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December 9, 2021 at 12:26 pm

Danish leader questioned over mink cull driven by coronavirus fears

A 2020 decision to kill all of Denmark’s 17 million minks for fear that they could transmit the coronavirus to humans prompted a huge outcry...

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A model rocket at the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, May 13, 2021. The Swedish government is turning an old research base above the Arctic Circle into a state-of-the-art satellite launching center. The reindeer will not be happy. (Newsha Tavakolian/The New York Times) XNYT162 XNYT162

May 22, 2021 at 4:50 pm

In Sweden’s Far North, a Space Complex Takes Shape VIEW

Next year, Sweden is scheduled to complete construction of a rocket-launching complex in the frozen lands north of the Arctic Circle and jump into the...

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January 15, 2021 at 9:26 am

Government in Netherlands resigns after benefit scandal

Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders, and his Cabinet resigned Friday over a report highlighting systemic failure by his...

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FILE -- Employees sell marijuana at Boerejongens, a coffee shop in Amsterdam, Nov. 2 2020. Amid an increasingly difficult relationship with

January 8, 2021 at 8:30 pm

In Amsterdam, getting high at coffee shops may soon be for locals only

Amsterdam is expected to pass a measure that would allow marijuana products to be sold only to Dutch nationals and residents.

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May 16, 2020 at 10:08 am

A mogul’s wife vanishes; now Norway has a national obsession

FJELLHAMAR, Norway — Her last phone call was at 9:14 a.m., around the time that her husband, one of the richest men in Norway, passed...

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April 28, 2020 at 10:13 am

‘Life has to go on’: How Sweden has faced the coronavirus without a lockdown VIEW

STOCKHOLM — She stood leaning on her cane, briefly resting among dozens of bubbly young Swedes out enjoying one of the first sunny spring days...

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February 1, 2019 at 5:53 pm

More bark than bite in Iran’s ban on dog walking VIEW

In Islam, dogs are considered “najes,” or impure. Guard dogs are tolerated, but keeping them as pets is a step too far. The problem is...

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August 4, 2018 at 4:36 pm

Economic, social dissatisfaction fuel Iran protests

While the government is not threatened, more demonstrators have been expressing anger on the streets, and they are not complaining about America.

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June 29, 2018 at 5:41 pm

Iran is changing, but not in ways Trump thinks

The return of U.S. sanctions has changed the dynamics of Iran’s internal politics, with repression of the slightest hints of dissent, and the economy in...

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Students on a school trip at the shrine to Shah Abdol Azim, where kings and noblemen have been laid to rest, in Tehran, Iran, April 30, 2018. Whether or not the mummified remains discovered at the shrine were those of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the founder of the dynasty that ended in 1979, they drew yearnings for a strong leader. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

May 3, 2018 at 5:26 pm

Could mysterious mummy in Iran be that of former shah?

Persian-language satellite channels operating from abroad heralded the discovery of the mummy as a sign the Islamic republic’s days were numbered.

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