The Scream fetches jaw-dropping record price at auction
Edvard Munch’s The Scream fetched $119.9 million at auction last week, making it the most expensive piece of art to ever go under the hammer.
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Icelandair to resume flights from Denver to Iceland
Icelandair, Iceland’s flagship airline, is set to resume its flight service from Denver International Airport in the U.S. to Iceland on May 11, 2012....
Breivik planned Obama ceremony bombing
Confessed Norwegian gunman Anders Breivik was planning to bomb the Obama Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2009, according to reports.
Icelandair U.S. resumes flights from Washington, D.C. to Iceland
Iceland’s leading airline, Icelandair, has now resumed its seasonal flight service from Washington, D.C. to Iceland.
Finnish grammar grumps’ noun praised
A Finnish name for a grammar pendant has been praised by an American website, which picked out the top foreign words that should be assimilated into t...
Moon ‘drew Greenland icebergs to the Titanic’
The sinking of the Titanic a century ago could have been the result of the Moon moving unusually close to the Earth, causing Greenland icebergs to dri...
Boston ice skating charity event cancelled due to inclement weather
Due to inclement weather, it was necessary for sponsors Icelandair to cancel the second annual ‘Last Bostonian Skating’ ice skating charity event sche...
US confiscates policeman’s Cuban cigar cash
Denmark is to investigate after the US confiscated a policeman’s DKK 137,000 (EUR 18,423) deposit for Cuban cigars bought from Germany.