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Norway is rebuilding a dilapidated reindeer fence along its border with Russia in the Arctic to stop the animals from wandering into the neighboring country — costly strolls for which Oslo has to compensate Moscow over loss of grassland

OSLO (Reuters) — Norwegian Air may consider adding Boeing (NYSE:BA)'s MAX 10 model to its fleet, CEO Geir Karlsen said on Thursday, after finding the plane's flight range was better-suited to the airline than initially thought.

Norway will become the third country to donate F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv to bolster its Soviet-era air force, three Norwegian media reported Thursday, without citing any sources. Neither the number of planes nor the delivery date were announced, as Ukraine pursues a grinding counteroffensive against Russian forces in the east. Contacted by AFP, a spokeswoman for Norway's defence minister could «neither confirm nor deny» the media reports. The reports came as Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Thursday, which was also Ukraine's Independence Day. During his visit, Norway announced it would supply Kyiv with Iris-T anti-air missiles, demining equipment, and a 1.5 billion kroner ($141 million) aid package for the purchase of gas and electricity this winter. But there has been no official announcement concerning F-16s.

R Nagalakshmi looked at her son Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa. Standing in a corner of a room with a glint in her eyes and a disarming smile, the proud mother looked at her son as he gave media interviews. The precious picture has become most of the favourite pictures on the Internet and has been doing the rounds on social media. Praggnanandhaa is enjoying his dream run at the final of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. He recently became the first Indian, since five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in 2002, to make it to the final of the FIDE World Cup. After defeating World No 3 Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks on Monday, the teen sensation reached the final and will now compete against five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Legendary chess champion Garry Kasparov took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to laud the 18-year-old's feats and his mother's efforts. The former world champion remembered the good old days when his mother used to accompany him to every event.

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ANI, Praggnanandhaa’s coach RB Ramesh has expressed his immense pride in the Indian grandmaster’s exceptional performance in the global tournament. Ramesh said that he is optimistic about Praggnanandhaa’s chances in the final, the report said.

Meta Platforms on Tuesday asked a court in Norway to stop a fine that the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching user privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications. Since Aug. 14, Meta Platforms has been fined 1 million crowns ($94,313) per day for harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, a practice common to Big Tech. The company is asking for a temporary injunction against the order, which imposes a daily fine through to Nov.

Netflix has officially ordered a second season for the Danish medical drama series, marking over a year since its initial debut. The six-part series, which landed on Netflix on June 8, 2022, centers on a fertility doctor, Josephine Park, who unintentionally inseminates herself with her former boyfriend's sperm after a night of drinking.

Praggnanandhaa stunned world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament here on Monday. After the two-game classical series ended 1-1, the 18-year-old Indian prodigy outlasted the highly-rated American GM in a battle of wits in a nerve-wracking tie-breaker. This thrilling encounter of mental prowess saw Praggnanandhaa triumph over his opponent. «I didn't expect to play Magnus in this tournament at all because the only way I could play him was in the final, and I didn't expect to be in the final… I will just try to give my best and see how it goes,» said Praggnanandhaa after the match. Praggnanandhaa will now take on Norway's Magnus Carlsen in the final. Earlier, Praggnanandhaa beat compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 5-4 in a sudden death tie-break to book a place for himself in the semifinals on Thursday. The Chennai lad is going to be the only other Indian other than five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand to compete in the Candidates. Praggnanandhaa had orchestrated one of the biggest upsets of the FIDE World Cup after he eliminated American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the tiebreakers. «Pragg goes through to the final! He beats Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak and will face Magnus Carlsen now.

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament here on Monday. After the two-game classical series ended 1-1, the 18-year-old Indian prodigy outlasted the highly-rated American GM in a battle of wits in a nerve-wracking tie-breaker.

Sweden has welcomed a hydro-powered Bitcoin (BTC) mining data center. 

In order to reach the Arctic region, the researchers collected air samples from several points along the Norwegian coast. The recent publication of the findings in the academic journal Nature Communications. «With our study, we present data on the mass load of different types of plastic in the marine atmosphere for the first time,» said Isabel Goßmann, a doctoral candidate at the University of Oldenburg's Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) and first author of the paper.

Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a leading technology company in the cryptocurrency mining community headquartered in Singapore, announced its unaudited mining and operations updates for July 2023 on August 7, 2023.

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women’s football World Cup, held this year in Australia and New Zealand, is setting records. England eventually beat Colombia, and then Australia, to set up a final against Spain on August 20th. Attendance at the tournament is over 1.8m, up from 2015’s record of 1.4m.

Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Ladakh for two days, starting Thursday, as per party sources, as cited by ANI. Earlier, he toured Srinagar and Jammu twice but couldn't visit Ladakh. The party source, however, did not reveal any other plans.