Iceland

Iceland have launched an enquiry after a shocking video emerged via animal welfare associations showing maltreatment of horses.

Wearing similar clothes, an Icelandic actor explains the initiative in the same way as Mark Zuckerberg did during launch of Meta.

Icelandic midfielder Emil Palsson collapsed during a football game in Norway's second division Monday evening after suffering a cardiac arrest, his football club Sogndal said.

Even as Covid-19 pandemic forced companies around world to reimagine workplace, researchers in Iceland were already conducting two trials of a shorter work week that involved about 2,500 workers - more than 1% of country's working population.

As a tribute to Royal Enfield's 120th anniversary, a motorcycle expedition will attempt to reach the South Pole, with a 39-day expedition across Antarctica.

Iceland on Friday suspended the Moderna anti-Covid vaccine, citing the slight increased risks of cardiac inflammation, going further than its Nordic neighbours which simply limited use of the jabs.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has tweeted that his country has mined Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, using energy from a volcano. He shared an image of the mining in progress, which showed 0.00599179 Bitcoin, worth about $284 (roughly Rs. 21,098) at the current trading rate.

Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than women in the chamber, state broadcaster RUV reported.

Iceland on Sunday became the first country in Europe to have more women than men in parliament, a day after a general election that saw the left-right coalition win a clear majority.

Iceland's government was poised to win a majority in Saturday's election, early results showed, though it remained to be seen if Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir's left-right coalition would agree to continue in power together.

The popular walrus named Wally was found in Iceland after being missing for almost a month.

The world's largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turning it into rock started running on Wednesday, the companies behind the plant said.

The head of Iceland's football association (KSI), Gudni Bergsson, resigned after two women claimed a national team player had sexually assaulted them in 2017.

Seven European Union countries - Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain - and Switzerland have cleared the Serum Institute of Indi's Covishield amid travel pass row, sources have said.

Iceland's glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometres (290 square miles), or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study published on Monday showed.

Iceland have launched an enquiry after a shocking video emerged via animal welfare associations showing maltreatment of horses.

Wearing similar clothes, an Icelandic actor explains the initiative in the same way as Mark Zuckerberg did during launch of Meta.

Icelandic midfielder Emil Palsson collapsed during a football game in Norway's second division Monday evening after suffering a cardiac arrest, his football club Sogndal said.

Even as Covid-19 pandemic forced companies around world to reimagine workplace, researchers in Iceland were already conducting two trials of a shorter work week that involved about 2,500 workers - more than 1% of country's working population.

As a tribute to Royal Enfield's 120th anniversary, a motorcycle expedition will attempt to reach the South Pole, with a 39-day expedition across Antarctica.

Iceland on Friday suspended the Moderna anti-Covid vaccine, citing the slight increased risks of cardiac inflammation, going further than its Nordic neighbours which simply limited use of the jabs.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has tweeted that his country has mined Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, using energy from a volcano. He shared an image of the mining in progress, which showed 0.00599179 Bitcoin, worth about $284 (roughly Rs. 21,098) at the current trading rate.

Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than women in the chamber, state broadcaster RUV reported.

Iceland on Sunday became the first country in Europe to have more women than men in parliament, a day after a general election that saw the left-right coalition win a clear majority.

Iceland's government was poised to win a majority in Saturday's election, early results showed, though it remained to be seen if Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir's left-right coalition would agree to continue in power together.

The popular walrus named Wally was found in Iceland after being missing for almost a month.

The world's largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turning it into rock started running on Wednesday, the companies behind the plant said.

The head of Iceland's football association (KSI), Gudni Bergsson, resigned after two women claimed a national team player had sexually assaulted them in 2017.

Seven European Union countries - Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain - and Switzerland have cleared the Serum Institute of Indi's Covishield amid travel pass row, sources have said.

Iceland's glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometres (290 square miles), or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study published on Monday showed.