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Finland is consistently ranked the happiest country on earth. For Finns, it's an eye-roller.
In Finland, people trust their neighbors and leave work on time. But ask them if they are the "happ…
Beatrice Nolan
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Afghans are still trying to escape their country and find new homes, but as the world's attention turns elsewhere, the money is drying up
Agencies are working day and night to get Afghans resettled. Just because the media has moved on do…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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Santa's Claus' alleged hometown of Lapland recorded its highest temperature since 1914, as other Nordic countries also feel the heat
Nordic countries saw record-breaking temperatures this week, with the mercury hitting 93 degrees Fa…
Vanessa Gu
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Freightify secures $12 million Series A funding from Sequoia Capital, others
Freight rate management SaaS platform Freightify on Thursday said it has raised $12 million in a Se…
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Only in America is filing taxes such a complicated mess. Here's how other countries do it better.
Across Europe, governments send people their estimated tax filing instead of making them guess at i…
Paul Constant
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How one nonprofit is getting the world's biggest retail brands to improve human rights in countries producing raw materials
The Responsible Sourcing Network brought brands like Adidas and Gap on board to boycott cotton harv…
Elle Hardy
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Belgium's Prime Minister shares 4 lessons on how the European country is outpacing the US in vaccination rates
"There's no better promotion for vaccinations than word-by-mouth," said PM Alexander De Croo in a p…
Peter Vanham
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My husband and I drove through 18 states in 4 days with our two-year-old to relocate from California to Maine — we only came into contact with 10 people and spent $852
My dad lost his job, and, with hiring freezes across the board, another one wasn't likely to be in …
Mary Kearl
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Much of Europe is reopening, but none of Sweden's neighbors have relaxed their borders with it after its decision to have no COVID-19 lockdown
Finland, Norway and Denmark are beginning to reopen borders, but not with neighboring Sweden due to…
Mia Jankowicz
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Rich countries are scrambling to reserve coronavirus vaccine doses, which probably means poorer countries will have to wait
In one example, the US reserved 300 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine owned by AstraZeneca after …
Bill Bostock
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The 10 most environmentally friendly countries in the world, according to expats
InterNations, a resource website for expats, surveyed some 15,000 people who chose to leave their c…
Marguerite Ward
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The best (and worst) countries for raising a family
According to new research compiled by parenting bloggers Asher & Lyric, the US is not the best plac…
Marguerite Ward
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A hotel owner who was one of the wealthiest men in the UK was reportedly found stabbed to death at his $2 million country house
Sir Richard Sutton was a high-profile hotel owner, known for his five-star hotels on Park Lane and …
Grace Kay
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Canada's largest airlines hit hard after the country suspends flights to Mexico and the Caribbean to curb COVID-19
While WestJet has already laid off up to 1,000 employees earlier this month, Air Canada shares fell…
Weng Cheong
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Germany backed Janet Yellen's call for a minimum global corporate tax rate, and said 140 countries could agree a deal by summer
German finance minister Olaf Scholz said Yellen's proposed corporate tax deal could "put an end to …
Kate Duffy
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NATO's newest member is now becoming the first country to buy an advanced Israeli air-defense system
A day after Finland joined NATO, the country announced that it plans to buy the David's Sling syste…
Jake Epstein
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Russia's Yasen-class missile subs have impressed and worried NATO for years, and now Moscow may build more of them
In 2014, a US Navy officer said he was "so impressed" with Russia's first Yasen-class submarine tha…
Christopher Woody
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3 city dwellers who scored unreal COVID-19 deals share how they're handling the dramatic increases in rent
In summer 2020, Billy Binion scored a dream apartment in Los Angeles. Now, rents are so high that h…
Fortesa Latifi
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Top US Air Force officials say Ukraine could get US or Western fighter jets as it fends off Russia's invasion
Swedish, French, and other European-made fighter jets are options for Ukraine, but "probably not Mi…
Christopher Woody
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I was nervous to leave my Amazon VP job for Web3 but I'm happy I made the career change — even through the crypto downturn
After spending more than 15 years at tech companies like Amazon and IBM, Sandy Carter says she didn…