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Crystal Palace secure league phase spot in Conference League with drab draw in Norway
The Independent
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August 28, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
V.Ships Norway Fined $2 Million for Illegal Oil Discharges from Tanker
gCaptain
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August 28, 2025
V.Ships Norway A.S. has pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and will pay a $2 million fine after admitting to illegal discharges of oily bilge water and oily waste from the tanker Swift Winchester. The company also...
Zemcelpro Stem Cell Therapy Granted EC Conditional Marketing Authorizaion
BioPharm International
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Montreal, Canada-based ExCellThera, a company specializing in blood stem cell expansion and metabolic fitness, and its wholly owned subsidiary Cordex Biologics, announced on Aug. 27, 2025 that it has received conditional marketing authorization by...
Brunvoll Mar-El to provide propulsion systems for Norwegian zero-emission ferry
Ship Technology
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August 28, 2025
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...
New commercial oil discoveries in Brage Field, Norway
Oilfield Technology
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August 28, 2025
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)...
Students use technology to find unmarked graves at Winneshiek Co. cemeteries
KCRG - Iowa
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August 28, 2025
DECORAH, Iowa (KCRG) - A Luther College professor partnered with students over the summer to identify unmarked graves in Winneshiek County. The graves were located by students Evan McElroy, Benson Newhouse, and Rebecca Zheng, who worked alongside...
CMB.Tech falls to loss after Golden Ocean merger
Lloyd's List
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August 28, 2025
CMB.TECH reported a loss of $7.5m in the second quarter of 2025, just eight days after it finalised its merger with dry bulk specialist Golden Ocean. That’s quite the drop from the $184m profit recorded in the same quarter of 2024, although that...
Gaza debacle was set in motion by the UN and Oslo Accords
Canada Free Press
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Leaving Israel in the lurch following the USA’s past complicity, intentional or inadvertent (which is doubtful), isn’t the answer The loudest detractors of Israel have no interest in examining the history that has saddled this century with the...
Smartoptics Group Lists On Euronext Oslo Børs
Mondovisione
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Market capitalisation of approximately NOK 1.8 billion The 47th listing on Euronext in 2025 Euronext congratulates Smartoptics Group ASA (ticker: SMOP) on its transfer from Euronext Growth Oslo to Euronext Oslo Børs. The company listed on Euronext...
V.Ships Norway Fined $2 Million for Maritime Pollution Offence
Ship & Bunker
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August 28, 2025
V.Ships Norway has been fined $2 million for illegal oily waste discharges in the sea. Image Credit: DoJ Shipping firm V.Ships Norway AS has pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and was sentenced to pay a $2 million...
Researcher Says We Must Adapt to Sea-level Rise in different ways – Depending on Coastal Type
University of Bergen
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By Amanda ScheiPublished: 27.08.2025 Climate change is causing sea levels to rise and extreme weather events to become more frequent. Millions of people live along vulnerable coasts. Geologists play a key role in understanding which coastal areas...
Norway Spends Half a Billion Rubles Battling Invasive Russian Humpback Salmon
Pravda.ru
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August 27, 2025
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...
Norwegian Air Boeing 737 forced to turn back after tyre explosion on take-off
The Independent
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August 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Gilead Sciences' twice─yearly injectable HIV─1 capsid inhibitor, Yeytuo receives European marketing authorization
Pharmabiz.com
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Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Yeytuo (lenacapavir)—the...
Prices little changed on weak demand, Norwegian outages
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 27, 2025
Dutch and British wholesale gas prices were little changed early on Wednesday as strong wind power output limited demand and offset lower supply from Norway. The benchmark Dutch front-month contract at the TTF hub (TRNLTTFMc1) was down 0.08 euro...
Norway's New Arctic Strategy: "A Serious Backdrop"
High North News
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Civil and military needs Does the strategy include any new measures for the Ofoten Line specifically? "The National Transport Plan includes plans for the building of three new passing loops. This has been signalled to Bane NOR and they plan...
See Spot backflip. Robodog pulls off a feat it wasn't designed for
New Atlas
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August 29, 2025
Boston Dynamics probably has the most show-offy robots on the planet right now, and the company's latest video shows that its robodog, Spot, is no exception. Spoiler alert: he nails a septuple back flip that is wildly impressive. Spot, the...
Vivaldi Is Not Jumping Into The AI Bandwagon
How-To Geek
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August 29, 2025
These days, it's hard to see a company actually go against the AI current. Everyone's doing AI these days, even if it's a tiny pointless feature that they're marking as being AI-powered. Vivaldi, however, is not drinking the Kool-Aid. Jon von...
Norwegian Grid Operator Lede to use AI- and Satellite-Based Vegetation Management Tool
T&D World
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August 26, 2025
Norwegian grid operator Lede will implement GridEyes, an AI-powered and satellite-based solution developed by StormGeo, to support vegetation management and grid resilience. Lede plans to integrate GridEyes into its infrastructure to improve...
Electric vehicles reach tipping point in China, surge to 51% market share
Electrek
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August 29, 2025
Electric vehicles have reached a tipping point in China. They now represent the majority of the new car market, surging to 51% market share. China and electric vehicles are linked together. The majority of the world’s electric vehicles (BEVs and...