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Shiffrin caps injury-marred ski season with record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall

Mar. 16, 2024 12:03 PM EDT

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — For Mikaela Shiffrin, the award for the best slalom skier this season is different from the 15 crystal globes the American star won earlier in her career. This one, for a change, doesn’t feel like the end of a season. Shiffrin...

Europe’s oldest monarch, Norway's King Harald is discharged from hospital after getting a pacemaker

Mar. 14, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, has been discharged from the Oslo hospital where he received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, the palace said Thursday. The 87-year-old monarch “is doing well” and is on sick leave until...

Europe's oldest monarch, the ailing King Harald V of Norway, gets a permanent pacemaker

Mar. 12, 2024 11:27 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, received a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will remain in the hospital for a few days. The 87-year-old underwent the procedure at Oslo's university hospital,...

A trial begins in Norway of a man accused of a deadly shooting at a LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo

Mar. 12, 2024 10:19 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The trial began Tuesday in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo's nightlife district. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside...

India signs a trade accord with 4 European nations for $100 billion investment over 15 years

Mar. 10, 2024 22:00 PM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India signed a trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on Sunday that includes a commitment of $100 billion in investments and creating 1 million direct jobs in India in the next 15 years. India committed to reducing import tariffs on...

Brazil gains Winter Olympics medal prospect after skier Lucas Braathen switches from Norway

Mar. 07, 2024 11:51 AM EST

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Brazil has a top Winter Olympics medal prospect in Alpine skiing after the World Cup slalom champion last season, Lucas Braathen, announced on Thursday he will start to compete for his mother’s home nation. Braathen, whose father is Norwegian, split from...

Norway and the Sami people end a dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm

Mar. 06, 2024 10:25 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer. Under the agreement, the partially state-owned farm's 151 turbines stay...

Europe's oldest monarch who fell ill on vacation will get a pacemaker, Norway's palace says

Mar. 06, 2024 08:09 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The infection that sent Europe's oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, to a hospital while traveling in Malaysia is under control and the implantation of a permanent pacemaker likely can take place early next week, the royal palace said Wednesday. ...

Norwegian King Harald V's health is improving but he'll need a permanent pacemaker, palace says

Mar. 04, 2024 10:05 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — King Harald V of Norway is improving but will need a permanent pacemaker after falling ill during a trip to Malaysia, the palace said Monday, as the 87-year-old monarch was transferred to an Oslo university hospital for medical tests. Harald returned to...

Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden in defense of its Nordic turf

Mar. 04, 2024 06:45 AM EST

HELSINKI (AP) — NATO kicked off an exercise on Monday to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations take part in drills lasting nearly two weeks in the northern regions of Finland, Norway and Sweden. With over 4,000 Finnish soldiers...