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Tourists visit the Santa Claus Village during a rainy day, on November 16, 2024, near Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. With a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and lack of snow in his Arctic hometown have him worried. | Photo Credit: AFP With a month to go until…
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Several European countries are advising their residents to be ready for war even as Russia and Ukraine witnessed a grim milestone recently – the 1,000th day of conflict. Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark have issued advisories that ask citizens to make sure they sustain themselves in case of a crisis. While Sweden started sending out…
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Two Finnish towns near the Russian border plan to close schools offering Russian language and culture classes, upsetting parents and students who say cross-cultural understanding is needed more than ever. Also Read: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Finland’s relations with its powerful eastern neighbour have soured since Russia’s 2022 invasion. The war prompted Helsinki to reverse its decades-long policy…
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The suspect admitted to being the shooter in a preliminary interrogation. Helsinki, Finland: Finland will fly its flags at half-mast on Wednesday to mark the country’s mourning after a 12-year-old opened fire at a school, killing one classmate and seriously injuring two others. All public buildings and institutions will lower their flags from 8:00 am…
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A shooter opened fire on April 2 at a school in Vantaa outside the Finnish capital Helsinki injuring three minors, police said, adding that a suspect had been arrested. “There are people injured in the shooting incident”, police said in a statement shortly after 10:00 a.m. (0700 GMT). Source link
The young in India are “happiest” while those in “lower middle” rung are least happy (Representational) New York: India was ranked 126th out of 143 nations in a global happiness index released on Wednesday which noted that older age is associated with higher life satisfaction in the world’s most populous country. Finland emerged as the…
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Finland remained the world’s happiest country for a seventh straight year. Helsinki: Finland remained the world’s happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report published on Wednesday. And Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland. Afghanistan, plagued by…
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The Zoho Chief slammed the competitive exam culture. Zoho Chief Executive Officer Sridhar Vembu reacted to FIITJEE’s latest advertisement which drew heavy criticism for its unethical tactics. The print ad used a student’s image to suggest declining performance after leaving their institute. It further stooped to fear-mongering by associating a competitor with student suicides and…
Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is ‘a meaningless step’. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed to deploy its troops and strike systems near the Finnish border following its accession to NATO, Al Jazeera reported. Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is ‘a meaningless step’, adding that Russia will…