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Fighting for trans rights 10 years on from Gender Recognition in Ireland
GCN
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July 15, 2025
On July 15, 2015, the Gender Recognition Act was passed in Ireland, allowing some trans people to change their legal gender. 10 years on, as Ollie Bell notes, the milestone anniversary comes at a time of increased backlash against the community’s...
What NATO Countries Spend on Military, Health, and Education
Visual Capitalist
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July 15, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization What NATO Countries Spend on Military, Health, and Education This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
Dismantling the Education Department, training air traffic controllers, nicotine patch warning: Catch up on the day’s stories
KVIA - Texas
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July 14, 2025
By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! It’s a potentially serious medical condition, yet lots of people don’t know they have obstructive sleep apnea. Most treatments — like CPAP devices — blow air into the mouth. But an alternative...
Scandinavian Film Festival: diverse and thought–provoking
Echonetdaily
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July 15, 2025
Sentimental Value The 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival presents the best new cinema from the Nordic region this July and August at Palace Cinemas, showcasing a diverse and thought-provoking selection from Sweden, Norway, Finland,...
Previous Exchange Student visits Fulton Noon Rotary
Oswego County Today - New York
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July 15, 2025
Exchanging club flags are Tryggvi Jonsson, past exchange student and Tania Samson, Rotary President. FULTON – The Fulton Noon Rotary Club was surprised with a visit from Tryggvi Jonsson (TJ), an exchange student from Iceland. TJ, as most knew him,...
Gender gap closing
Jamaica Observer
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July 11, 2025
MORRIS DIXON... now our focus must be on translating this educational success into greater equality in the workforce and in leadership The World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Jamaica among 35 countries offering equal education opportunities for...
Icelander graduates top of class at Columbia
Iceland Monitor
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July 10, 2025
Lawyer Guðrún Gígja Sigurðardóttir recently graduated with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Columbia Law School in New York. Morgunblaðið received a tip that Guðrún had not only completed the program but had graduated at the top of her class....
How to get £5 free at Iceland during the summer holidays – see if you’re eligible
Doncaster Free Press
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July 11, 2025
Iceland and The Food Warehouse is launching a new scheme designed to help the most vulnerable families this summer. The supermarket is not only accepting free school meal vouchers throughout the summer, but is also giving customers a £5 top up,...
Yes, the new Superman is a pro-immigration and anti-Trump blockbuster
The Economic Times
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July 11, 2025
Early on in James Gunn’s Superman, the eagerly anticipated movie rebooting the DC superhero, the title character (played by David Corenswet) sits down for an interview with Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan). Now the journalistic ethics of this...
Dismantling the DOE, training air traffic controllers, nicotine pouch warning: Catch up on the day’s stories
CNN
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July 14, 2025
Follow 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! It’s a potentially serious medical condition, yet lots of people don’t know they have obstructive sleep apnea. Most treatments — like CPAP devices — blow air into the mouth. But an alternative technology sucks air...
Death Stranding 2 is Hideo Kojima at the peak of his powers
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a grand return to storytelling form for director and writer Hideo Kojima, as it is his clearest and best story since 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. (Kojima Productions) While I’m playing Death Stranding...
A Nashvillian’s Guide to Iceland
Nashville Scene - Tennessee
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July 10, 2025
Like the city itself, the Nashville airport is morphing into a heavily trafficked beast that’s drawing in world travelers. But it’s also giving Nashvillians more opportunities to become world travelers. Nashville’s direct flight to Reykjavik,...
Iceland Needs Emergency Food Stockpiles, Say University Researchers
Iceland Review
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July 8, 2025
Just as squirrels stash nuts before winter, Icelanders might want to start doing the same. The University of Iceland has handed over a detailed report on emergency food planning to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. The...
Embracing Change, Empowering Herself: How One Military Spouse Found Her Way Back to Education
U.S. Veterans and Military Magazine
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July 10, 2025
When Katie Burtch met her husband, Nick, she had no idea their love story would unfold across continents, deployments, and duty stations. Over the next two decades, Katie learned to navigate life as a military spouse — relocating every two to four...
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Live Streaming, Norway vs Iceland: How to Watch Free Live Telecast of NOR-W vs ISL-W on TV and Online Stream Details of Football Match in India
Latestly
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July 10, 2025
Norway Women's National Football Team vs Iceland Women's National Football Team UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Live Streaming: Norway have been the standout side in Group A with wins in their opening two matches, which has enabled them to secure a place...
The color of earth: A story of how culture 'colors' perception
CGTN
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02:37 In a discussion about the challenges of translating Chinese classics like "The Analects of Confucius" and "Tao Te Ching," Icelandic Sinologist Ragnar Baldursson shared an insightful anecdote highlighting fundamental cultural differences. He...
UN Human Rights Council Extends LGBTQ Rights Expert’s Mandate
Out South Florida
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The U.N. Human Rights Council on July 7 extended the mandate of the United Nations’ independent LGBTQ rights expert for another three years. The resolution passed with 29 countries (Albania, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia,...
Crust And Crumbs: Unpacking Iceland’s Bakery Culture
Reykjavik Grapevine
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July 9, 2025
Words by Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$twitter in /home/grapevine/public_html/wp-content/themes/grapevine/template/article-author-info-travel.php on line 30 Photo by The Reykjavík Grapevine Archives Icelanders love bakeries in a...
Around Iceland In Eighty Minutes: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson’s “Hringurinn”
Reykjavik Grapevine
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July 9, 2025
Before Friðrik Þór Friðriksson earned Iceland its first (and so far only) Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination for Children of Nature in 1991 — and long before he accepted the role of chairing the jury at the Moscow International Film...
UN votes to renew LGBTQ+ expert’s mandate just after the US withdrew from Human Rights Council
LGBTQ Nation - California
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July 8, 2025
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted yesterday to extend the term of its current expert on LGBTQ+ rights by three years. The LGBTQ+ rights expert, South African author and scholar Graeme Reid, investigates human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ people...