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Worst Volcanic Activity In 50 Years In Iceland After Major Volcano Eruption
A volcanic eruption has begun again on a peninsula adjacent to Iceland's capital Reykjavik, the sixth time lava has emerged in the area in the space of a year. The Lava burst to the surface at 9:26 p.m. local time on Thursday.
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A Covid Challenge For Luxury Ship Stranded In Arctic With 206 Onboard
A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 200 people is set to be stranded for days in a remote area of Greenland's Arctic after getting wedged in the muddy seabed.
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A Shorter Work Week Was An "Overwhelming Success" In This Country
Even as Covid-19 pandemic forced companies around world to reimagine workplace, researchers in Iceland were already conducting two trials of a shorter work week that involved about 2,500 workers - more than 1% of country's working population.
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This Nation Wanted To Study Herd Immunity. Here's The Problem
A push by Iceland to get Pfizer Inc.'s backing for a nationwide study on the ability of vaccines to quickly create herd immunity has run into an unexpected snag. The tiny island nation has done too good a job keeping Covid-19 in check.
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An Elon Musk Tweet 'Thrilled' An Island Desperate For Teslas
First, he persuaded Elon Musk to expand into Iceland. Now, he's predicting an exponential rise in sales of electric cars in a country that gets its energy from volcanoes.
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A $250 Million Jackpot Shows Iceland Is Deepening Ties With China
A tiny north European island known best for icebergs, geysers and volcanoes is helping China fight pollution.
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The World's Most Gender-Equal Country Has Its Own #Metoo Moment
The 41-year-old newly elected prime minister of Iceland is a former writer and teacher, has three children and likes quoting the philosopher John Stuart Mill.
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Worst Volcanic Activity In 50 Years In Iceland After Major Volcano Eruption
A volcanic eruption has begun again on a peninsula adjacent to Iceland's capital Reykjavik, the sixth time lava has emerged in the area in the space of a year. The Lava burst to the surface at 9:26 p.m. local time on Thursday.
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A Covid Challenge For Luxury Ship Stranded In Arctic With 206 Onboard
A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 200 people is set to be stranded for days in a remote area of Greenland's Arctic after getting wedged in the muddy seabed.
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A Shorter Work Week Was An "Overwhelming Success" In This Country
Even as Covid-19 pandemic forced companies around world to reimagine workplace, researchers in Iceland were already conducting two trials of a shorter work week that involved about 2,500 workers - more than 1% of country's working population.
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This Nation Wanted To Study Herd Immunity. Here's The Problem
A push by Iceland to get Pfizer Inc.'s backing for a nationwide study on the ability of vaccines to quickly create herd immunity has run into an unexpected snag. The tiny island nation has done too good a job keeping Covid-19 in check.
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An Elon Musk Tweet 'Thrilled' An Island Desperate For Teslas
First, he persuaded Elon Musk to expand into Iceland. Now, he's predicting an exponential rise in sales of electric cars in a country that gets its energy from volcanoes.
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A $250 Million Jackpot Shows Iceland Is Deepening Ties With China
A tiny north European island known best for icebergs, geysers and volcanoes is helping China fight pollution.
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The World's Most Gender-Equal Country Has Its Own #Metoo Moment
The 41-year-old newly elected prime minister of Iceland is a former writer and teacher, has three children and likes quoting the philosopher John Stuart Mill.
