World Mar 20 Finland ranked happiest country in the world. The U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position The World Happiness Report released on Thursday says the top 20 happiest countries include 14 Western industrial countries, two countries from Latin America and one from the Middle East.
World Apr 15 Newest NATO member Finland starts building fence on Russian border The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border with Russia — primarily meant to curb illegal migration — has broken ground near the southeastern town of Imatra less than two weeks after the Nordic country joined NATO as the…
World Jun 26 Norway mourns victims after Oslo shooting attack A gunman opened fire in central Oslo's nightlife district early Saturday, killing two people — a man in his 50s and and another in his 60s — and wounding more than 20 in what the Norwegian security service called an…
World Sep 01 Belarus poll workers describe fraud in Aug. 9 election Even before the Aug. 9 presidential election in Belarus ended, a poll worker in Minsk said she was asked to sign a document summing up its result, with the vote totals left blank.