Yingluck Shinawatra was poised to become Thailand’s first female prime minister Sunday after her party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the nation’s general elections. The official tally had …

Unidentifed woman falls to her death from zip-line tower Tragedy has unfortunately struck the Roskilde Festival. Politiken newspaper has reported that an unidentified woman has died following a fall from …

The Danish pharmaceuticals company Lundbeck is one step closer to releasing a pill that it claims is an effective treatment for alcoholism, after the drug passed phase III clinical trials …

A lottery player from western Sweden is set to receive a payday of more than 105 million kronor ($16 million), Swedish lottery officials announced on Saturday.The Drömvinsten (‘Dream Prize’) winning …

“The Norwegian economy is fuelling a broad increase in demand. I expect growth will be strongest in the private sector. Investments in the oil industry, commercial and private property, hydropower, …

More and more Danes live a life in poverty. In seven years the number of persons with an income below OECD’ poverty line has increased by 55 per cent.In 2009, …

The Swedish government has rejected calls for the establishment of a truth commission to investigate the King, his friends and their alleged contacts with the criminal underworld.The government had been …

Although the school lunch program started by netizens has helped improve some rural students’ nutrition, concerns over food safety and other factors still threaten the grassroots campaign. “I am worried …

Almost every company in Beijing – Chinese and foreign-owned – have or will hike monthly salaries for workers during 2011, a survey has found. More than half of 500 enterprises …

A 17-year old boy from China has made headlines for what he did just to be able to get his hands on an iPad 2. The boy, identified as Xiao …