Norway’s King Harald V departs Malaysia after pacemaker implant

Norway’s King Harald V departs Malaysia after pacemaker implant

OSLO, Norway (AP) — An airplane carrying Norway’s King Harald V arrived in Oslo on Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker while on holiday in Malaysia. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized for an infection during a private vacation on the northern resort island of Langkawi, the royal house said last … Read more

Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized

Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane arrived on Friday in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is in hospital and being treated for an infection. King Harald V, Europe’s oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalized after he fell ill during a vacation, the royal palace in Oslo … Read more

Europe’s oldest monarch remains hospitalized on a Malaysian island after falling ill on vacation

Europe’s oldest monarch remains hospitalized on a Malaysian island after falling ill on vacation

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — King Harald V of Norway remained hospitalized with an infection on Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi on Wednesday as officials said that his condition was improving. Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch at age 87, became ill while he was on vacation. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, said in Norway that his … Read more

Norway defends deep-sea mining as a necessary step into the unknown

Norway defends deep-sea mining as a necessary step into the unknown

Environmental activists take part in a protest to call for an international moratorium on deep-sea mining. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images It makes the northern European country the first in the world to move forward with the process of extracting minerals from the seabed. Norway’s government said the practice could be one way … Read more