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The news on Heimildin focuses on domestic issues including public opposition to data centers in the US, and allegations of police brutality against photographers in Denmark. International news covers the US election with themes of distrust and confusion, and the broader topic of democratic…

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Residents Offered 'Bribes' to Approve Data Centers ↗

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Resident opposition has stalled or delayed at least 75 data center projects in the United States in the first three months of the year. In Pennsylvania, residents are trying to stop a data center and a high-voltage power line.

Photographers Accuse Police of Attacks ↗

Authorities in Denmark are investigating after photojournalists report attacks by police. The photographers were covering protests over the weekend when they claim police assaulted them.

I, the Whore ↗

Fifty-seven men are suspected of not assisting a young woman when her friends raped her in a group. Hrafnhildur Sigmarsdottir says jokes about 'whores' in the gym reflect the same claim to women.

Aesthetic Sense Has Deep Roots in Our Psyche ↗

Pall Jakob Lindal, a doctor of environmental psychology, states that people's sense of beauty is based on their values and is not easily changed. Upon opening the Vaðlaölduvers, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson said that we need to 'adjust our aesthetic sense to…

Iceland 'At the Center of Earth's Changes' ↗

The world has exceeded seven of nine planetary boundaries. Professor Johan Rockström calls the development worrying but states solutions already exist. Small nations must participate in leading a sustainable future.

Humility ↗

One of the main characteristics of modern man is to know best.

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