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India Eyes New Trade Horizons as Deficit Widens, US Tariffs Loom
Outlook India
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August 14, 2025
The country is now looking to improve export competitiveness as well as export and import diversification. A key development in this area is the free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – comprising Iceland,...
Russian hackers ‘opened taps on Norwegian dam’
The Times
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The head of Norway’s main security agency has said Russian hackers seized control of a dam for four hours in April. The cyberattack on the facility in Bremanger, 100 miles north of Bergen on the western coast, involved fully opening the flow...
world Trump told Norwegian minister he wants Nobel Prize, newspaper says
Asiaone
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August 15, 2025
OSLO — When US President Donald Trump called Norway's finance minister last month to discuss tariffs, he also told him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported on Thursday (Aug 14). Several countries...
Trump 'lobbied Norwegian minister for Nobel Prize in phone call'
9News
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August 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump discussed how he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize when he called a Norwegian government minister last month, according to reports. "Out of the blue, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in...
Norwegian diving duo sentenced over thwarted $26 million cocaine import plot
The National Tribune
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August 14, 2025
Two Norwegian nationals have been jailed for attempting to possess 80kg of cocaine smuggled into Australia in 2023 concealed as a parasitic attachment on the hull of a bulk carrier. A man, 53, was sentenced yesterday (13 August, 2025) by the...
Norway drops investment in 11 Israeli companies over Gaza genocide
Press TV
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August 11, 2025
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest has divested from several Israeli companies in response to Israel’s ongoing genocidal war in Gaza and its crimes in the West Bank. The $1.9 trillion fund, officially known as Norges Bank...
I boarded the world’s most eco-friendly cruise ship in Norway
The European Magazine
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August 14, 2025
Norway’s fjords have long lured travellers with their glassy waters, jagged peaks, and fishing villages — but at what environmental cost? With the country pledging all ferry and coastal traffic will be emissions-free by 2030, photojournalist and...
Norwegian Cruise Line passenger goes overboard
AOL
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Norwegian Cruise Line passenger goes overboard originally appeared on TravelHost. Although the vast majority of cruises are smooth, incident-free journeys, a very small percentage of sailings experience man overboard situations each year. They may...
JPY reacts late to Bessent comments; Trump-Putin to hold joint presser on Friday - Newsquawk US Market Open
Zero Hedge
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Russian Kremlin's Ushakov says Alaska summit will begin at 11:30 local time on Friday (20:30 BST/15:30 EDT) European bourses are modestly firmer, US futures hold around the unchanged mark into PPI. USD sell-off pauses for breath ahead of PPI, Yen...
US stock indices finished mostly flat with price action choppy after hot PPI data - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open
Zero Hedge
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US stocks were choppy and the major indices ultimately finished flat, although the Russell 2000 underperformed, with index futures initially pressured in the premarket as recent bets of a Fed September rate cut were slightly trimmed on...
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway is joined in Sydney by her parents ahead of the start of her first term at University
Tatler
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August 14, 2025
The family often appear at official engagements together, here Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Marius Borg Hoiby, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend the celebrations of Princess Ingrid Alexandra's Official Day at Deichman Museum...
US President tells Norwegian minister he wants Nobel Prize
Gulf Daily News Online
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When US President Donald Trump called Norway’s finance minister last month to discuss tariffs, he also told him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported yesterday. Several countries including Israel,...
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has (finally) sold her family estate
Tatler
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August 14, 2025
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway is entering a new era of her life with her husband Durek Verrett, as the sister of Crown Prince Haakon has successfully sold her old family home Olivia Wong/Getty Images After what may well have felt like an aeon,...
Israel’s Smotrich Approves Plan to Split West Bank, “Bury” Palestinian Statehood
Truthout
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August 14, 2025
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is advancing a longstanding illegal settlement plan in...
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund ups indirect Bitcoin exposure in 2025
Coin Telegraph
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest state-directed wealth fund in the world, increased its indirect Bitcoin (BTC) exposure by 192% over the last year, according to crypto research company K33 Research. The fund has indirect exposure to...
With arson and land grabs, Israeli settler attacks in West Bank hit record high
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Before the war, they harassed us, but not like this,” said Muhammad Sabr Asalaya, 56, the junkyard owner. “Now they’re trying to expel as many people as they can and annex as much land as they can.” Such attacks were on the rise before Hamas led...
Smotrich Seeks Major Israeli Settlement Expansion in the West Bank
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at growing Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, and a U.S. crackdown on Mexico’s cartels. Burying Palestinian Statehood Dreams Israeli Finance Minister...
Norwegian Intelligence Calls Russia the Biggest Threat to Norway
Militarnyi
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Norwegian intelligence called Russia the biggest threat to the country’s security today. This is reported by VG, quoting the head of intelligence, Nils Andreas Stensønes. At the event titled “Hybrid attacks against Norway: are we at war?”...
India's July trade deficit widens to $27.35 bln as imports jump
CNBC-TV18
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August 14, 2025
The Commerce Ministry said it remains “fully engaged” with the United States in ongoing trade negotiations, with talks unfolding at ministerial, diplomatic, negotiator, and corporate levels. A key sticking point — Washington’s secondary tariff...
Kashmir’s Saqib Naseer to play for India at Homeless World Cup in Norway
Greater Kashmir
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August 14, 2025
Srinagar, Aug 14: In a story of perseverance and passion, 23-year-old Saqib Naseer from Dalgate, Srinagar, has been chosen to represent India at the Oslo 2025 Homeless World Cup, to be held from August 23 to August 30 at Rådhusplassen (City Hall...