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Nvidia becomes first company to top $4 trillion in market value
The National News
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Nvidia has become the first public company in the world to surpass $4 trillion in market capitalisation. Shares in the chip maker rose as high as 2.8 per cent to $164.42 during Wednesday morning trading, as it and the broader US market continued...
How Greenland Emerges as New Arctic Escape for American and Canadian Tourists, Fueling a Surge in Polar Travel, Latest Update You Need To Know
Routes
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Greenland is no longer a forgotten icy frontier. Instead, Greenland emerges as a new Arctic escape, pulling in curious American and Canadian tourists looking to rewrite the meaning of travel. The world’s largest island is suddenly on the...
Denmark Let Amateurs Dig for Treasure—And It Paid Off
Scientific American
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June 17, 2025
Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmark’s sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of times when he found a bent clump of metal in a friend’s barley field. He figured it was the lid from a container of tinned...
Denmark’s Frederiksen moves to keep Greenland out of Trump’s clutches
Politico Europe
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June 17, 2025
“This could be ports, and it could be another type of critical infrastructure that both has a defense and military perspective, but which can also be used, for example, in relation to tourism or raw materials extraction,” she added. Greenland has...
Finnish CEO suggests moving public holidays to fund defence
Euro Weekly News
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June 24, 2025
The Fort Alexander, Finland. Credit: Nikolai Kolosov, Pexels The proposal is to boost defence spending by moving two weekday public holidays in Finland to weekends. The Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät) suggested on Tuesday,...
Business group wants weekday holidays cut to fund defence
Helsinki Times
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June 24, 2025
The Federation of Finnish Enterprises has proposed moving two national holidays to weekends as a way to increase working hours and help finance rising defence costs. The proposal suggests shifting Epiphany and Ascension Day, both currently...
'Bald JD Vance meme' got me barred from US: Tourist
Raw Story
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June 24, 2025
An internet meme making fun of Vice President JD Vance was reportedly enough probable cause for the Department of Homeland Security to deny a Norwegian tourist entry into the United States. Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted the meme to...
Munich Re’s ERGO expands Nordic presence with the merger of travel and health insurance units
Reinsurance News
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June 24, 2025
Munich Re’s ERGO Group AG has completed the merger of its Danish travel insurance company, Europæiske Rejseforsikring A/S and its Norwegian health insurance business, ERGO Forsikring AS, formerly known as Storebrand Helseforsikring AS, expanding...
Inside A Billionaire Banker’s Laboratory For Sustainable Luxury Travel
Forbes
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The original lighthouse of Vejrø island Courtesy of Vejrø Resort Maybe it’s utopian. Maybe it’s dogmatic. Maybe it’s ideologically rigorous. That’s largely beside the point. A stay on Denmark’s Vejrø island is a pure pleasure. Vejrø is not a...
Inside Denmark's strict ghetto plan to destroy 'parallel communities' as Tories consider copycat law for Britain's migrant crisis
GB News
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June 24, 2025
Kemi Badenoch has suggested she could follow Denmark’s controversial "ghetto law", which allows the state to demolish apartment blocks in areas where at least half of the residents have a "non-western" background. Speaking at an event in London,...
Lecture & Documentary hosted at University of St. Martin to commemorate Emancipation Day on July 1st 2025
EA News
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July 9, 2025
in commemoration of Emancipation Day, the Department of Culture in collaboration with the University of St. Martin hosted a lecture and documentary. The lecture entitled “Remember Africa’s Children the Power of 3” was presented by Dr. Jay Haviser...
Danish man rescued from treacherous Orihuela Costa cliffs
Spanish News Today
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Date Published: 17/06/2025 Guardia Civil officers faced a challenging rescue operation on Monday afternoon, June 10, when they received reports of someone who had fallen from the cliffs and become trapped in Cabo Roig. The incident unfolded at...
Business lobby proposes cutting public holidays to fund defence spending
Yle Uutiset
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June 24, 2025
The Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät) proposes that Finland’s defence spending could be funded by reducing the number of public holidays that fall on weekdays. "To overcome the major challenges ahead, related both to...
UK tourists flying to Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus urged to act 15 days before departure
Birmingham Live
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June 24, 2025
UK tourists who are travelling to the European Union are being told to apply for a card 15 days before flying. The UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) lets you get necessary state healthcare in the European Economic Area (EEA), and some other...
Reimagining Downtown: Big Plans for a Bold Comeback
The Delta News - Mississippi
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Big things happening in downtown Greenville here, with more details on Nelson Street and the revitalization of that area, is Miss Mary Catherine Brooks, she's director of the chamber. Also Miss Carolyn Baker, who is on the Nelson Street Advisory...
European night train startup promises green, luxury travel at airline prices
The Next Web
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June 24, 2025
Berlin-based startup Nox Mobility emerged this month with ambitious plans for a night train service connecting more than a dozen European cities. The network will feature sleek, private cabins — all for the price of a short-haul plane ticket....
Coastguard helicopter evacuates medical casualty from Norröna
Shetland Times
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July 9, 2025
The Norröna passing Sumburgh during a crossing earlier this year. Photo: Ronnie Robertson. The coastguard helicopter has been tasked to evacuate a medical casualty from the Norröna ferry. A call was made for help at around 5.40am as the ferry was...
This city rewards travelers—just for being responsible
National Geographic
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Imagine a city that rewards you for making sustainable choices—ride a bike instead of driving to receive free admission to a museum, walk 5,000 steps to get a free cup of coffee, or collect trash from the harbor to earn a free kayak ride. That’s...
Travel chaos warning as aviation strikes to hit UK flights
Bristol Post
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June 16, 2025
19:57, 16 Jun 2025 Airline passengers have been warned that a country is set to be hit with a tenth walkout of staff in 45 days. More flights are due to be cancelled on June 17 and 19 at airports throughout Finland, with up to 64 UK flights...
Is Pakistan on the list as China expands visa-free entry to 74 countries?
Daily Pakistan
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July 9, 2025
BEIJING – China has significantly widened its visa-free travel policy, now allowing citizens from 74 nations to enter the country for up to 30 days without requiring a visa. This move has already resulted in a sharp increase in international...