether the costs are worth it.
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In historic move, US to upgrade military command structure in Japan
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Governor Gavin Newsom orders homeless sweeps throughout California
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Finland's deportation law puts EU's migration norms to the test – human rights organizations sound the alarm over the controversial measure
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