ShutterstockAfter 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls. “After that all our written exams will be done,”…
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Norway calls time as school-leavers Russ bus partying gets out of hand
ShutterstockNorweigen school-leavers partying in red overalls is a sight often seen on Norway’s national day on 17 May -
Europe: Shares end May higher as trade uncertainty persists
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Friday (May 30), rounding off the month with gains in a still uncertain trade environment as investors assessed the latest developments in US President Donald Trump’s tariff plan.
The continent-wide Stoxx 600…
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Poland's presidential candidates Trzaskowski and Nawrocki hold their final campaign rallies
Polls will open on Sunday in a presidential election that will have major consequences for the future of the Polish government. Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and national conservative historian Karol Nawrocki are running neck and neck, according to opinion polls.
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U.S. vet from WWII is honored in Europe, showered with gratitude at age 99
Harry Humason’s right arm became so fatigued from waving at the adoring crowd that the 99-year-old used his left arm to support it.
Humason sat in the passenger seat of a truck, wearing a U.S. Army jacket and a hat that listed…
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“EuroStack”: How Europe Can Compete in Tech
For the last decade and a half, Europe focused on “taming Big Tech” — trying to address “anti-competitive practices” by US tech giants through antitrust and regulation. None of it has worked. No European business has been…
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Tajikistan's president calls for global effort to preserve glaciers as melting accelerates
Tajikistan, home to the majority of Central Asia’s glaciers, is urging global action as climate change accelerates glacier melt. At a high-level international conference in Dushanbe, President Emomali Rahmon proposed launching a major glacier study.
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Latvia here we come! Rich Indians’ ticket to Europe
Mumbai: They don’t belong to the club of the ultra-rich who pick a pricey passport of the Global North. They neither feature in the cast of serious characters snooping around for citizenship of a Caribbean or South Pacific nation, to escape the…Continue Reading
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China's latest spacecraft aims to bring 'groundbreaking' samples back from asteroid near Mars
The Tianwen-2 probe, which was launched on Thursday, represents a “significant step in China’s new journey of interplanetary exploration”.
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French scientist behind abortion pill dies aged 98
Getty ImagesThe French scientist who created the abortion pill has died at the age of 98.
Étienne-Émile Baulieu helped develop the oral drug RU-486, also known as mifepristone, which has provided millions of women across the world with a safe and inexpensive alternative to a surgical abortion.
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