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Oslo City Council caught out with a foolish and unattainable climate plan

Oslo’s goal to combat climate change in 2016 was as radical as it was unprecedented: to halve greenhouse gas emissions within four years. Calling its plan “demanding but achievable”, Oslo gained global recognition as a model for bold urban initiatives and was named Europe’s Environmental Capital in 2019, a prestigious annual award from the European […]

Cold records: Snowing in Sydney for the first time since 1836

On the web, we can read that the climate in Sydney is consistently pleasant and temperate: It rarely feels either uncomfortably hot or cold. The city can be visited at any time, but the winter months of June to August can get chilly. It hasn’t snowed in Sydney since 1836. But now it’s snowing – […]

Trump found guilty of sexual abuse and slander, must pay $2 million

A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carrol, the advice columnist in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgement that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. A federal jury has convicted Trump of sexually assaulting Jean Carroll and defaming her because he […]

Pakistan on the brink of collapse

Large demonstrations are taking place across Pakistan, after former Prime Minister, cricket hero Imran Khan was arrested today. The internet and social media are shutdown in several of the big cities with people fearing for tomorrow. Imran Khan was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018, until he lost power after a vote of no […]

Submission for the police officer who deleted video evidence

The policeman from Kongsberg who accessed the phone of a man who had filmed the arrest of another man, has been fined NOK 12,000 by the Bureau of Police Affairs. – Deletion of evidence is an attack on the rule of law, says the leader of the defence group in the Norwegian Bar Association, Marius […]

The EU will ban single-use packaging for small quantities of fruit and vegetable

The EU Parliament is proposing new packaging rules in the Union where single-use packaging for fruit and vegetables in quantities of less than 1.5 kilograms is prohibited. As a result, there is speculation about the sale of serving portions of salad in plastic bags – also in Norway.

Virginia man charged with sending money to ISIS women in Syria

A Fairfax County man in the state of Virginia who showed his support for violent jihad online secretly sent thousands of dollars to women from the Islamic State, hoping to smuggle them out of a Syrian refugee camp, writes Fox News. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 33 years old, is charged by the FBI with providing material […]

Wagner boss accuses Russian forces of fleeing

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says that Russian forces are fleeing the fighting in Bakhmut. He also complains about the lack of supplies of ammunition. This is reported by NTB. Prigozhin, who heads the notorious mercenary company, released a video at the same time as the military parade in Moscow on Victory Day. In the video, […]

Putin: Russia is under real attack

During his speech on Victory Day, President Vladimir Putin serves up a narrative that “the Russian motherland is under attack” In the speech on the Victory Day of the Second World War, President Putin presents a perception of reality where it is Russia that is under attack. This despite the fact that the war is […]

Biden, the first American president to facilitate the invasion of his own country

When Joe Biden repeals Title 42 on Thursday, he removes the last formal obstacle to unlimited immigration. He becomes the first president in American history to facilitate the invasion of his own country. His popularity is dropping like a stone and crime is exploding. It was 34-year-old George Alvarez who drove down and killed eight […]