Myanmar civil groups set to sue Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor

Myanmar civil society groups are set to sue the Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor for sharing customer data with the Southeast Asian nation’s ruling military, which reportedly allowed the junta to track, imprison, and kill civilians. According to...

Myanmar activists to sue Norway’s Telenor for handing data to military

Published On 7 Oct 20257 Oct 2025 A group of civil society organisations in Myanmar plans to take legal action against Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor, accusing it of passing customer data to the country’s military government for use in...

Norwegian Magnora acquired a controlling stake in data center operator Storespeed

AK&M 06 October 2025 18:10 Norwegian energy company Magnora ASA has acquired a controlling stake in data center operator Storespeed AS in partnership with Blix Group. This is reported in the Magnora press release. As a result of the transaction,...

Researcher rewrites the history of one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks 110 years later

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Cyprus explores AI and research partnerships in Japan

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) represented Cyprus at the Science and Technology for Society (STS) Forum 2025, held in Kyoto, Japan, on October 5–6, 2025. According to an announcement released on Tuesday, chief scientist Demetris...

“I feel almost more Norwegian here than I do at home”: Crown prince of Norway visits Decorah

DECORAH, Iowa. (KTTC) – It was an unforgettable day for the people of Decorah, Iowa, as the community welcomed Prince Haakon of Norway. (Figure 1 of 5): Children lining up on Mechanic Street to welcome Prince Haakon of Norway(KTTC)“It was...

How to Exit Tech

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Norway Commits US$1.2 Million to Support Cambodia’s Mine Act...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 06, 2025 -- Norway will continue its support for Cambodia’s mine action sector by providing US$1.2 million over a three-year period, from 2025 to 2027. The commitment was announced during a meeting between H.E. Dr. Ly...

Norwegian oats crowned winner of world porridge championship

A technology consultant from Norway has been named the 32nd winner of the coveted Golden Spurtle trophy after the annual world porridge championship in the Scottish Highlands. Sven Seljom, from Madnal, was crowned World Porridge Making Champion in...

Nobel prize 2025 in medicine awarded for immune system research

American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible...

Fargo-Moorhead to celebrate this week's 200th anniversary of Norwegian immigration

FARGO — Americans of Norwegian descent have reason to celebrate this week as Thursday, Oct. 9, marks the 200th anniversary of immigration from Norway. On that date in 1825, 52 people arrived in New York City after a four-month journey, crammed...

Ramstad: Norway House opens center for immigration research

The last step of an immigrant’s journey to the United States comes long after that person has gone, when their descendants finally understand the magnitude of what they did.On Tuesday, Norway House, the cultural and event center in the Minneapolis...

Norway’s Utsira Nord floating wind round advances with two subsidy bids

Utsira Nord floating wind, the first offshore floating wind tender in Norway, has drawn two large offshore wind consortia competing for the actual areas of the Utsira Nord region. Industry heavyweights applied to the Ministry of Energy, a major...

Pro Log: Israel-Premier Tech to rebrand; European Championships results; Brit wins U23 Lombardia

Welcome back to another edition of Pro Log. Here’s a rundown of the World Championship results before we get started: Elite Men’s Road Race, European Championships, Sun 5th October: 1st Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia, 4h 59min 29sec; 2nd Remco Evenepoel,...

Norwegian wins world porridge championship with ‘special spoon’

A Norwegian business consultant has been crowned the world porridge-making champion thanks to his special spoon. Sven Seljom claimed the annual Golden Spurtle trophy in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday – without using a spurtle. Instead of the...

Nobel medicine prize goes to researchers studying immune system precision

American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible...

Nobel medicine prize honours US, Japan researchers for immune system discovery

“Those cells were the master regulators of the tolerance of the immune system,” said Bluestone. Ramsdell could not be reached by Reuters — or by Bluestone, who suggested he may be on a hiking trip in an area without cell phone reception. After...

Nobel Prize 2025: Expectations for Groundbreaking Research, Medical Breakthroughs for Mankind, and World Peace & Conflict

Nobel Prize 2025: Expectations for Groundbreaking Research, Medical Breakthroughs for Mankind, and World Peace & Conflict Gangtok, Oct 6 : The yearlong waiting to know the winners or laureates of “Nobel Prize-2025” are about to over and the...

World’s oldest department store in Oslo, Steen & Strøm (S&S, experiences surge in tax-free sales

The world’s oldest continuously running department store, Steen & Strøm (S&S), is celebrating yet another record year-to-date performance, with tax-free sales up 27 percent in the first eight months of 2025, marking the store’s fourth consecutive...

World Reuters Nobel medicine prize goes to researchers into immune system precision

By Johan Ahlander, Niklas Pollard and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how...