Jessica Long excited to compete at World Series
From Paralympic USA’s multiple-Paralympic champion will kick off her season at the first stage of the 2017 World Para Swimming Series in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11-12 March. “I think it (the World Series) is fantastic! It is exactly what Paralympians…
Destinations of the week
The best alternative destinations if you’ve already visited every major European city By Andrew Richdale, AFAR From Business Insider Visit the continent with fresh eyes this year by booking a trip to these rising-star cities. If You Like Berlin ….
Beauty of imperfection
The Beauty of imperfection: Three ottomans that celebrate vulnerability From Core77 Perfection is overrated. In a world of mass production and assembly lines automated down to the smallest rote task, discovering imperfections or mistakes can feel refreshing. It’s those imperfections…
The Editor speaks: Music
With all the hatred, violence, wickedness, shocking, discrimination, terror, grief and on and on, that surrounds us seemingly every day, I awoke this morning with this reminder from an online friend, Paul McGowan, that music soothes the soul. This is…
The Budweiser-Miller merger sounds bad for craft beer — but it may be a blessing in disguise
By Melissa Stanger From Business Insider Anheuser-Busch InBev, the maker of Budweiser, announced October last year (2015) that it had reached an agreement with Miller maker SABMiller to join forces in the biggest beer deal of the decade. AB InBev raised its offer for…
One European country is going to deport up to 80,000 people seeking asylum
By Karl Ritter, Associated Press From Business Insider STOCKHOLM (AP) — Dazzled by an unprecedented wave of migration, Sweden on Thursday put into words an uncomfortable reality for Europe: If the continent isn’t going to welcome more than 1 million people…
Greenland aiming to opt out of Paris Climate Accord
By H. STERLING BURNETT From News Heartland Even before the ink dried on the UN climate agreement developed in Paris, Greenland is angling to opt out of its commitments under the accord due to its impacts on the territory’s energy sector. …
Sweden tightens border with Denmark to keep out migrants
BY MEGAN SPECIA From Mashable Sweden has tightened border controls for those arriving by train, bus and ferry in an attempt to halt the flow of migrants and refugees into the country from mainland Europe. The new rules went into…
Superbug resistant to ALL antibiotics reaches Europe
By Ben Spencer Medical Correspondent from The Daily Mail UK Danish patient becomes infected with untreatable form of salmonella that is ‘probably already in Britain’ The patient’s current state of health cannot be disclosed, scientists say But they fear this…
Virgin Islanders seek reparations from Denmark
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Britain and the United States are not alone with indebtedness to African s transported against their will from the continent to be sold into slavery. Although Portugal and Spain have also been maligned…