Weapons tests involving radiation near populated areas are ‘dangerous’, Russian expert warns
Nuclear safety expert Andrey Zolotkov with the Murmansk-based environmental group Bellona says there is always a risk of unforeseen circumstances
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Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco
The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of
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“Nothing taboo” in upcoming talks with Russia’s Putin, Finnish President Niinistö says
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that no issue or subject will be considered off the table when he
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Blog – Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson lights up London’s Tate Modern
Olafur Eliasson’s show at London’s Tate Modern passes Iceland’s landscape through a glass prism, refracting it into a world of
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Species of gull facing extinction in Finland
The seagull is often perceived to be a pest. They are loud, invasive, and often try to steal food from
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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories expect ‘hectic’ sitting ahead of territorial election
Northwest Territories MLAs, in Northern Canada, have a jam-packed agenda as they head into their last scheduled sitting before the
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Russian nuclear corporation says 5 staff members died in last week’s “liquid propulsion system” blast
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom issued a statement late Friday night about the death of five of its staff. Three others received
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Alaska capital budget vetoes to hit homelessness, addiction treatment
The capital budget signed into law Thursday by Governor Mike Dunleavy puts well over $100 million to work around the
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Russian warplanes drill submarine hunt in Norwegian Sea, Norway on edge
As the Northern Fleet prepares a major naval exercise in the Norwegian Sea, a powerful group of Russian airplanes flew
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Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to heatwave
It’s not the warm days from a summer heat wave over Greenland that stress out Taatsi Pedersen. Rather, it’s how
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Reservoir impoundment puts Atlantic Inuit culture at the “point of no return,” says Indigenous leader
The president of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, says the beginning of
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant worries Alaskans
Russia has produced the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. A barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to begin
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Norad intercepts two Russian bombers over Beaufort Sea
Norad says it identified and intercepted two Russian bombers over the Beaufort Sea on Thursday. In a news release, the
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Finns eating more meat than ever before, report says
Food production is a major contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, according to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on
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Hear Indigenous language speakers from around the globe through Google Earth
Users of Google Earth are now able to hear over 50 Indigenous language speakers from across the globe saying words
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