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Supplementary Questions for Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan following the Ministerial Statement on the Situation in the Middle East, 22 September 2025
Question 1 MP Vikram Nair: Thank you for your clarification on Singapore’s position on recognition of Palestine. I think one of the reasons some of the other countries have changed their position is because they believe some of the actions Israel...
Owner: Singaporean Government
Drone Sightings Trigger Halting Flights in Norway, Denmark
(MENAFN) Major airports across Norway and Denmark were compelled to suspend all flights following multiple drone sightings near runways on Monday and into early Tuesday. In Denmark, authorities reported that two or three sizable drones were...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Copenhagen, Oslo Airports Suspend Operations Due to Drone Incursions
(MENAFN) Flight operations at two major Scandinavian airports were brought to a standstill Monday night following multiple sightings of unidentified drones, authorities confirmed, escalating concerns over regional airspace security. Air traffic at...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Norway’s Conservative Party Leader Steps Down
(MENAFN) Former Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg declared on Friday that she will step down as head of the Conservative Party after more than twenty years in charge, stating she must “take responsibility” for the party’s disappointing...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU and Egypt to hold first summit in October — Norway intervenes in investigation into Libyan Coast Guard attack on NGO ship — New abuse accusations levelled against Libyan Coast Guard — UN Special Rapporteur issues migration reco…
The EU will host its first ever summit with Egypt on 22 October in Brussels. The Norwegian government has intervened in the ongoing investigation into the recent attack on an NGO search and rescue (SAR) ship. A SAR NGO has accused Libyan...
Owner: ECRE (Non-profit)
Raynet and Corporater announce technology partnership to drive risk-informed governance and compliance
Corporater will integrate Raynet’s Discovery & Inventory functionalities along with the Raynet One Technology Catalog into its portfolio. STAVANGER, STAVANGER, NORWAY, September 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Raynet, a global True IT Asset...
ICRC Vice-President: Maintaining and strengthening IHL is a collective responsibility of all states
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, As we gather today for the 13th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the international community must urgently take decisive steps to better protect civilians in armed...
Owner: The International Committee of the Red Cross (Non-profit)
Norway Confirms Avian Flu in Wild Birds
(MENAFN) Norwegian authorities have confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza in wild bird populations across two northern counties, media reported Wednesday. The virus has been detected in 12 separate locations in the Troms and Nordland regions...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
President Ruto Calls for a Powerful New Phase of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP 2.0) at Africa Climate Summit
Addis Ababa, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the 2nd Africa Climate Summit (ACS), President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya, as Chair of Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), called for a...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Announces Pricing of 3,313,868 Ordinary Shares
MIAMI, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) (the “Company”) announced today that it has priced its registered direct offering of 3,313,868 ordinary shares of the Company (the “Equity Offering”) to...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Announces Registered Direct Offering of Ordinary Shares
MIAMI, Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) (the “Company”) announced today that it has commenced a registered direct offering of ordinary shares of the Company (the “Equity Offering”) to certain...
Global Leaders Converge in Edmonton September 23-25 for Carbon Capture Canada as Federal Government Expected to Boost Industrial Carbon Pricing in Fall 2025
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Canada accelerates its infrastructure agenda and doubles down on clean energy investments, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) has emerged as a cornerstone of the nation’s climate...
Slick City Action Park Announces First International Expansion with Activeon Partnership
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Slick City Franchise Group, the U.S. pioneer of indoor slide parks, has signed a landmark partnership agreement with Activeon, Europe’s leading trampoline park operator. Together, the companies...
Norwegians Set to Vote in High-Stakes Election
(MENAFN) Norwegians are set to vote on Monday in a high-stakes general election that will determine the composition of the Storting, the country’s 169-member parliament, as well as representatives to the Sami Parliament. With polls forecasting a...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
NVIDIA and United Kingdom Build Nation’s AI Infrastructure and Ecosystem to Fuel Innovation, Economic Growth and Jobs
News Summary: NVIDIA partners with Nscale, the U.K. AI infrastructure company, to scale up 300,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs worldwide, with up to 60,000 GPUs in the U.K. NVIDIA and AI infrastructure partners Nscale, CoreWeave and others to...
Ex-Norwegian PM announces resigning as Conservative Party leader
(MENAFN) Former Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced Friday that she will resign as leader of the Conservative Party after more than 20 years in charge, citing the party’s poor election performance as a reason to “take responsibility.”...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
New international joint campaign to stop foreign complicity in Israel's illegal settlement project: Stop Trade with Settlements
Campaign focuses on companies that trade, or have until recently traded, with Israeli settlements JCB (UK), Barclays Bank (UK), Siemens (Germany), Carrefour (France), Maersk (Denmark), Tui (Germany), eDreams Odigeo and Opodo (Spain) An alliance of...
Owner: Oxfam International (Non-profit)
Kazakhstan strengthens inter-agency co-operation on youth crime through OSCE workshop
Representatives from law enforcement, social services and youth affairs institutions in Kazakhstan worked to strengthen co-operation for addressing and preventing youth crime at a workshop in Astana organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Kongsberg in Canada Supports Groundbreaking of Kingston Digital Facility with Critical Technology Contribution
Kongsberg in Canada supports NAV CANADA’s groundbreaking of the KDF, contributing technology to advance Canada’s first transitional digital air traffic hub OTTAWA, CANADA, September 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Kongsberg in Canada is proud to...
Sustainable Palm Oil Market Size to Exceed USD 117.36 Billion by 2034, Boosted by Consumer and Government Support
Ottawa, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global sustainable palm oil market size stood at USD 75.28 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to increase from USD 78.70 billion in 2025 to around USD 117.36 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 4.54% from...