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 politics Article 542 words 36 votes
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 politics Article 1211 words 10 votes
San Francisco becomes first US city to ban automated rent-fixing technology politics Article 478 words 66 votes
US Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside politics Article 363 words 35 votes
US Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre Article 564 words 29 votes
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V politics Article 518 words, published Apr 24 2024 20 votes
UT Austin lays off around sixty staffers to comply with Texas DEI ban politics Article 512 words 22 votes
AI firm [Midjourney] considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections politics Article 737 words 31 votes
Vladimir Putin signs bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty politics Article 218 words 36 votes
‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans politics Article 1335 words 19 votes
Former US President Donald Trump denounces Ron DeSantis abortion ban as “a terrible mistake” politics Article 595 words 35 votes
A proposed law to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve, led to controversy politics Article 1412 words 41 votes
A series of racism scandals within the new Finnish government has led to calls for a ban on the swastika and the hammer and sickle politics Article 326 words 28 votes
Congress passes law banning non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases politics Article 1270 words 14 votes
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons takes effect, without the US and others politics Article 515 words 12 votes
Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Quran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels politics Article 33 words 10 votes
Violence erupts in Malmö after anti-Muslim activity – right-wing extremists had burned a copy of the Quran and a Danish politician was barred from entering the country Article 236 words, published Aug 10 2020 9 votes
Canadian Prime Minister announces ban on 1,500 types of "assault-style" firearms, effective immediately politics Article 27 votes
Sweden says it won't sign UN nuclear ban treaty – the treaty in its current form is not ready politics Article 152 words 4 votes