LONDON — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being ...

A polar bear was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland, a rare sight in the island nation. It was shot by ...

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Polar bears aren’t native to Iceland, though an occasional vagrant arrives from Greenland. So, it was quite a surprise for an ...

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the long-term issuer ratings of the government of Iceland to A1 from A2. The agency also changed the nation's outlook to stable from positive.

It might have hitched a ride from Greenland on a floating iceberg.Police sharpshooters killed a polar bear that had come ...

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The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, did not say how his group would respond to attacks on hand-held devices, which killed dozens when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded. By Aaron Boxerman ...

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