Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis
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Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna
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President vetoes legal rights for same-sex couples in Poland
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Poland introduces law to criminalise "pathostreaming" (monetised livestreams profiting from violence, humiliation, and abuse)
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After pushing anti-trans laws to "protect women’s sports", Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants to eliminate women's sports to "assist fertility"
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Hong Kong police raid independent bookstores and arrest five people
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy taps European allies to build Freya, a cheaper counter to Russia’s ballistic missiles
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Japan relaxes royal succession rules - but ban on female emperors remains
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More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
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US House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent
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Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act
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It's 11:00 pm. Do you know where your AI agent is?
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Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting
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EU buys record amount of gas from Russia’s flagship plant
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 13
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Swedish MEP files police complaint accusing Danish colleague of racist hate speech – Abir Al-Sahlani targeted on social media after condemning anti-immigration chants in European parliament
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Ukrainian forces strike twenty-one Russian tankers, four tugboats, two cargo ships
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Woman who dated US Senate candidate Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her
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Pew Research polling on NATO, 2026
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 6
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How Ukraine built a war fighting state
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Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote
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Chat control passed, on Thursday only an absolute majority can stop it
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Semantic Atlas of the Administrative State
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Why the West stopped making land
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A conversation on rent control
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Marine Le Pen to run for French presidency despite embezzlement conviction
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US hits more than eighty Iran targets and reimposes oil sanctions
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China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes
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A measured and appropriately serious video essay about zootopia [and copaganda]
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Ukrainian drones flew all the way to Siberia to strike Russia's largest oil refinery
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Cambria, California banned fireworks. Then came the dogs.
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Nations previously opposed voted for Chat control, next vote July 6th
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The Atlantic republishes JD Vance article about Donald Trump from 2016
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Did Kamala Harris's silence on Gaza cost her the White House?
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Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party
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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, ruling against Donald Trump's order
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Two workers for a Norwegian charity involved in demining efforts in Ukraine have been killed in a Russian strike
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 29
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US Congress clears housing bill, cementing a rare bipartisan feat
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The local weather
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Police must obtain a warrant when seeking sweep of cellphone location data, US Supreme Court rules
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EU introduces €3 customs charge on small parcels to curb cheap Chinese imports
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On vulgar materialism
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Poland has placed an order for three Swedish submarines in an effort to step up defence capabilities – modernising its navy in the face of Russian aggression at its borders
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California legislature agrees to upload driver’s licenses to national database
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Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 are back, vote on 2.0 to be held 29th of June
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Norway's defence minister, Tore Sandvik, recently warned that Russia must not be allowed to control the Bear Gap in the Arctic
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 22
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18 votes