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Adults living with obesity face a 70% higher risk of being hospitalized or dying from an infectious disease compared with those at a healthy weight, according to a large multicohort study published in ...

Milan Jaff, a Kurdish rapper who rose to prominence in Finland through music and social media, has rejected portrayals in Finnish media that describe him as a “mafia boss,” saying such labels are ...

Within three years of its founding, this far-right faction was banned from Finnish politics, and democracy in the Nordic country has been stable ever since. Vox producer Nate Krieger investigated the ...

The Finn played for some of the world's biggest clubs and is a national hero — so why do some people think he underachieved?

While Norway rules the 2026 medal table, its hockey teams are at home — a stark difference from its Nordic neighbors Sweden ...