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Puri in Norway: India seeks offshore tech for deep-sea oil, hydrogen collaboration
The Hindu Business Line
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July 8, 2025
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri during a roundtable with representatives of Offshore Energy Cluster, in Bergen on Monday. | Photo Credit: Hardeep Singh Puri - X Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who is on an official...
Dutch, Norwegian F-35s to guard Ukraine supply lines in Poland
Defense News
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July 7, 2025
PARIS — Dutch and Norwegian F-35 fighter jets will be stationed in Poland under NATO command to protect supplies of equipment to Ukraine, the Dutch defense ministry said. The Dutch F-35s will be based in Poland from the start of September to the...
Norway Hits 96.9% EV Adoption, Leads Global Green Shift
WebProNews
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July 4, 2025
Norway has long been a global leader in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), and the latest figures underscore just how far the country has come. In June 2025, an astonishing 96.9% of new car registrations in Norway were electric vehicles, a...
Norway, Ukraine sign health partnership deal to strengthen medical cooperation
The Malaysian Star
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July 4, 2025
OSLO, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Norway and Ukraine have signed a comprehensive health partnership agreement aimed at deepening cooperation and improving healthcare services, the Norwegian government announced in a press release on Friday. The agreement...
Rex International signals start of Okea’s exploration well drilling in Norway’s Brage Field
The Business Times Singapore
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July 8, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Multinational oil and gas production company Rex International announced on Tuesday (Jul 8) that Okea, the operator of the oil-producing Brage Field in Norway, spudded an exploration well in the field. This comes on the back of the...
Norwegian company has plans for LNG export project in Quebec (World)
Castanet Kamloops
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July 4, 2025
Maura Forrest and Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press - Jul 4, 2025 / 4:22 pm | Story: 559950 Photo: The Canadian Press Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks at a news conference at his office in Quebec City, Friday, June 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN...
Teammates and Competitors Join Forces for International Women’s Championship
Live Sail Die
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July 7, 2025
The strength of bonds forged in competition is a common theme among the second group of skippers and teams invited to compete in the 2026 New York Yacht Club International Women’s Championship. In many cases, these bonds link sailors competing...
Government talking to metals giant Rio Tinto about cash flow help amid U.S. tariffs
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with cash flow problems caused by the United States' global steel and aluminum tariffs. During a visit to...
India eyes Norwegian expertise in carbon storage for energy transition
Mint
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July 7, 2025
New Delhi: India is looking at Norwegian expertise in energy and transition-related technologies, including carbon capture and storage, as the country seeks to upgrade its capabilities to meet its clean energy goals and net-zero target of 2070....
Norwegian company looks to jump-start LNG export project in Quebec
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
Montreal·New A subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company is interested in building a liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec to export to Europe. Company sets sights on Quebec to export natural gas to Europe The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 04,...
Campaigners slam Government’s fast-track self-driving vehicle plan over fears for rider safety
MCN
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Autonomous car on motorway 6 Autonomous buses and taxis are set to arrive on UK roads sooner than expected, as the Government announces plans to ‘fast-track’ the rollout of small-scale commercial self-driving services – but campaigners say the...
Norwegian company has plans for LNG export project in Quebec
Lethbridge Herald
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July 4, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 4, 2025. MONTREAL — A subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company wants to build a liquefied natural gas export project in Quebec. Marinvest Energy Canada says there’s a strong business case for an LNG project in Quebec to...
Judge tosses lawsuit against planned Fort Greene Park overhaul, citing ‘significant’ long-term benefits
Brooklyn Paper - New York
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July 7, 2025
A judge has tossed out a lawsuit that aimed to halt a large overhaul of Fort Greene Park. File photo by Susan De Vries A Manhattan judge last week tossed a lawsuit against the city’s plan to overhaul Fort Greene Park, and the project may finally...
Norway CO2 Tax Exemption End on Fishing Vessels to Impact Bunker Volumes
Ship & Bunker
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July 4, 2025
Sources tell Ship & Bunker the new rule will have a deeper and more lasting impact on Norway’s domestic bunker volumes. File Image / Pixabay Norway's abrupt end to the CO2 tax exemption for fishing vessels has sent ripples through the country's...
Iran’s president claims Israel tried to kill him, says open to new nuke talks with US
The Times of Israel
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July 7, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed that Israel attempted to assassinate him, speaking in a 28-minute interview released Monday with American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson “They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they...
Culture Norwegian Royal Maud Angelica Behn Comes Out as Bi at Oslo Pride With Her Mother’s Support By Roberta Mercuri July 7, 2025
them. - New York
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July 7, 2025
This post originally appeared on Vanity Fair Italia and, in English, on Vanity Fair. There was a princess at Pride 2025 in Oslo: Martha Louise of Norway accompanied her eldest daughter, Maud Angelica Behn, to the parade Sunday. Behn is the...
Stockholm, not Oslo: the dramatic night that made the peace deal between Israel and the PLO
Haaretz
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July 7, 2025
It may not surprise anyone that the Oslo Accord was signed in Washington. Even the youngest among us have seen the iconic pictures from the signing ceremony on the White House lawn. I assume that many people also know that the 'Declaration of...
Touted As “Greatest Threat” To U.S. Military, Why Is Trump Turning A Blind Eye To Biden’s Green Military Plan?
The Eurasian Times
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July 7, 2025
With U.S. President Donald Trump signing the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into law on July 4, questions are being raised about one of its fallouts on the American military’s ‘clean energy mission,’ which was promoted with great intensity under the...
A Bout of Strep Throat Forced King Diamond to Cancel Four Shows
MetalSucks
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July 7, 2025
An unfortunate bit of news has come out for fans planning to attend the next four shows of King Diamond‘s upcoming European tour, as an unexpected strep throat diagnosis for the big man himself has forced the cancellation of those gigs. News of...
Hardeep Puri Holds Talks With Norway's Experts To Boost India's Deepsea Oil & Gas Hunt
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday led an Indian delegation at talks with Norwegian experts on developing a hi-tech deep-sea oil and gas exploration ecosystem in India as the...