Britain considers Brexit'rip the Band-Aid off'approach

Britain considers Brexit'rip the Band-Aid off'approach

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed Brexit from Britain's front pages even though the UK's economic future will largely be determined within the next two months.

  • byLatika Bourke

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Coronavirus pandemic:Iceland open to tourists who pass the test
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Coronavirus pandemic:Iceland open to tourists who pass the test

Iceland suppressed coronavirus infections early – now it's reopening to visitors who go into quarantine or pay for a test.

  • byLionel Laurent
Game of Thrones actor deadlifts 501kg to set world record

Game of Thrones actor deadlifts 501kg to set world record

The former winner of the World's Strongest Man competition said"there's nothing better than proving people wrong"after achieving the feat.

  • byRohith Nair
Australian tourist who died in Iceland tested positive for coronavirus

Australian tourist who died in Iceland tested positive for coronavirus

The tourist"arrived seriously ill"at a healthcare centre in Húsavík,in the north-east Iceland,before passing away.

  • byChris Zappone andAnthony Galloway
Long time to wait:Gender pay gap to close in 257 years,says study

Long time to wait:Gender pay gap to close in 257 years,says study

The overall gender gap closed by just one percentage point in 2019. Along with Nordic countries,New Zealand features in top 10"most equal"list.

White Island was'a disaster waiting to happen':Vulcanologist

White Island was'a disaster waiting to happen':Vulcanologist

Professor Ray Cas,one of Australia’s top vulcanologists,has been to White Island. He knew then that it wasn't a place tourists should visit.

  • byLiam Mannix
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Heimaey Island,Iceland:The astonishing island that was nearly torn apart by a volcano

Heimaey Island,Iceland:The astonishing island that was nearly torn apart by a volcano

Lava flows like a multitude of bonfires nearly engulfed this astonishing Arctic destination.

  • byBrian Johnston
Decade-old McDonald's burger holds cautionary tale for Iceland

Decade-old McDonald's burger holds cautionary tale for Iceland

Purchased hours before the corporation pulled out of the country in 2009,the last surviving McDonald's burger has become much more than a burger.

  • byRick Noack
'Prior commitments':Iceland's leader won't be around to welcome Mike Pence

'Prior commitments':Iceland's leader won't be around to welcome Mike Pence

PM Katrin Jakobsdottir underscored that the arrangement was"absolutely not"about snubbing the Trump administration.

Ok but not OK:Iceland bids farewell to a glacier for the first time

Ok but not OK:Iceland bids farewell to a glacier for the first time

Icelanders are mourning the loss of the Okjokull glacier,which used to stretch 15 square kilometres,apparently due to the effects of global warming.

  • bySeth Borenstein
Philippines senator attacks Iceland over UN probe

Philippines senator attacks Iceland over UN probe

Police have killed more than 6600 suspected drug dealers in sting operations since President Duterte took office in 2016.