Olav Thon, billionaire Norwegian real estate developer, dead at 101

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Olav Thon, a billionaire entrepreneur recognizable for his bright red cap who went from selling leather and fox hides in his youth to build one of Norway's biggest real estate empires, has died, his company said Saturday. He was 101. “It is with great sadness...

Men earn more than women in egalitarian Norway, report finds. But it's on par with Europe

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Norwegian equality minister said Thursday that she found it “completely unacceptable” that men on average earn 13% more than women as she reacted to a government report stressing that the pay gap in egalitarian Norway persists. The conclusion of the...

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific, the Kon-Tiki Museum said Wednesday. In 1947, explorer...

Sweden cuts its key rate by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75%, the largest reduction in over a decade

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 2.75% in what was described as the largest reduction over a decade. Riksbanken said the cut, the fourth this year, was “to provide further support to the economy and help...

U.S. Nordic combined salvages program with grant from International Ski and Snowboard Federation

The United States Nordic combined program has been salvaged for the upcoming World Cup season, receiving desperately needed financial help from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. FIS gave Nordic Combined USA a grant last week, a contingency the Steamboat Springs,...

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes pound the eastern Lebanon city of Baalbek

Israeli airstrikes pounded the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry and state-run news agency. Hours earlier, the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for residents in the entire city — including...

The Menendez brothers built a green space in prison. It’s modeled on this Norwegian idea

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Nearly 30 years after they killed their parents, Erik and Lyle Menendez launched a beautification project in the California prison where they're serving life sentences. Their project was inspired by the Norwegian approach to incarceration that believes...

Train carrying 55 people derails on Norway's north coast, killing at least 1 person and injuring 4

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed Thursday with 55 people on board, police said. The Arctic Circle Express was on its way from Trondheim to the remote northern town of...

Train running along Norway’s northern coast with up to 70 people onboard, has derailed. No word on casualties.

Equinor: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

STAVANGER NORWAY, Norway (AP) — STAVANGER NORWAY, Norway (AP) — Equinor ASA (EQNR) on Thursday reported earnings of $2.28 billion in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Stavanger Norway, Norway-based company said it had profit of 82 cents. Earnings, adjusted for...