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How to watch Champions League draw - TV channel, start time and live stream
Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are set to find out their Champions League opponents on Thursday as the League Phase draw is scheduled. The qualifying rounds wrapped up this week, with seven teams advancing to join the automatic qualifiers in the...

Theater/Arts: QFilm Festival, celebrating LGBTQ+ cinema, returns to Long Beach for 32nd year
Long Beach’s 32nd annual QFilm Festival is set to light up the screen Thursday, Sept. 4 through Sunday, Sept. 7, bringing the best in LGBTQ+ independent cinema to the city. Running since 1993, QFilms is the oldest film festival in Long Beach and...

Medieval Warship Reveals Secrets of Shipboard Artillery
Researchers have unveiled new findings about the artillery carried by Gribshunden, the Danish-Norwegian royal flagship that sank mysteriously off the Swedish coast in 1495. This late medieval vessel, now recognised as the best-preserved warship of...

Fact Check: Jammu and Kashmir landslide sweeps houses away? No, video is from Norway
Fact Check NewsMeter found that the claim is false as the video shows a landslide in Norway in 2020. A reverse image search of the clip’s keyframes led us to a longer version of the video featured in a blog published on June 4, 2020, on the AGU...

Brunvoll Mar-El to provide propulsion systems for Norwegian zero-emission ferry
Brunvoll Mar-El has been chosen as the system integrator and electrical propulsion systems supplier by Oma Baatbyggeri for a new zero-emission catamaran ferry commissioned by Rødne Fjord Cruise in Norway. The contract involves the delivery of the...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Norway
Mainland real GDP is expected to pick up to 1.5 percent in 2025 and remain at around that level over the medium-term. Inflation is expected to gradually fall towards the 2 percent target by 2027. Bringing inflation sustainably back to target...

Norway’s $2 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund Divests from Caterpillar and Israeli Banks Over Humanitarian Violations in Palestine
August 27, 2025 Hour: 2:42 pm In a historic move, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund—the largest in the world with nearly $2 trillion in assets—has excluded U.S. construction giant Caterpillar and five Israeli banks from its investment portfolio,...

Here’s what’s on the screen at this year’s Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival is known for showcasing the most anticipated films of the season — before they're widely available. During Labor Day Weekend, from Friday, Aug. 29, through Monday, Sept. 1, the festival will screen over 60 feature...

Telluride Film Festival Lineup: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’, Edward Berger’s ‘Ballad Of A Small Player’, Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Among World Premieres
The Boss is coming to Telluride. 20th Century’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere from director Scott Cooper, starring Jeremy Allen White as the title star, is set to launch its world premiere Friday night at the 52nd annual Telluride Film...

Shakespeare and Springsteen Lead the 2025 Telluride Film Festival Lineup
The Telluride Film Festival always brings A-list actors and filmmakers to the picturesque Colorado mountain town. This year, the festival’s also welcoming two larger-than-life icons: William Shakespeare and Bruce Springsteen. The 52nd Telluride...

2025 RS Venture Connect Europeans in Oslo
by RS Sailing 28 Aug 05:12 PDT 22-23 August 2025 The RS Venture Connect European Championship 2025 was held on the breathtaking Lysakerfjorden just outside Oslo, Norway, 22nd - 23rd August. This year's event marked a historic first, the...

All the fashion brands you didn’t know were Scandi
There's something almost alchemical about Scandinavian style. It's undoubtedly effortless yet intentional, minimal yet super impactful. It's a language spoken in neutral palettes, clean lines and quiet confidence. And the whole world is paying...
RWE and North Star sign long-term agreements for next-generation service operation vessels to maintain RWE’s growing offshore wind fleet
RWE has entered into a long-term partnership with North Star, the UK’s largest shipowner-operator, backed by global private markets firm Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients. The companies have agreed that RWE will charter two...

Survey suggests a third of Latvians think kids should be banned from social media
According to a survey conducted by Tele2 and Norstat, 76% of the public believe solutions should be found to restrict social media use among children and youth and the largest group—33% – think that social networks should be banned for children...

Detained Norwegian teenager planned mosque attack in Oslo: police
A Norwegian teenager detained after the killing of an Ethiopian-origin worker at an Oslo hostel also planned an attack on a mosque, police said on Thursday. The 18-year-old was arrested after the killing on Saturday night of Tamima Nibras Juhar, a...

New commercial oil discoveries in Brage Field, Norway
Rex International Holding Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, is pleased to share that new commercial oil discoveries have been made in the Talisker exploration well in the Brage Field, in which Rex’s indirect subsidiary Lime Petroleum AS (LPA)...

Aker Solutions selected for hydropower upgrade in Norway
Aker Solutions will deliver the turbine and main mechanical systems for the Blåfalli Fjellhaugen hydropower project in Kvinnherad, developed by Sunnhordland Kraftlag. Blåfalli Fjellhaugen will add 185 MW of regulated hydropower and generate an...

Norway Spends Half a Billion Rubles Battling Invasive Russian Humpback Salmon
Norway has allocated half a billion rubles to combat the spread of invasive Russian humpback salmon, a species that locals say is severely damaging rivers and aquatic ecosystems. To address the growing threat, the country has mobilized both...

Chichester International Film Festival 2025 wraps up with record audiences, community spirit and unforgettable screenings
This year’s Festival saw more than 1,700 people flock to the hugely popular Open Air Screenings in Priory Park, supported by local businesses who added to the vibrant atmosphere. Guests enjoyed delicious woodfired pizzas from The Three-Wheeling...

Sport in brief: August 27, 2025
MEN’S FOOTBALL: Aberdeen are level at 2-2 when they visit Steaua Bucharest for the second leg of their Europa League play-off fixture this evening. The Dons have lost both of their Scottish Premiership matches this season and are yet to score a...