The election of Tonje Brenna and Jan Christian Vestre as new Labor deputy leaders could threaten “safe” parliamentary seats for several of today’s party profiles. Education Minister Tonje Brenna and Industry Minister Jan Christian Vestre will, by all indications, be elected to the party leadership at Ap’s national meeting on Friday 5 May. It could […]
Continue reading »More than 100 types of common consumer products contain at least one, often many more, chemicals that are linked to cancer or reproductive and developmental problems, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Many of the chemicals were found in personal care products, including nail polish, shampoo, lotion and soap. […]
Continue reading »Despite the party holding a national meeting last weekend, the opinion polls are still not good FrP at Kantar. The Labor Party is making the most progress. The Progress Party had probably hoped that the national meeting would add wind to their sails last weekend. But slime didn’t work, at least not in the new […]
Continue reading »Hunter Biden was ordered by a judge in Arkansas to put his cards on the table about his financial situation and make a sworn statement in June, before the court in July will decide on the amount he pays in child support. That could mean Hunter has to reveal who he sells art to and […]
Continue reading »A man from Østfold has been admitted to the intensive care unit at Ullevål Hospital with methanol poisoning. Dangerous alcohol may be in circulation, warns the hospital. After a man was hospitalised with methanol poisoning, people are being asked to be careful about drinking alcohol they are not sure about. NTB reports on the case. […]
Continue reading »Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram (Sp) says that the defence budget will be increased by around NOK 3.8 billion annually until 2026. Norway must also meet NATO’s 2 percent target. It was announced at a press conference on Tuesday with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap), Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp) and Defense Minister […]
Continue reading »One of the world’s foremost experts on artificial intelligence (AI), Geoffrey Hinton, fears he has helped develop technology that could eventually threaten humanity. He is just the latest in a line of researchers to come forward and warn against a development that could prove fatal. – It is difficult to see how to prevent evil […]
Continue reading »Ap has sunk like a stone in the polls since the Støre government took office, with criticism pouring in against Støre and his crew, from the public and from within the party. But Støre does not want to hear talk of any crisis. Difficult matters have been queuing for Prime Minister Støre and Ap-Sp since […]
Continue reading »A policeman who has been charged with violence against a person during an arrest in Kongsberg last autumn claims in his report that the police received death threats. This is written by Dagbladet, who reproduced the report that the Bureau of Police Affairs has described as “Obviously not correct”. While the other police officers who […]
Continue reading »Majoran Vivekananthan is editor of Norway’s first multicultural newspaper, Utrop, and has a background as an advisor at the Norwegian Directorate of Children, Youth and Families and as a project advisor for Diversity Year 2008 at the Ministry of Culture. Vivekananthan, who lives in Sri Lanka, from where he runs the newspaper Utrop, makes mildly […]
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