Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns
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World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74'
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Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining
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What happened to passenger hovercraft?
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‘Do not pet’: A robotic dog named “Spot” made by Boston Dynamics is the latest tool in the arsenal of the US Secret Service
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Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick as Norway thrashed Kazakhstan to seal promotion to the top flight of the UEFA Nations League
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Luxury cheese is being targeted by black market criminals
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Sporting striker Viktor Gyökeres' rise to become one of Europe's best strikers – since moving to Lisbon in 2023 he's scored sixty-three goals in sixty-six matches
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Kevin Magnussen has withdrawn from Friday's running at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix because of illness and will be replaced at Haas by reserve driver Oliver Bearman
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Lost Mayan city found in Mexico jungle
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Lost Silk Road cities unearthed in Uzbekistan's high mountains
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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
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New international airport set to open in Greenland's capital Nuuk, allowing larger aircraft to land for the first time – paving the way for direct flights from US and Europe
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Inside the Norwegian TV station using reporters that all have learning disabilities – every week they put together an hour-long magazine programme covering news, entertainment and sport
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Archaeologists are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland's west coast
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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland broke Norway's all-time goalscoring record at the age of 24 in their Nations League win against Slovenia
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Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past
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UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling
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Thai king signs same-sex marriage bill into law
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Domestic abuse experts to be embedded in emergency response control rooms in England and Wales
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Amazon tells staff to get back in the office
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Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models – sovereign wealth fund cushion has made it possible for government to offer green incentives to motorists
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Denmark's Rasmus Højgaard produced a brilliant finish to win the Irish Open as Rory McIlroy suffered a second heartbreaking loss of the year
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National Museum of Denmark is handing over an iconic cloak belonging to an indigenous group in Brazil at a ceremony being attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Briton Oliver Bearman will replace the suspended Kevin Magnussen at Haas for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
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Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis beat 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm in a 100m exhibition race in Zurich
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen will be suspended from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after exceeding the permitted number of penalty points in a year
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An American archaeologist has died after the replica boat she was sailing in capsized in rough seas during an expedition from the Faroe Islands to Norway
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IKEA is trialling its own second-hand online marketplace so that customers can sell to each other, rather than relying on buy-and-sell websites like eBay or Gumtree
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Record labels forgot these songs existed. One man rescued them.
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Australians get 'right to disconnect' after working hours
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An American man has died in south Iceland after ice collapsed while he was on a group tour to a glacier
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A voyage like no other, from Norway to Canada through the Northwest Passage – to raise awareness of the six planetary tipping points in the Arctic
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Icelandic supermarkets have been left in a pickle, after a viral TikTok trend saw an unprecedented surge in demand for cucumbers
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Another game, another milestone for Erling Haaland, who keeps getting better and better – Norway striker marked his 100th Manchester City appearance with his 91st goal
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Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia
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India elephant app: Hopes new tech can reduce human and animal deaths
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US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on 'any available ticket'
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'Boneless' chicken wings can have bones, Ohio court rules
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Ghanaian authorities are investigating after several individuals claiming to be para-athletes and their support staff reportedly absconded during a trip to Norway
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"Dark oxygen" production defies knowledge of the deep ocean, potentially upends standard model for discovering life on other planets
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Celtic have signed Denmark captain Kasper Schmeichel on a one-year deal after the goalkeeper led his country to the last sixteen of Euro 2024
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US-based Haas team have decided to drop Kevin Magnussen for the 2025 Formula 1 season
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Actress Shannen Doherty, best known for roles in hit TV shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Charmed, died on Saturday from cancer at 53
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Tourists will be rewarded with free food and activities if they participate in environmentally friendly tasks while visiting Copenhagen, the city's tourist board has announced
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Ernest Shackleton: Famed explorer's Endurance ship gets extra protection
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Novak Djokovic says he expects "fireworks on court" when he takes on Holger Rune for a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals
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Germany's Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala shrug off storm delay to sink furious Denmark and head through to the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-finals
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Denmark finished second in UEFA Euro 2024 Group C by virtue of having a better disciplinary record than Slovenia after a dull draw with Serbia
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Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang, claiming that the capsaicin levels in them could poison consumers
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