Eau de Paris Art Week

Amid Paris Art Week’s visual excess, Ann Binlot followed her nose from fair to fête to parfumerie, proving that seeing may be believing, but smelling is remembering. View of the exhibition Minimal, Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris,...

Full list of playable leagues on FM26

If you are wondering which leagues are available to play, we've got you covered. Football Manager 26 will feature women's football for the first time in the history of the video game series, while the usual offering of men's leagues has been...

Seventy horses and foals rescued in 15-month operation

Caroline RobinsonSouth West ShareSave A foal with bright blue eyes was taken in as part of an operation to rescue 70 horses Seventy rare-breed Icelandic horses and foals have been rescued in a 15-month welfare operation by animal charities. Public...

Grapevine Events: Kvennaverkfall And Kvennaár Celebrations

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn, or the Women’s Day Off, where 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to make society acutely aware of how much work — both in the professional sphere and domestically — was being done by...

TIMP4 as a Potential Complementary Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Membranous Nephropathy: A Multi-Omics Investigation with Clinical Validation

Introduction Membranous nephropathy (MN), an immune-mediated glomerulopathy characterized by subepithelial immune deposits and glomerular basement membrane thickening, is the leading cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults and a major contributor of...

EditorialSyria's drugs trade won't be stopped overnight

Undoubtedly, Syria is a changed country. To take just one example, last week interim President Ahmad Al Shara – a leader of an armed group – travelled to Moscow to meet the leader of the Russian Federation, a country whose armed forces spent years...

AI Video Showing Teacher Kissing Student Distributed In Primary School 

An AI-generated video showing a teacher and student kissing was distributed among students in Víðistaðaskóli primary school, RÚV reports. In conversation with RÚV, principal Dagný Kristinsdóttir claims that school authorities were immediately...

Mosquitoes found in one of the last untouched corners of Earth

For centuries, Iceland was considered one of the few mosquito-free places on Earth due to its harsh climate and freezing winters. Recent reports now confirm that mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time in history, raising concern...

Mosquitoes Have Started Appearing in One of The Last Places on Earth Without Them

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world's mosquito-free places, a researcher told AFP Monday. Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes, two females and one male, were sighted...

Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 near Kleifarvatn

At around 04:50 this morning, an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 was measured west of Kleifarvatn, in Móhálsadalur. According to a statement from the Icelandic Meteorological Office, aftershock activity is still ongoing, with the largest aftershock...

EU overreach meets Belgian reality

Welcome to Rapporteur. This is Nicoletta Ionta, with Eddy Wax in Brussels. Got a story we should know about? Drop us a line – we read every message. Need-to-knows: EUCO: Belgium balks at legal and financial risks of using frozen Russian assets...

NI squad depth 'tested right to the core' - Oxtoby

The absences, as well as that of the now retired Rachel Dugdale, have paved the way for the welcome return of 38-year-old Durham centre-back Sarah McFadden. The 106-cap defender has not featured for NI since February 2024 after returning from a...

Yorkshire chippy sells 7lb fish and chips and you could get it free

Neil Shaw Assistant Editor 11:26, 24 Oct 2025Updated 11:28, 24 Oct 2025 Hungry foodies are being invited to step up to the plate and tackle a chippy's 8,000-calorie fish and chips challenge - that just one champion has completed. Catch 55 in...

This City Was Named Safest in the World for Travelers—for the Second Year in a Row

Nothing replaces peace of mind when traveling abroad, but some cities are considered safer than others. The city of Reykjavik in Iceland ticks that box, named the safest city in the world, according to a new ranking from insurance provider...

Europe’s 10 Fastest-Growing Fintech Startups in 2025

Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Sifted, a Financial Times-backed media outlet focusing on the European startup ecosystem, has released its 2025 selection of the 250 fastest-growing startups in...

Chippy is selling a 7lb fish and chips - with sides

11:27, 24 Oct 2025Updated 11:28, 24 Oct 2025 Hungry foodies are being invited to step up to the plate and tackle a chippy's 8,000-calorie fish and chips challenge - that just one champion has completed. Catch 55 in Scarborough has rustled up what...

This country was one of the few mosquito-free nations. That just changed

(CNN) — Iceland’s frozen, inhospitable winters have long protected it from mosquitoes, but that may be changing. This week, scientists announced the discovery of three mosquitoes — marking the country’s first confirmed finding of these insects in...

2026 Travel Guide: 10 Safest Cities in the World

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - As the world witnesses more uncertainty and safety concerns, nothing can match a destination where a sense of peace is guaranteed. Some places even simply master that balance better than others, making them the ultimate luxury...

Of Monsters and Men Makes a Promising Comeback With ‘All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade’

★★★★☆ Icelandic folk-rock group Of Monsters and Men released their first major album in six years, All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade, on Friday. The product is grand, contemplative, and achingly vulnerable. Of Monsters and Men is comprised...

A famous Jewish pilot’s vintage plane could be scrapped. This man is on a mission to save it

Peter Gluckmann wasn’t a pilot by trade. But the watchmaker, who had fled Nazi Germany in 1939 as a teenager, would later become obsessed with flying. After the Holocaust, he learned how to pilot aircraft in the United States, and, in 1953,...