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Here’s Why the Poppy Is a Symbol of Memorial Day Chloë Nannestad © Leonid Korchenko/Getty Images The red poppy, or Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914–1918), and it plays a big part in the history of Memorial Day. Sales of red poppies benefit veterans associations and fund many charities and veterans causes. The poppy is worn in many of the countries that were Allied during World War I, including Great Britain, France, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. In most of those other countries, the poppy...

2 mánaða gömul. 02.02.2021 - 14:13  Mynd: RÚV After the fatal fire that killed three in Reykjavík last summer, a working group was set up to investigate the extent of unsatisfactory employer-owned housing for workers in Iceland. The destroyed building was a residential house, but had dozens of registered residents and was found to have very poor fire safety measures in place. The Icelandic housing and infrastructure agency report concludes that up to 7,000 people are living in industrial building that are not certified as residential homes and that many are low earners who have lost th...