This is Beirut, 11/08 18:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Norway Sovereign Wealth Funds Gaza Israel
Norway's sovereign wealth fund said Monday that it was selling its investments in 11 Israeli companies following reports it had invested in an Israeli jet engine maker even as the war in Gaza raged. Nicolai Tangen, chief of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund, said the decision was taken "in response to ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia Tehran Turkey Norway
The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman will meet in Norway this week at an annual peace forum, the Norwegian government announced on Tuesday. The ministers, including Iran's foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi, will take part on Wednesday and Thursday in the Oslo Forum, an annual gathering ...
This is Beirut, 22/05 12:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Cannes 2025 Sentimental Value Norway Elle Fanning Joachim Trier
Director Joachim Trier found himself crying behind the camera as he shot Sentimental Value, his moving new tale about a quietly fractured family that got an extraordinary 19-minute standing ovation Thursday at the end of its premiere at the Cannes film festival. "It sounds cheesy," he said, "but I wept a lot making this film because I was so ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Norway Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Norway will more than double its aid to Ukraine in 2025 to bring the annual total to $7.8 billion, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced Thursday, expressing concern that Russia was "heavily arming." "The Norwegian aid will help Ukraine oppose Russia and (reinforce) the peace plan on which the European countries are working," he said in a ...