Banco Santander and Iberpay Launch International Real-Time Payments Service

pymnts.com Banco Santander and Iberpay have processed the first international instant transfers based on the European Payments Council’s One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst)…

Is There Really a Motherhood Penalty?

maximum-progress.com A couple of weeks ago three European economists published this paper studying the female income penalty after childbirth. The surprising headline result: there is no…

World War War III may already have started

reason.com Britain's signals intelligence spy chief raised eyebrows this week with warnings that Russia is coordinating both cyberattacks and physical acts of sabotage against the…

Lewis Hamilton's American accent goes viral

newsweek.com A video of Lewis Hamilton helping the Denver Broncos release their schedule by trying food from the states of their opponents has gone viral—and in the clip, he shows off…

Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheap concert tickets

cbc.ca Taking a trip to Europe to see Taylor Swift perform may not seem like an intuitive financial decision — but tickets to a concert in Canada are so expensive some fans are…

China’s Xpeng officially enters Hong Kong following tie-up with car distributor Sime Darby

scmp.com The entry-level G6 will be sold at HK$299,000 (US$38,450) as part of a trade-in offer, while the X9 similarly starts at HK$500,000. Both models will be equipped with…

London Mayor Worried About Second Trump Presidency: 'He's A Racist. He's A Sexist. He's A Homophobe'

benzinga.com London Mayor Sadiq Khan has publicly denounced Donald Trump, labeling him as racist, sexist, and homophobic. Khan is calling on his Labour Party to adopt a firmer position…

Europeans lack visceral attachment to the EU. Does it matter?

economist.com In ancient Greece poetry was regulated so as to prevent excessive passions from corrupting the social order. Rhyming couplets have long since lost their ability to sway…

The secret behind the world’s happiest country

economist.com For the seventh year running Finland has just been declared the world’s happiest country by the World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to promote the sustainable…

7 Pharma Stocks Harnessing AI Brainpower for Big Breakthroughs

investorplace.com AI continues to impact pharma stocks to buy in a major way It’s no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform every industry and sector, pharma included.…

Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings

abcnews.go.com Finland’s national carrier Finnair is resuming flights to Estonia’s second largest city in June after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu last month…

Chinese EV maker Xpeng launches SUVs in France as European expansion gains pace

scmp.com Xpeng will work with French car distributors to set up a sales and service network first, followed closely by exports of the EVs. The Guangzhou-based company will market the…

‘William Tell,’ Starring Claes Bang, Golshifteh Farahani, Sells Across Europe for Beta Cinema (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com Beta Cinema has closed a slew of international territory sales on its resistance epic “William Tell,” Nick Hamm’s adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s play. WME Independent…

Wegovy could bankrupt US health system, Sanders says in new report

thehill.com Blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy could bankrupt the U.S. health care system unless the price drops, according to a staff report released Wednesday from the office of…

‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Dark, Urgently Timely Danish Drama About an Unwanted Pregnancy

hollywoodreporter.com Like one of those fiendish knots that tighten the more you squirm, director Magnus von Horn’s Cannes competitor The Girl With the Needle builds to a devastating climax, taut…

‘The Girl With The Needle’ Review: Magnus Von Horn’s Dark Fairytale Retelling Of Denmark’s Most Infamous Serial Murder Case Is Beguiling

deadline.com Magnus von Horn’s sophomore feature Sweat earned its director a spot in Cannes’ Official Selection in 2020, after his debut, The Here After, played in Directors’ Fortnight…

Klarna and Nets Team on BNPL for Nordic eCommerce Merchants

pymnts.com firm Klarna and payments service provider Nets partnered to bring more payment options to merchant clients in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Through the collaboration,…

No Wegovy Shortage in Denmark Amid High Demand, Novo Nordisk Confirms

benzinga.com Novo Nordisk A/S NVO says that despite earlier warnings from the Danish Medicines Agency about potential shortages of Wegovy, it does not anticipate a shortage of its…

Industry backers say Europe needs a carbon capture tsar

euronews.com With real-world development lagging far behind the rhetoric of policy makers in Brussels, industry groups and big oil agree the EU needs a 'CCS tsar' to make the case for a…

Novo Nordisk Executive Reports Share Sale

tipranks.com has released an update. Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare leader based in Denmark, has disclosed the sale of 9,000 shares by Exe...

