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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California governor Gavin Newsom pardons former San Quentin prison inmate who became Pulitzer Prize finalist for his podcast
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Hey, Elon. You know who else was a disruptor? Mao. Donald Trump and the Tesla boss aren’t the first to take a wrecking ball to government. They’d be wise to learn from China’s tragic experience.
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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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US President-Elect Donald Trump picks key figure in Project 2025 for powerful budget role (gifted link)
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Tracking who US President Donald Trump has named to serve in his cabinet and administration
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US President-Elect Donald Trump ignores transition rules
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Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections
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California legacy pot growers struggle
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Fewer kids are going to California public schools. Is there a right way to close campuses?
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Landslide win for Sri Lanka’s leftist coalition in snap general elections
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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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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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Haiti’s presidential council fires prime minister, names businessman in controversial move
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US election results (other than presidential) thread
A place to collect articles about what happened in all the other contests. Edit: please post what the election results were (with a link to the article) at top level and then we can discuss them...
A place to collect articles about what happened in all the other contests.
Edit: please post what the election results were (with a link to the article) at top level and then we can discuss them underneath it.
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Girlfriend and I bought plan B at Costco yesterday, pharmacist said they'd already sold more than 100 since the election
We live in Texas, so abortion is already illegal here. We ordered a plan C pill as soon as Roe v Wade was overturned back in 2022 and just ordered another yesterday, as well. We also went to...
We live in Texas, so abortion is already illegal here. We ordered a plan C pill as soon as Roe v Wade was overturned back in 2022 and just ordered another yesterday, as well. We also went to Costco to get some plan B, just in case, and the pharmacist literally said they'd sold over 100. It's so crazy to me that Trump can win with policies as unpopular as abortion bans, ugh. I worry for my girlfriend and women and LGBTQ+ people across the US, but especially in red states like here.
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How California has been ‘Donald Trump-proofing’ itself against federal reprisal
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German government coalition collapses as Olaf Scholz sacks Finance Minister Christian Lindner
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British government urged to pause financial cooperation with Egypt until UK national Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed
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A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms
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Kalundborg in Denmark is a modern-day 'gold rush' town – but pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has invested more than £6.5 billion and it still isn't booming
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Why I’m running for Commissioner of Agriculture in North Carolina
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The case against California Proposition 36
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The lines at US food banks are growing longer
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Japan's government in flux after election gives no party majority
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US Senate investigation into Medicare and Medicaid insurance providers finds they are using "AI" to deny care
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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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Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader
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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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Filipino authorities are using Facebook to target young activists
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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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Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
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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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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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Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution
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California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says
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Emmanuel Macron unveils new right-wing French government
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São Paulo mayoral candidate treated in hospital after getting clobbered with chair
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At the University of Michigan, pro Palestinian protestors have "Shut Down" student government, by being elected to it
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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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Israeli cabinet trades insults over ‘Jewish terrorism’ warning. Far-right security minister accused by defence minister and intelligence chief of endangering nation.
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California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s next PM, youngest ever
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to resign, paving way for new leader
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Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio can start Tuesday at nearly 100 locations
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Bangladesh’s leader resigns and flees country after protests
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