Iceland's prime minister resigns, will run for president
Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir announced on Friday that she will resign from her post and run for president, public broadcaster RUV and daily Morgunbladid reported.
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Iceland wants to switch up its tourism tax to protect nature — and fight overtourism
Iceland wants tourists to flock to its bubbling hot springs, picturesque ice caps and lunar-like lava landscapes — but not at the expense of its residents or natural environment.
'Worldschooling' their 4-year-old child, this family has traveled to 23 countries so far this year
"You won't be able to travel anymore after having children." Carol Tan, 36, and Rakcent Wong, 35, often received that age-old advice before having their son, Atlas — but they were determined to prove the naysayers wrong.
Ukraine’s Zelensky to speak in Singapore on Sunday to seek support for peace plan at Shangri-La Dialogue: Kyiv source
“President Zelensky will speak at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2,” a source in Kyiv told This Week in Asia. The regional security conference at the Shangri-La Hotel began on Friday and will end on Sunday.
Japan launches controversial whaling ship in bid ‘boost demand’ for whale meat, amid criticism from conservationists
The chef fires up the grill and bastes a chunky whale steak, a Japanese delicacy that could soon appear on more plates nationwide as a new whaling mother ship sets sail, despite criticism from conservationists.
Amazon-backed Anthropic launches its Claude AI chatbot across Europe
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, said Monday it's launching its generative AI assistant Claude in Europe on Tuesday. It will be available to individuals and businesses through the web and via an iPhone app.
Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts
JAKARTA — At least 800 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area's Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed lava and ash clouds into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said on Wednesday (April 17).
EU probe of weight loss and diabetes drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic finds no link to suicidal thoughts
European Union drug regulators found no evidence that highly popular weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and self-injury, the regulator said Friday.