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Viking Ships Make Final High-risk Voyage to New Oslo Home

This is Beirut, 11/09 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Three 1,200-year-old Viking ships that have stood the test of time are embarking on their final and possibly riskiest journey to their new forever home in Norway. The first to relocate is the Oseberg, which on Wednesday slowly made its way from its current location in the old Viking Ship Museum, arriving intact with a newly built addition that ...

England Thrash Serbia, Haaland Stars in World Cup Qualifying

This is Beirut, 10/09 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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England sent out a warning to their World Cup rivals with a brilliant 5-0 thrashing of Serbia in qualifying on Tuesday, while Erling Haaland scored five as Norway emphatically maintained their 100 percent record. Elsewhere in Europe, Portugal and France overturned deficits to make it back-to-back wins to open their bids to reach next year's ...

Norway Sovereign Fund Drops Investments in 11 Israeli Companies

This is Beirut, 11/08 18:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Norway's sovereign wealth fund said Monday that it was selling its investments in 11 Israeli companies following reports it had invested in an Israeli jet engine maker even as the war in Gaza raged. Nicolai Tangen, chief of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund, said the decision was taken "in response to ...

Arab, Iranian Foreign Ministers to Meet this Week in Norway

This is Beirut, 10/06 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman will meet in Norway this week at an annual peace forum, the Norwegian government announced on Tuesday. The ministers, including Iran's foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi, will take part on Wednesday and Thursday in the Oslo Forum, an annual gathering ...

Norway Film Starring Elle Fanning Gets 19-Minute Ovation at Cannes

This is Beirut, 22/05 12:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Director Joachim Trier found himself crying behind the camera as he shot Sentimental Value, his moving new tale about a quietly fractured family that got an extraordinary 19-minute standing ovation Thursday at the end of its premiere at the Cannes film festival. "It sounds cheesy," he said, "but I wept a lot making this film because I was so ...

Norway to More Than Double Aid to Ukraine

This is Beirut, 06/03 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Norway will more than double its aid to Ukraine in 2025 to bring the annual total to $7.8 billion, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced Thursday, expressing concern that Russia was "heavily arming." "The Norwegian aid will help Ukraine oppose Russia and (reinforce) the peace plan on which the European countries are working," he said in a ...

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