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Iceland engulfed by volcanic cloud
The Peninsula
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July 21, 2025
Tourists standing next to a memorial in Keflavik, Iceland on July 16, 2025, observe from a distance smoke and lava emanating from a volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes following its eruption. Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS /...
A new, faster, cheaper way to arm Ukraine supercharged key artillery production
Business Insider
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July 24, 2025
Ukraine was able to supercharge the production of a key homemade artillery system through a new way allies are employing to arm Ukraine faster and cheaper. It could be the new template for helping Ukraine arm itself against Russia. Ukraine has...
Photographer Dream Destinations: The Best Places to Visit for Travel Photography
TripZilla
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July 30, 2025
For photographers, travel is not merely about movement. It is about chasing light, capturing fleeting moments and telling stories through composition and texture. From timeless classics to remote challenges, here are 14 destinations that earn...
EU members eye €127 billion in loans for defense procurement
Defense News
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July 30, 2025
PARIS — European Union member states expressed interest in at least €127 billion ($146 billion) in EU-backed loans to pay for defense procurement, the bloc’s executive arm said on Wednesday. Eighteen countries including Italy, Poland, Spain and...
Climbing CO? levels fuel agricultural triumphâand spark a climate debate
Natural News
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July 23, 2025
Rising CO? has supercharged global plant growth, boosting fruit yields and resilience to cold. Historical evidence shows temperature fluctuations linked to solar activity, not human emissions. IPCC climate claims face skepticism over flawed data...
EarthTalk: China’s Lead in Clean Energy Only Getting Bigger
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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Clean energy generation—or energy generation without the output of harmful greenhouse gases—has become an increasingly hot topic in today’s race for productivity and the growing global emphasis on eco-consciousness. Some of the most widely used...
Spain begins its first deployment of F-18 aircraft in Iceland as part of a NATO mission
AvioNews
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July 22, 2025
Stinga Detachment of the Spanish Air Force to reinforce air surveillance in the North Atlantic For the first time in its history, the Spanish Air Force (AS) will deploy a detachment of F-18 fighter jet aircraft in Iceland, nicknamed "Stinga"...
On Viking Cruises, Iceland awaits
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 22, 2025
The Viking Cruise ship Neptune setting sail to Iceland from New York City. Photographs courtesy Viking Cruises. Iceland! Iceland? That’s right. We recently took a luxury Viking Cruise to Iceland, and virtually all the people we spoke to, in...
AstraZeneca to pour $50bn into US, Inchcape to acquire Iceland's Askja
ShareCast
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STOCKS TO WATCH Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $50.0bn in the US for medicines manufacturing and R&D by 2030. AstraZeneca said its investment will support its ambition to reach $80.0bn in revenues by 2030, with 50%...
Inchcape buys Icelandic auto distributor Askja
ShareCast
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Askja generated revenue of £150m in fiscal 2024 and employs 260 people. During FY 2024, Iceland's total industry volume for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles was around 12,000units, of which Askja holds a 16% market share, Inchcape...
Mars’ takeover of Kellanova hits another EU stumbling block
Just Food
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July 30, 2025
Mars’ takeover of Kellanova faces another stumbling block as the EU has suspended an October deadline to approve the $35.9bn transaction. Privately-owned US snacks and confectionery giant Mars announced the deal for the Pringles brand owner in...
Inchcape acquires Askja distributor in Iceland
Just Auto
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July 22, 2025
UK-based independent automotive distributor Inchcape says it has agreed to acquire Iceland-based Askja and its associated businesses. Askja is described as Iceland’s ‘leading automotive distributor’. The company says the bolt-on acquisition...
This startup wants to use beams of energy to drill geothermal wells
Technology Review
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This rock-melting drilling technology from the geothermal startup Quaise is certainly unconventional. The company hopes it’s the key to unlocking geothermal energy and making it feasible anywhere. Geothermal power tends to work best in those parts...
BSTR Miner Debuts Staking-Optimized Cloud Mining with AI Allocation
The AI Journal
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July 22, 2025
Institutional-grade platform eliminates hardware barriers amid Bitcoin’s $117k United Kingdom, July 22, 2025 — BSTR Miner, a UK-regulated fintech innovation company, today launched an upgraded staking mining platform that integrates staking pools...
They’re using the techniques honed by oil and gas to find near-limitless clean energy beneath our feet
CNN
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July 22, 2025
Follow Deep beneath Utah’s desert soil, an oil drill bored through the Earth at a blistering pace earlier this spring. Gnarly looking drill bits tore through granite at around 300 feet per hour. It was done after just 16 days. The borehole,...
Iceland Signals Public Support for Renewed EU Membership Talks
Sada Elbalad
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July 17, 2025
Thu 17 Jul 2025 | 01:46 PM Iceland’s Foreign Minister Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir has confirmed that a growing number of Icelanders now support resuming negotiations to join the European Union. In an interview with Politico, she noted...
Icelanders support reboot of EU accession talks, foreign minister says
Politico Europe
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July 17, 2025
The country’s pro-EU coalition government has promised a referendum on restarting EU accession talks by 2027, as they had been halted in 2013 under a previous right-wing government. Gunnarsdóttir, who is also the leader of Iceland’s pro-EU Reform...
Icelandic volcano erupts, forcing Blue Lagoon spa to evacuate
TVC News Nigeria
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July 16, 2025
A volcanic explosion in Iceland caused guests to leave the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa on Wednesday, with photographs showing lava rushing through a fissure in the Earth’s surface. Iceland’s Met Office reported that the eruption began around 4...
Iceland v Iceland: Supermarket’s EU trademark appeal rejected again
Retail Gazette
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July 16, 2025
Iceland Foods has lost its latest appeal against the invalidation of its EU trademark for the word ‘Iceland’, the General Court of the European Union has ruled. The decision upholds previous rulings that found the trademark to be descriptive...
Guide to economic opportunities in Iceland published
ANSA
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July 21, 2025
As part of the economic diplomacy activities promoted by the Farnesina under the leadership of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the Embassy of Italy in Oslo published the first edition of the guide for economic opportunities in Iceland ('Growth...