Next week, a Chinese special envoy will travel to Ukraine, Russia and several European countries to discuss “a political solution” to the war. It will be a tough nut to crack. There have long been certain hopes that China can help bring an end to the war in Ukraine. It is especially China’s relatively close […]
Continue reading »From May to December 2022, tens of thousands more Britons died than usual – and those affected by covid are excluded from the figures. On par with Luftwaffe’s blitzkrieg This is normally only experienced during war and plague, but those reasons can be written off in this case, raising serious questions about the cause. By […]
Continue reading »Retired police superintendent Bård Stensli says the police’s denial of uniforms in the pride parade is a major setback for queer love in the police. Former police superintendent Bård Stensli has devoted much of his time in the police to promoting gay rights in the agency. He has previously been awarded YS’ equality award for […]
Continue reading »Trond Giske says that his local team Nidaros Sosialdemokratisk Forum will enlist more members in Trondheim, as his struggle to regain power in the party continues. At the recent national meeting of the Labor Party, Giske’s local team Nidaros Social Democratic Forum had its influence reduced. The team was denied payment for its many members […]
Continue reading »BlackRock has invested five billion in wind turbines in Norway. Now they fear losing half if the government introduces their planned ground rent tax on wind power. The majority in Storting are in favour of taxation, but the objections have been so strong that Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland has postponed the decision until […]
Continue reading »On Thursday, Oslo Pride presented this year’s programme. From 23 June to 1 July, things will be happening all over the city. We have never seen greater commitment than around this year’s Oslo Pride, says Oslo Pride’s leader Dan Bjørke, to NRK. In the past, the festival area has been in Spikersuppa. This year they […]
Continue reading »Researchers in Singapore may have discovered why a small group of people face a higher risk of heart complications after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. A study by Duke-NUS Medical School researchers and others suggests that those with high baseline levels of RNASE2, an enzyme produced in the body that processes ribonucleic acid (RNA), may be […]
Continue reading »Around 12 police and firemen were injured in an explosion in a high-rise building in Ratingen in western Germany on Thursday. The police believe the explosion may have been intentional. NTB reports on the case. On Twitter, local police write that the explosion happened in an apartment in a high-rise block. Several of the injured […]
Continue reading »On Thursday, the British central bank raised the key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 percent. The interest rate has not been this high in 15 years. This is the twelfth interest rate increase in a row from the Bank of England, writes NTB, which of course points to Ukraine […]
Continue reading »Adjoa Andoh, one of the actors from the Netflix series Bridgerton, commented in a live morning program on the British television station ITV that the balcony at Buckingham Palace was “horribly white”. This statement created a record rush of complaints. Over 4,000 complaints have flowed in. Andoh, 60, who plays Lady Danbury in the Netflix […]
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