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Norway: Academics Say Amazon’s Alexa Should Have “Moral AI” to Report Owners to the Police
Smart assistants could soon come with a ‘moral AI’ to decide whether to report their owners for breaking the law.
That’s the suggestion of academics at who say that household gadgets like the Amazon Echo and Google Home should be enhanced with ethical smart software.
This would let them to weigh-up whether to report illegal activity to the police, effectively putting millions of...
Swedish public service TV pixelates photo of man wanted for murder
The Norwegian police have issued an international wanted persons notice for an earlier convicted 20-year-old Swedish citizen.
He is suspected of the murder of 24-year-old Heikki Björklund Paltto in Oslo, as well as a knife robbery. He is 20-years-old, a Swedish citizen and resides in Uppsala according to Norwegian media.
Norwegian police released photos of the suspect on Friday in an appeal to the...
Norwegian 'Nazi Girls' Finally Get State Apology for being sent to Concentration Camps
After World War II, about 10 percent of Norwegian women aged 18-35 who engaged in romantic relationships with German soldiers were detained, deported and even deprived of their citizenship, being given the unflattering nickname “German girls.” If they had sex with the devil himself, Lucifer and we can bet 1 million Euros they wouldn’t have faced half the persecution they got for...
Mixed Reactions as Norway Gets First 'Hospital Imam' Due to 'Popular Demand'
While the director of Norway’s largest hospital argued that this “cure of souls” would expand the range of services provided to patients, some Norwegians claimed it was Islam that was being given special treatment.
Muhammad Azeem has the distinction of being Norway’s first “hospital imam.” From now on, Muslim patients at the Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen...
Russia Prepares Norway Blitzkrieg As Turkish Troops Ready Attack On US Forces
The large deployment of personnel – including engineers and sappers from the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet – detonated huge bombs during a mock beach landing at the Khmelyovka training ground in Kaliningrad. Pictured: A huge blast at the training site on 10 January 2018.
A foreboding new Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Putin has...
Norway’s oldest man, 107, shares his secrets for long life: Wine and Cigarettes
While the hunt for the fountain of youth continues, Norway’s newly-crowned oldest man, George Melford Nygaard, has shared his thoughts on the secret to a long and fulfilling life without missing out on the finer things.
Following the death of Torbjorn Ovrebo last week, Nygaard officially became Norway’s oldest man at the age of 107. He will celebrate his 108th birthday on January 12. In 2017,...
Trump's "fake news" mantra becomes Norway’s word of the year
Norway has adopted a new term into its official lexicon, inspired by the one and only Donald Trump. The phrase “fake news” has now been formally recognized by the country’s Language Council, which cited its recent “explosion.”
“The word [phrase] is not completely new, but its use has exploded over the last year,” language researcher Ole Vage, a senior advisor to the...
Norway's Glaciers Could Disappear in Hundred Years
The vast majority of Norway’s glaciers have been shrinking in recent years and if things continue as the current rate, the Nordic country will have lost most of them just one hundred years from now.
Twenty-one out of Norway’s 31 key glaciers used as a proxy for measuring climate trends have continued to melt, losing dozens of meters, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate...
Norwegian students hold "nazi party" for fun, then as usual, they get bashed
A students’ union in Norway is under fire for holding up a theme party in which bartenders dressed as SS soldiers served drinks with names such as “Auschwitz” and “Blitzkrieg.” Every visitor was issued an “entry visa” bearing Hitler’s photo.
At the party, which took place at the Norwegian town of Trondheim this weekend, attendees were greeted by doormen in SS uniforms. Bartenders wearing...
Google Maps Error Sends Hundreds of Tourists to the Middle of Norwegian Nowhere
A non-descript hamlet in Norway has been flooded by hundreds of tourists due to an error in Google Maps. Instead of seeing one of the Nordic country’s premier sights, visitors end up at a small farm.
Preikestolen or the Pulpit Rock is one of Norway’s best known attractions and a magnet for tourists. Towering an impressive 604 meters over the Lysefjord, the Pulpit Rock has been consistently...
President Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, US Media Ignores
President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for his ‘peace through strength ideology’, according to a report by AFP. Trump’s nomination, which was reported last Thursday by foreign media, has been ignored by the American media.
Nobel Peace Prize, image via Wikipedia.
Excerpt from the Agence France-Presse article published last week.
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For Wearing a Crucifix, Norwegian Minister Accused of Xenophobia
A Norwegian minister was accused of wearing a crucifix as a “prop” to promote “xenophobic” views.
In response, Sylvi Listhaug, Norway’s first Minister of Migration and Integration, argued the “liberal media” ignores facts to target right-leaning politicians after journalist Sven Egil Omdal claimed she never wore the crucifix before being appointed to her current position.
“They have...
Sweden Collapses, Norway Promises to Close Border
The failure of the borderless Schengen Area scheme implemented by the European Union has prompted Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to warn her country will abandoned the Geneva Convention and close the border if Sweden collapses.
Solberg said on Tuesday a border closure and rejection of the EU Schengen Area will be imposed in the “event that it all breaks down, that the flow (of refugees) just...
Norwegian Police Chief Warns Mass Immigration Threatens Civil Unrest
The head of Norway’s Police Security Service (SSP) warns that the importation of large numbers of migrants who fail to assimilate into western society could spark civil unrest and a groundswell of right-wing extremism.
During a security and defense conference in Sweden, Benedicte Bjørnland said that the recent surge in asylum seekers from Muslim countries could have “unfortunate consequences,”...
Donald Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for 'vigorous peace through strength ideology'
Monday was not a good day for Donald Trump. His infamous phrase ‘loser’ came back to haunt him when he was forced to admit defeat to rival Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucus after weeks of being billed as the Republican frontrunner.
But on Tuesday, it emerged that Trump’s name had reportedly made it on to a list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize – alongside figures such as Pope Francis and...