Posten / YouTube screen shot Strange New TV Commercial Turns Santa Claus Into a Gay Man Santa Claus falls in love with a man in a Christmas commercial marking 50 years since Norway decriminalized homosexuality. By Abby Liebing November 26, 2021
Guillaume Souvant / AFP via Getty Images Vaccine Alert: France Tells Millions of Citizens to Skip Moderna, Cites Crippling Heart Inflammation France has become the highest-population European country to urge anyone under 30 not to get the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus. By Jack Davis November 10, 2021
Hakon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Scanpix via AP 'Radicalized' Convert to Islam Held in Bow-and-Arrow Attack That Killed 5 'This is unreal. But the reality is that five people have been killed, many are injured and many are in shock.' By The Associated Press October 13, 2021
titaniusanglosmith / TikTok screen shotCommentary Here's Why This Remote Arctic Circle Base Is Fortified with a Heavy-Duty Fence Our society tends to think of polar bears as cute and cuddly creatures. But that decidedly is not the case. By Garion Frankel April 4, 2021
Richard Bord / Getty Images Jean-Claude Van Damme Saves Puppy Entangled in Fake Passport Fiasco from Being Put Down Say what you will about Van Damme's acting chops or the quality of his films, but his love for life and puppies can't be denied. By Bryan Chai December 25, 2020
Commentary Did Norway Just Criminalize 'Misgendering' a Trans Person, Even in Private Homes? Norway's parliament recently outlawed 'hate speech' against transgender invidivuals, even within the privacy of citizens' homes. By Michael Austin December 12, 2020
The Nordic Pineapple B&B / Facebook B&B Pressured To Remove 'Confederate' Flag That's Actually Norwegian Flag The owners of an inn were pressured into taking down their Norwegian flag after it was mistaken for the Confederate flag. By Michael Austin August 4, 2020
Rene Nijhuis / BSR Agency / Getty Images Countries Reopen Schools, Make Startling Discovery About COVID-19 'Based on preliminary experiences, it does not look like there has been a negative effect on the spread among school children or in society in general.' By Erin Coates May 30, 2020
farstad85 / YouTube screen shotCommentary Watch as Captain Nimbly Docks Huge Ship in Violent Waters A captain who docked a massive cruise ship in rough waters and made it look easy is now the star of a viral video after his feat was caught on camera. By Jared Harris February 2, 2020
Minas Panagiotakis / Getty Images Odds-On Favorite Greta Thunberg Gets Beat Out for Nobel Peace Prize by African Prime Minister The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist was beaten out for the prize by the prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali. By Bradley Evans October 11, 2019