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Humanitarians enlist entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during United Nations week

Sep. 29, 2024 08:34 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A lively discussion broke out backstage during Climate Week NYC between a TikTok comedian, a buzzed-about actress, a Latin cuisine entrepreneur and a cooking content creator. Convened by World Food Program USA to educate the panel's audiences — over 1.8 million...

Denmark's king launches reconstruction of famed landmark badly damaged by fire

Sep. 26, 2024 11:54 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s King Frederik laid a foundation stone Thursday to launch the reconstruction of Copenhagen’s iconic Old Stock Exchange, the 400-year-old harborside landmark that was partly destroyed by a fire in April. Frederik squeezed in a square...

Reconstruction set to begin on Copenhagen’s fire-damaged Old Stock Exchange landmark

Sep. 24, 2024 05:57 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Five months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half of Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old building to return it to its former glory. On Thursday, King Frederik X of Denmark will lay...

Denmark's Queen Margrethe is discharged from hospital after a fall

Sep. 20, 2024 10:16 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, who stunned her country by abdicating earlier this year, has been discharged from a hospital after a fall earlier this week caused “damage around the neck vertebrae as well as a fracture of the left hand,” the palace said Friday. ...

Denmark's Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized

Sep. 19, 2024 09:58 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, who stunned the country when she abdicated earlier this year, has been admitted to a hospital after falling in her home, Danish media reported Thursday. She was reportedly not seriously hurt. The 84-year-old queen was...

Norway reports first cases of bluetongue disease in livestock since 2009

Sep. 19, 2024 05:27 AM EDT

AAS, Norway (AP) — Norway reported Thursday dozens of confirmed and suspected cases of bluetongue, an insect-borne virus that is harmless to humans but can be fatal to sheep and other livestock, for the first time in the country since 2009. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute said...

In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.

Sep. 13, 2024 08:47 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 29-year-old man in Denmark faced a whopping 86 preliminary charges Friday for driving at high speed on motorcycles, riding on the rear wheel — also at high speed — and endangering others, police said, adding that the man had mounted a camera on his motorcycle...

Man in Denmark faces preliminary terrorism charges over arson at a Jewish woman's home

Sep. 10, 2024 07:29 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 21-year-old man in Denmark was arrested on Tuesday for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman's home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary court charges under the country's terrorism laws that could lead to a life sentence. Preliminary...

A Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist's custody as Japan seeks his extradition

Sep. 04, 2024 09:26 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland on Wednesday again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan. The court ruled that Canadian-American Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2...

Denmark reports cases of bluetongue disease that can be fatal to sheep but is harmless to humans

Sep. 03, 2024 10:22 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark reported Tuesday cases of bluetongue in the country's east, a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease that is harmless to humans but can be fatal for so-called ruminant animals — mainly sheep but also cows and goats. Authorities said the...