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The Norwegian government formally apologised to gay men on Wednesday for a law that once criminalised sexual intercourse between men.

For the past quarter-century, the Arctic has been a unique zone of cooperation among the eight countries of the high north: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia and the United States. Even when relations between Moscow and the West soured, the Arctic Council’s work was a reminder that multilateral…

The Norway forward had not scored for his club since late January

Editorial: As a venerated artefact returns to northern Norway, a people take ownership of their own history

NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their "considerably high accident rate", and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said.

Military exercises are held regularly by armed forces throughout the world. An exercise can be seen as an act of diplomacy, a direct threat, a demonstration of military capability for deterrence or – in the case of Nato – an expression of unity.

Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) recalled 764,900 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine made by its Spanish contract manufacturer Rovi after a foreign body contaminated a vial. No safety issues have been identified, Moderna said, about the lots distributed in Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden in January. Japanese authorities last year suspended the use of…

More than a dozen destinations have ended all Covid-related travel rules

A delegation from the European Union election observers on Monday wrapped up a six-day visit to Lebanon during which they discussed the deployment of observers ahead of the upcoming May 15 parliamentary elections in the crisis-hit country. The observer mission said it will start deploying 30 observers throughout Lebanon later…