Norway's parliament has apologised to minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy politics Article 520 words 14 votes
Norway unveils plans to boost spending to combat antisemitism against the backdrop of rising terrorism threats linked to Jewish and Israeli targets politics Article 77 words 7 votes
A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms politics Article 3169 words 81 votes
Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen politics Article 597 words 7 votes
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 politics Article 1491 words 21 votes
Iceland on track for snap election as government falls – disagreements on issues including foreign policy and asylum seekers, says Bjarni Benediktsson politics Article 5 votes
German government plans to reform adoption law, allowing unmarried couples to adopt and a child to have two mothers politics Article 1300 words 31 votes
Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold politics Video 1:01:03 18 votes
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
China is ready for war (and thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not) politics Article 2729 words 20 votes
California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988) politics Article 730 words 17 votes
EU supreme court will hear arguments on whether Danish law limiting the concentration of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods violates EU anti-discrimination law politics Article 206 words 5 votes
Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU capitals puts strain on bloc’s unity. From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zone. politics Article 1325 words 13 votes
California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says politics Article 1956 words, published Apr 9 2024 21 votes
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare politics Article 397 words 13 votes
Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity politics Article 1000 words 12 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
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! politics Article 895 words, published Jul 11 2024 11 votes
America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China politics Article 2727 words 19 votes
Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy politics Article 1944 words 11 votes
Kamala Harris plans to tax unrealized US stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million politics Article 906 words 51 votes
California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes politics Article 677 words 30 votes
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 politics Article 347 words 27 votes
Kamala Harris's speech killed any hope she would end the Gaza genocide politics Article 1157 words 22 votes
Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit politics Article 817 words, published Jul 26 2024 14 votes
According to demographic projections, people leaving Sweden are set to outnumber immigrants this year – government says this is thanks to its restrictive migration policies politics Article 696 words 9 votes
Sweden's snitch law immigration plan prompts alarm across society – forcing public sector workers to report undocumented people decried as utterly inhumane politics Article 1082 words, published Aug 11 2024 23 votes
Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk [as it was not approved by the European Commission] politics Link 11 votes
A tax break for Washington State data centers promised jobs. Now there are questions about whether the costs are worth it. politics Article 3874 words 7 votes
Governor Gavin Newsom orders homeless sweeps throughout California politics Article 241 words 38 votes
Finland's deportation law puts EU's migration norms to the test – human rights organizations sound the alarm over the controversial measure politics Article 20 votes
What to know about the proposed Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing in the US Congress politics Article 1231 words 20 votes
Jessica Valenti (Abortion, Every Day) summarizing Kamala Harris' position on abortion rights politics Article 820 words 18 votes
Finnish lawmakers narrowly approved controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants attempting to enter from neighboring Russia politics Article 536 words 11 votes
Singapore couples are marrying earlier to buy homes, leading some to regret politics Article 77 words 16 votes
Kansas Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights are protected by constitution, striking down two laws politics Article 719 words 58 votes
Denmark's plan to eliminate parallel societies has drawn criticism as ethnic discrimination. Others in Europe may be watching. politics Article 1010 words 21 votes
Finland's PM Petteri Orpo urged parliament not to weaken a deportation bill that would allow Finnish border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications in certain circumstances politics Article 327 words 5 votes
Danish government makes new pact with youth organisations to protect children in the EU from the addictive design of social media and tech giants' business models politics Article 316 words 8 votes