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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...
NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
Consortium News
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July 15, 2025
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. Cover art by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By...
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,...
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...
Canada and Iceland mark 150 years of deepening ties rooted in Manitoba
Winnipeg Sun
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July 8, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Manitoba Published Jul 08, 2025 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 4 minute read Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, Jenny Hill, will visit Manitoba for the first time this summer to mark the 150th anniversary of Icelandic...
From conflict zones to Icelandic calm: A Canadian diplomat’s unusual path
Winnipeg Sun
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July 8, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Published Jul 08, 2025 • Last updated 19 minutes ago • 3 minute read Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, Jenny Hill, is pictured in Reykjavik with her dog Pongo. Originally from Salt Spring Island, B.C., Hill has...
This New Iceland Lagoon Features Cascading Pools, Tiered Hot Springs, and Foraged, Local Cuisine
AFAR
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July 7, 2025
From the iconic Blue Lagoon near Reykjavik, with its ethereal turquoise waters nestled between black lava fields to the rustic Secret Lagoon in Flúðir, where steam vents and mini geysers surround the geothermal pool, Iceland has no shortage of...
GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Bank Staff Must Testify: Talk Liberation, WikiLeaks Lawyers Win Key Concession in Icelandic Court
The Daily Blog
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July 7, 2025
Represented by WikiLeaks’ Icelandic lawyers in an epic court showdown three years in the making, on June 19th independent software development house, Talk Liberation (the creators behind viral social media project Panquake) proved that justice is...
Iceland helps 2.2 million families with new scheme – free £5
Retail Times
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July 2, 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,...
Laufey sings ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ at Liverpool church in memory of footballer Diogo Jota
Classic FM
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7 July 2025, 10:53 Laufey sings ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ in memory of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota. Picture: Laufey / Alamy In some of life’s most tragic moments, music can be a soothing balm for collective pain. Watch the moving moment Laufey...
Iceland Calls for Eurovision to Ban Israeli Flag After Being Accused of Plagiarizing Israeli Song
Breitbart
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July 2, 2025
The president of Iceland’s National Broadcaster (RÚV), Stefán Jón Hafstein, published a commentary on Tuesday calling for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest – and suggested in the event the ban was impossible, the contest could...
Iceland calls for stripping Israeli symbols from Eurovision
Israel Hayom
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July 2, 2025
Could Israel's Eurovision 2026 participation face a new threat? Amid international boycott calls, Iceland proposes a different approach – not removing the Israeli delegation entirely, but establishing new participation conditions that would...
Gender quotas don’t ‘subvert democracy’. They strengthen it.
Women's Agenda
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July 2, 2025
As Victoria’s Commissioner for Gender Equality in the Public Sector, I feel compelled to address some fundamental misconceptions about gender quotas that have emerged in recent political discourse. The suggestion by Angus Taylor (reported in The...
After visiting 2 of Iceland's famous lagoons, there's only one I'd return to on future trips
Insider
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July 6, 2025
2025-07-06T13:12:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app During trips to Iceland, I visited both the Blue Lagoon and Sky Lagoon. The Blue Lagoon...
LGBTQIA+ travel remains a growth sector in 2025
Travel Daily Media
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June 30, 2025
As Pride Month draws to a close, we at Travel Daily Media take a good look at how the global LGBTQ!A+ community has served to propel the travel industry into further growth throughout the first half of this year. As of today, 30th June, global...
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...
Don’t pretend that education’s neutral and more letters to the editors
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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July 5, 2025
Don't pretend that education's neutral The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that parents have an opt-out right when LGBTQ+ books are introduced in their children's classrooms (June 29 TFP), and Justice Sotomayor dissents that "civic vitality" is...