They are said to have danced to celebrate the Persian New Year, reports an Iranian news agency. Saturday 9 March at 10:10 A clip of the two women dancing near Tajrish Square, a popular gathering place for young people in the Iranian capital, went viral on social media. – The public prosecutor in Tehran ordered … Read more
Yulia Navalnaya, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Olena Zelenska. Three women, three big movements. They stand up for freedom. The women’s struggle gives Vladimir Putin nightmares. Per Olav ØdegårdCommentator Info Commentator in VG. Former foreign journalist and correspondent for VG in the USA. Writes mostly about international affairs. Drawing: Roar Hagen Friday 8 March at 13:55 The … Read more
Akira Toriyama pictured in 1982. Photo: JIJI PRESS / EPA / NTB Akira Toriyama, the creator of the popular cartoon and TV series Dragon Ball, has died. Friday 8 March at 09:02 The death was announced by Dragon Ball Z’s official account on X on Thursday. According to the statement, Toriyama died of acute subdural … Read more
Hardly anyone believes that Viktor Orbán in Budapest or Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara will give up another slip to push forward negotiations on completely different things. Such is the essence of bazaar politics. On Tuesday, the Hungarian foreign minister said their support for Mark Rutte would be “bizarre”. In 2021, the then Prime Minister … Read more
A man in his 30s has been charged by the district court for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Wednesday 6 March at 23:55 Witnesses at Eidsvoll are said to have notified the police about driving on the seventh of December. They moved out with a patrol. The man who is … Read more
Children are dying of hunger in Gaza. It is totally unacceptable. QUEUE FOR FOOD: Children in Gaza wait for food. The photo was taken in Rafah, on Tuesday this week. Photo: MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / NTB Wednesday 6 March at 10:18 It is disheartening to receive the news of increasingly worse conditions in Gaza. … Read more
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Nairobi, Kenya at the beginning of the month. Now he has arrived in Puerto Rico, according to a news agency. Photo: Andrew Kasuku / AP / NTB Many have wondered where Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been while gangs have been ravaging the country. He has landed in Puerto … Read more
It was an occasionally smiling Donald Trump who met the press on Monday. Photo: ALON SKUY / AFP Former President Donald Trump faces next legal challenge after winning Colorado. Monday 4 March at 22:32 – I have great respect for the Supreme Court. And I just want to thank them for working so quickly and … Read more
Iran’s ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi casts his vote in the election for a new National Assembly and Assembly of Experts on Friday. Photo: Iran’s presidential office via AP / NTB A street musician plays for passers-by at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran the day after the election. Photo: Vahid Salemi / AP / NTB A … Read more
– We want Helse Bergen to be held responsible for Ole’s death at system level. We experienced a long series of mistakes and deviations from routines, laws and rules when Ole was born and during the aftermath, says Torkel Hofslett Thowsen, father of Ole who died on 19 January 2022. The son lived for five … Read more