Category: World
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Prime minister quoted author Andri Snær in her address at COP26
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir emphasized the importance of integrating the fight for equality and climate change when she addressed the COP26 climate conference earlier today. She also spoke about the importance of responding to the climate habit we face, but was also hopeful, referring to the words of Andri Snær Magnason, writer and environmentalist, when…
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Stunning Oscar performance makes Húsavík everyone’s Home Town
Swedish singer Molly Sandén performed the Oscar nominated song Húsavík with girls from the local children’s choir at the Academy Awards that aired on ABC this weekend. Molly’s performance, that was recorded at the Húsavík harbor, was voted the best performance of the night by more than 64 percent of Oscar viewers. The song Húsavík…
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Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir first solo woman to win Best Original Musics at BAFTAs
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has made history once again with her original score for the film ‘Joker’. She described working on the film in her BAFTAs acceptance speech as the “journey of a lifetime”. She is the first solo woman to ever win the Best Original Music BAFTA.
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Airbus signs contract to sell 300 planes to China
European airplane manufacturer Airbus has signed a deal this week to sell 300 Airbus aircraft to China Aviation Supplies Holding Company, including 290 A320 planes and 10 A350, French presidency Emmanuel Macron has said in a press statement. The deal is worth about 30 billion Euros at catalog prices, but airplane manufacturers usually grant significant…
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American astronaut, modern Norwegian vikings and Indian twin climbers win exploration awards
American explorer Scott Parazynski was awarded the Leif Erikson Exploration Award earlier this evening during the final night of the Explorers Festival in Húsavík. As a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, and as the only astronaut to have summited Mt. Everest, Parazynski is awarded the 2016 Leif Erkison Exploration Award for…