You Can Now Invest in a Bitcoin Fund and Earn Yield

decrypt.co Canadian financial tech firm DeFi Technologies announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, Valour, has launched what it calls the first ever yield-bearing Bitcoin exchange-traded…

Democracies are better at managing pandemics than autocracies, according to a new study by Airfinity

benzinga.com London, England, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Democratic nations tended to fare better during the pandemic with fewer excess deaths than autocratic nations, according to…

Sundance Winner ‘Gaucho Gaucho’ Sells Across Europe for Charades (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com Paris-based sales house Charades has sold the Argentinian Western-inspired documentary “Gaucho Gaucho” across much of Europe. The film — which won a Sundance Jury Prize in…

NATO's Newest Member Open To Hosting Nuclear Weapons

zerohedge.com NATO's Newest Member Open To Hosting Nuclear Weapons Via The Libertarian Institute The Swedish Prime Minister has said his country would be willing to host nuclear weapons…

MPs and peers urge Sunak to U-turn on oil and gas extraction plans

theguardian.com A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged Rishi Sunak to make a U-turn on his oil and gas extraction plans as part of a broader plea to increase efforts to address the…

Patryk Vega’s AI-Generated ‘Putin’ Selling Globally Amid Intense Interest in Russian Leader (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com “Putin,” Polish director Patryk Vega’s re-imagining of the life of the Russian leader, has become a hot-selling title for German distributor and sales company Kinostar.…

Director Magnus Von Horn Steps Up To The Cannes Competition With ‘The Girl With The Needle’: “It Was A Story That Provoked Me Very Deeply”

deadline.com In 2020, Magnus von Horn was excited to find that his film Sweat had been accepted into the Official Selection at Cannes, a big step up from his debut, The Here After, which…

Ukraine's F-16s may come too late to stop Russian onslaught

newsweek.com The expected delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine may come too late to have a significant impact on Russia's ongoing offensive in Kharkiv, experts have told Newsweek.…

Ascendis Pharma Announces Extension of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Review Period for TransCon™ PTH for Adults with Hypoparathyroidism

benzinga.com Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date extended by three months for further review of submission to August 14, 2024 COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE…

As Donald Trump threatens NATO, the Baltic states stiffen their defences

economist.com THE SPECTRE of Donald Trump returned rudely to Europe on February 10th, when the former president told a campaign rally that he would encourage Russia to attack nato allies…

'Split Second' Moment Deaf Dog Realizes Owner Is Home Caught On Camera

newsweek.com In a touching display that has captured the hearts of thousands online, Astrid, a 2.5-year-old deaf Australian Shepherd, didn't let her disability hinder her excitement upon…

NATO member gives Ukraine F-16 arrival update

newsweek.com Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued an update for when F-16 fighter jets will arrive in Ukraine. During a joint-press conference with other Nordic leaders and…

Free Trade with Free Nations

marginalrevolution.com Alec Stapp points out that Canada is the only NATO country that has a free trade agreement with the United States. That’s quite remarkable if you think about. NATO allies…

TrustNordisk Closes North America on ‘Stockholm Bloodbath’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com Scandinavia’s top sales agent TrustNordisk has scored major deals on the English-language epic “Stockholm Bloodbath” by Oscar-nominated Mikael Håfström (‘Evil”), which has…

Why Are Argentina’s Highest-Denomination Currency Bills Being Printed By a State-Owned Company in China?

nakedcapitalism.com “ Not only am I not going to do business with China, I am not going to do business with any communist .” Javier Milei, eight months ago. During his relatively short but…

Novo Nordisk's Wegovy Delivers: Long-Term Study Shows Sustained Weight Loss As Drugmaker Tries To Woo Insurers And Governments

benzinga.com Patients using Novo Nordisk’s NVO NONOF obesity treatment, Wegovy, have reportedly maintained an average weight loss of 10% over a four-year period, as per data revealed by…

An ancient coin collection worth $72 million is headed to auction after 100 years of secrecy

businessinsider.com Vicken Yegparian, vice president of numismatics, Stack's Bowers Galleries, holds a golden coin that is part of L. E. Bruun's collection. James Brooks A legendary Danish coin…

Social Security: Debunking the Debunking

danieljmitchell.wordpress.com When the Social Security Administration released its annual Trustees’ Report last week, I crunched the numbers to show that the fiscal burden of the program is projected to…

Von der Leyen mollifies MEPs over PFAS ban concerns

euronews.com An exchange of letters reveals German centre-right MEPs' concerns over a proposed blanket ban of PFAS 'forever chemicals', and European Commission president Ursula von der…

ROCKWOOL enrols India, China, and Slovenia in Rockcycle programme

benzinga.com HEDEHUSENE, Denmark, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Construction and demolition waste accounts for 30 percent of total waste produced globally, with an estimated average…

