Iceland
Iceland fast-tracks Ukrainian refugees to residency, employment
About 5,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Iceland since the start of the war, and continue to do so at a rate of about 200 arrivals per month. The government gives them nearly instant resident status, on humanitarian grounds. It has also created a website in Ukrainian to help them navigate the bureaucracy and culture.
This small Icelandic city thinks big about going green
‘Blue Blob’ slows glacial melt in Iceland as temperatures rise across the globe
A musical journey around the globe 2022, a playlist
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in overnight attack
US and Afghan presidents to meet in Washington amid troop withdrawal
President Joe Biden will meet with Afghan counterpart, President Ashraf Ghani, at the White House, as the two countries prepare for US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. And, Australia's largest city goes into partial lockdown over a spike in the COVID-19 delta variant in Sydney. Also, Palestinians are protesting the death of popular activist Nizar Banat while in Palestinian Authority custody.
Latin American and Caribbean countries use volcanic landscapes to tap geothermal energy
Global capacity for geothermal energy has nearly doubled over the past two decades.
How the Trump administration's climate denial left its mark on the Arctic Council
Talk of global warming was out, and relations among the eight countries that make up the council, once a highly collaborative group and a steady force for climate action, became dysfunctional.
2020: The year of the primal scream — and other pandemic remedies
The pandemic pushed our collective mental health to the breaking point with unprecedented stress, anxiety and fear. From screaming and baking to writing and singing, here are just some of the ways people around the world coped under lockdown.
China's Arctic ambitions have revived US interest in the region
As part of its global Belt and Road Initiative, China is investing in the Arctic — setting up research stations, investing in mining and energy, and working with Russia to create a new sea route through the Arctic Ocean. It's also stoked concerns from the US.
Charlie Hebdo trial begins; Notorious Cambodia killer dies; COVID-19 antibody study offers some hope
The Charlie Hebdo terror trial began in Paris on Wednesday, five years after the massacre was carried out. Kaing Guek Eav, a former teacher known as “Duch” who became the most infamous killer in the Khmer Rouge era, has died at the age of 77 of lung disease in a Phnom Penh hospital. And a new study published on Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that COVID-19 antibodies last at least four months after initial infection.
Need to release stress? Scream into Iceland’s abyss.
A new stress-relieving campaign, rooted in primal therapy, asks people across the globe to record their screams and submit them online to be played in wide-open spaces in Iceland.
Research on whales, cosmos among many studies derailed by pandemic
All over the world, the scientific community is feeling the impact of the coronavirus, both in the field and in the laboratory. In some cases, research has been paused or discontinued. For some, it means changing plans — staying put instead of going abroad, or not being able to return home.
What should a first lady do?
Eliza Reid, the first lady of Iceland, is challenging traditional ideas and assumptions about the role.
A new book explores 'Underland,' the deep, dark areas below the Earth
For nearly a decade, author Robert Macfarlane has been venturing into ice caves, exploring underwater rivers and crawling through catacombs. His latest book, "Underland: A Deep Time Journey," documents these travels and explores the human relationship with the "deep time" of down below.