OSLO, Norway (AP) – King Harald V of Norway is being discharged from a hospital in Spain’s Canary Islands after treatment for a skin infection that prompted his admission earlier this week, the royal palace said Thursday.
U.S. futures were trading modestly lower early Friday following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government. Equities markets are closed for Good Friday, but futures markets were trading into Friday morning, albeit quietly. Futures for S&P 500 dipped 0.3%, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2% and Nasdaq futures were down 0.4%.
OSLO, Norway (AP) – Norway’s king will remain in a hospital for a few more days for treatment and observation after being admitted during a vacation on the Spanish island of Tenerife, his doctor said Wednesday.
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as the country’s new president. The move marks a nominal return to an elected government but is widely considered as an effort to keep the army in power.
OSLO, Norway (AP) – King Harald of Norway has been admitted to a hospital in Spain’s Canary Islands during a winter vacation there, the royal palace said Tuesday. Harald, who turned 89 on Saturday, was admitted to the hospital on Tenerife on Tuesday evening and was being treated for an unspecified infection and dehydration.
WASHINGTON (AP) – US military says the American aircraft was ‘shot down,’ according to an email obtained by AP. One crew member has been rescued after an American aircraft was shot down in Iran, U.S. and Israeli officials said on Friday. Iranian TV had said at least one crew member ejected, and urged Iranians to deliver any "enemy pilot" to police.
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) – Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly played up his ties to the former head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in invitations to and chats with elites like Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Bill Gates and Steve Bannon, a top ally of President Donald Trump, the Epstein files show.
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ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) – Johan-Olav Botn of Norway shot perfectly in his Olympic debut to secure the gold medal in the men’s 20-kilometer individual biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Tuesday.
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