Significant and Sustained Improvements in Renal Function Reported for Adults with Chronic Hypoparathyroidism Treated with TransCon™ PTH (Palopegteriparatide):…

benzinga.com COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND today announced 2-year results from a post-hoc analysis of the Company's Phase 3 PaTHway Trial…

Danish butter magnate's huge coin collection up for sale 100 year's after he died

cbsnews.com Copenhagen, Denmark — The vast coin collection of a Danish butter magnate is set to finally go on sale a century after his death and could fetch up to $72 million, its…

Bernie Sanders urges Novo Nordisk to lower its drug prices

fortune.com Bernie Sanders urged Denmark to force its most valuable company, Novo Nordisk A/S, to lower its drug prices, in a letter submitted by the US senator to one of the Nordic…

Intramovies Sells Venice Horizons Winner ‘Paradise is Burning’ in Key Territories Ahead Of Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com Rome-based Intramovies has clinched further key sales on the Swedish pic “Paradise is Burning” for which rising talent Mika Gustafson won best director and writer at the…

Vast coin collection of Danish magnate is going on sale a century after his death

abcnews.go.com The vast coin collection of a Danish butter magnate is set to finally go to on sale a century after his death, and could fetch up to $72 million Vast coin collection of…

Watch: Pelosi Dismantled In Real Time In Masterclass On Populism

zerohedge.com Watch: Pelosi Dismantled In Real Time In Masterclass On Populism Two weeks ago, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was thoroughly savaged during a debate at Oxford University…

‘It lowers inhibition’: how saunas are challenging UK pubs as the place to meet

theguardian.com Delegates to the UK’s first ever sauna conference will file out after the final panel discussion facing a choice of where to carry on the conversations: bar or sauna? The…

First F-16s To Arrive In Ukraine 'Within Weeks' From West, But Will It Matter?

zerohedge.com First F-16s To Arrive In Ukraine 'Within Weeks' From West, But Will It Matter? A high-ranking UK military source has told London's daily Evening Standard newspaper that F-16…

Renewables covered 95% of Portugal’s power needs last month

euronews.com Portugal has made huge progress in renewable power, up from 27 per cent in 2005 and 54 per cent in 2017. Portugal generated an ‘historic’ 95 per cent of its electricity from…

Giancarlo Esposito's Tragic True Life Story

looper.com Learn More Giancarlo Esposito is famous the world over as a writer, director, and actor with a lengthy and varied career. However, he is perhaps best known for playing…

US F-16s could play a vital role in isolating Crimea and humiliating Putin, says defense analyst

businessinsider.com The Dutch are set to deliver more than a dozen F-16s to Ukraine in the fall. JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images US F-16s will have a big impact in helping Ukraine reclaim…

Boys' IQs may be impacted by moms' pregnancy stress levels

newsweek.com High levels of stress during the late stages of pregnancy may impair IQ scores in young boys, a new study suggests. Researchers at Odense University Hospital in Denmark…

How One Fan Brought Luxembourg Back to Eurovision After a 31-Year Gap

billboard.com Eric Lehman from Luxembourg started out as a Eurovision fan, attending his first contest in Birmingham, England, in 1998 after Katrina & the Waves claimed victory in 1997…

Two-Time Eurovision Champion Loreen Says She ‘Practiced Even More’ for Her 2024 Victory Lap Performance

billboard.com Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in 2012 with “Euphoria”; she competed in 2023 with “Tattoo,” and she won again — making her the only woman to claim two…

Fed Working Paper: Pandemic unemployment benefits protect incomes, helped reduce inequality, with limited work disincentives

population.news A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that the historically unprecedented expansion of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in the U.S.…

How Europe's most vulnerable are hindered from opening bank accounts

euronews.com A report by Finance Watch shows that despite EU legislation, vulnerable consumers in the bloc don't have easy access to a basic bank account. In the midst of a…

Ireland Holds Record for Most Eurovision Wins

statista.com Once more, musicians from Europe and around the world will be going head to head on Saturday, hoping to take home the glass microphone of the 68th edition of the Eurovision…

Visualizing Europe's GDP-Per-Capita By Country

zerohedge.com Visualizing Europe's GDP-Per-Capita By Country Europe is home to some of the largest and most sophisticated economies in the world. But how do countries in the region…

Ukrainian pilots are completing F-16 training: Kyiv military official

newsweek.com The spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force announced some of his country's pilots are finishing up training to fly F-16 Fighting Falcon jets. Ukrainian news agency…