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World leaders responded with shock and sadness to the rioters storming the U.S. Capitol

If you’re still looking for a small stocking stuffers, CNBC Make It rounded up 10 fun gift ideas that cost $10 or less.

Israel has charged past the U.S. and New Zealand to emerge as the world’s best place to be a woman entrepreneur after Covid-19 shook up the annual rankings.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Iceland interrupted parliament and sent a lawmaker running for cover. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Ezra Miller is in hot Internet water.

It was a funeral for ice. With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to what once was a glacier. Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson pronounced the Okjokull glacier extinct about a decade ago. But on Sunday he brought a death certificate to the made-for-media memorial....

Nolinor Aviation in Mirabel, Quebec, is a company in demand. Actually, its planes, pilots and maintenance teams are the hot commodity. With 10 Boeing 737-200 planes, Nolinor is leasing jets to airlines that are scrambling to cover routes and schedules hit hard by the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max. “We have a lot of requests from many airlines that don’t...

The endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest live very different lives from orcas in captivity. But the captive whales are nevertheless providing a boon to researchers urgently trying to save wild whales in the Northwest. SeaWorld, which displays orcas at its parks in California, Texas and Florida, has recently published data from thousands of routine blood tests of its...

Tourists in Iceland fled to higher ground after a glacier they were admiring collapsed and triggered a huge wave. No one was hurt during the incident.

Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceased operations on Thursday, stranding passengers across two continents. In a statement on its website the airline, which had earlier suspended all its flights, told passengers there would be no further flights and advised them to check flights with other airlines for ways to reach their destinations. The airline, founded by entrepreneur Skuli Mogensen, began...

British Home Secretary Sajid Javid faced criticism Saturday after the death of a U.K. teenager’s baby in a Syrian camp. Shamima Begum, who had left London as a 15-year-old in 2015 to join the Islamic State group, had pleaded with British authorities before her baby was born to let her return to Britain to raise the child. But Javid revoked...

The people of northern Iceland have had their travel plans disrupted with a record high snowfall this December. Roads have been shut, flights cancelled and school suspended. But for the children of this isolated North Atlantic island nation, the main worry is how the waist-high snow might affect the Icelandic Santa, Stekkjastaur, who comes to town Wednesday. Stekkjastaur, after all,...

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the gigantic 6’9 actor who portrays Ser Gregor Clegane — aka “The Mountain” — on “Game of Thrones”, walked down the aisle with his girlfriend Kelsey Henson over the weekend in Iceland.

The United States announced Wednesday that it is preparing to pull out of an international postal treaty that allows China to ship packages to America at discounted rates. The move would escalate a trade dispute with China. President Donald Trump argues that the 144-year-old Universal Post Union benefits China and other countries at the expense of U.S. businesses — making...

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is at the scene of a disabled cruise ship in Buzzards Bay on Cape Cod on Friday afternoon.

If there is one flaw in Lionel Messi’s genius, it might be his failure to score penalty kicks in big games. Add Messi’s saved attempt against Iceland on Saturday at the World Cup to misses for Argentina in shootouts for the Copa America title, and for Barcelona in a Champions League semifinal match that was later lost. At least Messi’s...

A heavy police presence, including a helicopter roamed Levi’s Stadium Friday night after the Mexico versus Iceland soccer game. Officers after the game were also seen ordering fans to leave or they would be subject to arrest.

The head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women says the global spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse and the punishment of some powerful men who had been “untouchable” is an important moment — but it’s just “a tip of an iceberg.” Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said Wednesday that is because the number of women who have “come out” is small...

So long, Black Friday. Wow Air likes “Purple Friday” better, and they’re celebrating with eye-popping prices for flight from the United States to Europe.