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Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» OSLO — Norwegian police said Thursday they had searched properties belonging to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland following the launch of a corruption probe over his dealings with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Kirk killing sparks fierce US free speech debate
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - For Americans, the words are practically sacred: the First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of speech.
Hundreds of fungi species threatened with extinction: IUCN
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» PARIS - Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned Thursday.
Astronaut, 'Earthrise' photographer, dies in plane crash
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/06/2024
» WASHINGTON - William Anders, the US astronaut whose "Earthrise" photograph from lunar orbit captured humanity's humble place in the cosmos, punctuating the 1960s' race to the moon with one of the most recognised images of the 20th century, has died. He was 90.
Israel pledges independent probe of Gaza NGO deaths
News Agencies, Published on 02/04/2024
» JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says an “independent, professional expert body” will investigate the deaths of seven people working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza, which the NGO said was the result of an Israeli air strike.
February likely warmest on record amid climate change
Published on 29/02/2024
» The world is believed to have recorded its warmest February on record, as spring-like conditions caused flowers to bloom early from Japan to Mexico, left ski slopes bald of snow in Europe and pushed temperatures to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in Texas.
Mass killer Breivik to testify in Norway in bid to end prison isolation
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2024
» NORWAY - Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will testify in court on Tuesday as he presses on with a lawsuit to end his years of isolation in prison.
'Child soldiers' and blood feuds: Sweden's out-of-control gang wars
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» UPPSALA (SWEDEN) - One night in September, teacher Thomas Cervin was woken by gunshots in his apartment building in Uppsala. His neighbour had just become the latest target in Sweden's terrifying gang wars.
Astronaut who led humanity's first mission around the Moon dead at 95
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Frank Borman, the NASA astronaut who led the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon, has died at the age of 95, the US space agency said Thursday.
UK police charge Greta Thunberg after climate protest arrest
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» LONDON - UK police on Wednesday charged Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg with a public order offence, following her detention at a protest outside an annual gathering of energy industry figures in London.