Artist of the Year So Far
So we decided to audit every entertainer's showbiz account in order to determine the most outstanding act for the first quarter of the year. We know the criteria for this are relative. Not all of us...
Tag: Oslo
Proposed Cuts In US Climate Science Reverberate Worldwide
The gutting of US-funded climate science would cripple research agendas worldwide and hamper the global fight against climate change, say scientists outside the United States, some of whom will take...
China’s Xi Praises Normalisation of Ties With Norway
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday praised the normalisation of relations with Norway, six years after a dispute over the Nobel Peace Prize, as Norway's prime minister said she was glad to be...
Oslo Police Destroy ‘bomb-Like Device’
The device was found in the central Gronland area A "bomb-like" device has been destroyed in a controlled explosion in central Oslo, police have said. Officers cordoned off a large part of the...
Philippine Communist Rebels Agree To Discuss Ceasefire
Communist rebels waging one of the world's longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed by the government in upcoming talks in the...
Three New Flights To Three New Destinations From March 26
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, has finalised preparations to launch flights to three new destinations – Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananarivo – within three days from March...
Stonebwoy Spotted In Norway With UK Artiste, Waliyah
Stonebwoy has been representing Ghana on many world stages. The Dancehall artiste, who has built a reputable name for himself, was in Oslo over the weekend, to celebrate Ghana’s independence at a...
Arab Israeli Leader Defends Arafat Street Sign
A top Arab Israeli politician on Monday defended naming a street in northern Israel after the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to remove it. The...
Netanyahu Says Will Not Allow Street To Be Named For Arafat
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday not to allow a street in an Arab Israeli town to be named after late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, promising new legislation if needed. The small...
UN Security Council Visit To Draw Attention To Lake Chad Crisis
UN Security Council envoys on Thursday travel to Africa's Lake Chad region, where famine, the Boko Haram insurgency, climate change and poor governance have collided to create one of the world's...
Donors Pledge $672 Mn In Aid For Lake Chad Region
Donor countries meeting in Oslo on Friday pledged $672 million (634 million euros) in emergency aid for people threatened by famine in the Lake Chad region, which has been hard hit by Boko Haram,...
World Donors Gather In Oslo To Tackle Nigeria Famine
UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in northeastern Nigeria, a Boko Haram...
‘Africa’s Most Acute Crisis’
An international conference in Oslo on Friday aims to raise $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) to help people affected by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in the Lake Chad region. Here are five things...
Norwegian Refugee Council Staff Released In Yemen
Seven people detained in a rebel-held part of Yemen for using recycled boxes originating in Saudi Arabia to distribute aid have been released, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday. "We are...
Helping the Boko Haram Displaced
Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to the outside world, as all the telephone lines have been blown up. But it is here that...
Israeli Ministers Remain Optimistic On Trump
Israeli ministers were upbeat Monday on the prospects of working with the new US administration, even after remarks by President Donald Trump that have fallen short of rightwing hopes. Public...
Philippines Leader ‘not Ready’ To Talk To Rebels
The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte said he is scrapping peace talks with communist rebels due to take place later this month. Mr Duterte said he is abandoning discussions in Norway with...
Ethiopian Airlines Expands Operations
Management of Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to launch seven new destinations within five months this year. The move will be one of the greatest expansions...
Ethiopian Airlines Starts Services To Conakry, Guinea
Ethiopian Airlines has marked the commencement of its new services to Conakry, the capital of Guinea, at a reception ceremony held at the Addis Ababa Bole Airport. A statement issued in Accra and...
US Embassy Relocation To Jerusalem ‘a War Crime’
From the windows of the grey, cube-shaped building that houses the US embassy in Tel Aviv, staff enjoy an undisturbed view out over the Mediterranean and a beach adorned in the summer with sunbeds...