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Your dead pet can be resurrected as a stuffed animal

Filipino toy maker David Tan is inundated with orders from grieving pet owners who want to memorialise their dogs, cats, hamsters and rabbits in the form of a stuffed animal. Tan and a team of 20 employees use photos sent by customers to create lifelike replicas of the dead pets using synthetic fur that is […]

Outcry in India over erasures in history books

The assassination of the Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi is a dark chapter in the country’s history, something Indian schoolchildren have read about in their textbooks for years. From the textbooks, 17 and 18 year old (12th-grade) students learned that the assassin, Nathuram Godse, was “a Brahmin from Pune” (a priest and member of the […]

Sustainability now also in death: Cardboard coffins and water cremation are the latest innovations

The aim is to reduce the ecological footprint during a funeral or cremation. In Denmark, funeral coffins made of cardboard are very successful, and in Norway, sustainability was recently the topic of a cemetery conference, writes Vårt Land. People have really started to take the more environmentally friendly alternative to themselves, says funeral agent Michael […]

Sweden: Two men shot in the south of Stockholm – one dead

A man in his 30s was shot and killed, while a man in his 50s was injured during a shooting incident in the centre of Skärholmen on Wednesday evening. We had a patrol nearby, so we were on the scene very quickly. By then, the perpetrator or persons had already run away, says Stockholm police […]

DNB is among several banks that receive complaints from indigenous people in Australia due to loans for gas projects

A group of Australian indigenous people lodged a complaint with Singapore’s DBS Bank and 11 other international banks on Tuesday. The background is supposed to be that the banks are giving a loan of 1 billion dollars to a company that is building a controversial gas project which they believe threatens their traditional land and […]

Scientists in a race against time to “preserve the memory” of ice in the Arctic

Arctic scientists are to start drilling into old ice to analyse it before the frozen ice sheets melt away due to climate change. Italian, French and Norwegian scientists have set up camp on Svalbard, in what they call a race against time to preserve important ice samples for analysis of past environmental conditions, writes the […]

Slam for the greens: Berlin says no to stricter climate requirements

In a referendum in Berlin on Sunday, a majority said no to making the city so-called climate-neutral as early as 2030. Voters thought the proposal was unrealistic and would require far too large changes in a short time. Germany already has an official goal of becoming climate neutral by 2045, which will require huge changes […]

Turkey rages against the Koran verdict in Sweden: Compares it with Nazi Germany

Turkey’s authorities are frothing with rage after a Swedish court rejected a ban on burning the Koran. The Turks believe that Sweden may be heading towards pure Nazism, with concentration camps and mass murder. The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlüt Cavusoglu, vented furiously in his rage against Sweden, and used words and expressions rarely seen between […]

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband has been arrested

Scotland’s former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, stepped down as leader of the Scottish National Party on 15 February 2023. Her departure came as a surprise to most. Sturgeon was a champion of an independent Scotland, a goal from which she never wavered. In her farewell speech, she said, among other things: “Since my very first […]

Sanna Marin resigns

Sanna Marin is stepping down as leader of the Social Democrats. She lost the election and faces the consequences. Sanna Marin was more popular abroad than she was at home. Under her leadership, Finland’s national debt has grown enormously and something must be done. The voters do not want higher taxes. She will not stand […]

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