it tries to load in a .webp in a script tag but that's not a webp that's more script:

    __ezcl=function(){var a,d=function(k){for(var p,l=k+'=',m=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie),n=m.split(';'),o=0;o<n.length;o++){for(p=n[o];' '===p.charAt(0);)p=p.substring(1);if(0===p.indexOf(l))return p.substring(l.length,p.length)}return''},e=function(){new Image().src=a+'?pvID='+_ezaq.page_view_id+'&dID='+_ezaq.domain_id},f=function(k,l,m){k.addEventListener?k.addEventListener(l,m,!1):k.attachEvent('on'+l,m)},h=function(){f(document.body,'ezCMPComplete',function(){if(('undefined'==typeof document.visibilityState||'prerender'!==document.visibilityState)&&'undefined'!=typeof _ezaq&&_ezaq.hasOwnProperty('page_view_id')){var k=d('ezCMPCookieConsent');if(''!==k)for(var n,l=k.split('|'),m=0;m<l.length&&(n=l[m].split('='),2===n.length);m++){var o=n[0],p=n[1];if('0'===p){'3'===o&&(new Image().src='//g.ezoic.net/cmp/expirecookies');continue}if('undefined'!=typeof cmpCookies&&'undefined'!=typeof cmpCookies[o])for(var q=0;q<cmpCookies[o].length;q++)document.cookie=cmpCookies[o][q]}e()}})};return{init:function(){a='/detroitchicago/cl.gif',('undefined'!=typeof ezJsu&&!0===ezJsu||'undefined'!=typeof _ez_sa&&!0===_ez_sa||'undefined'!=typeof isAmp&&!0===window.isAmp||'undefined'!=typeof ezWp&&!0===ezWp)&&(a='//g.ezoic.net'+a)},handle:function(k){!0===k?e():''===d('ezCMPCookieConsent')?h():e()}}}(),__ezcl.init(),__ezcl.handle();

Yes, it's very fishy.

All those identifiers prefixed by "ez", in the HTML as well as in the scripts, is it some kind of signature?

It's from the Ezoic ad network code.

The paper of record in Finland is the Helsingin Sanomat (hs.fi). The Helsinki Times is an unrelated minor English-only operation.

Thanks a lot for the information!!

But for now, as my Finnish is still very poor (but I'm learning), I rely a lot on the Helsinki Times to get news about Finland.

try yle.fi/news

Thanks!!

elinks shows that the problem lies in https://www.helsinikitimes.fi/.well-known/captcha/; it causes an infinite loop.

Looks like their ad provider (Ezoic ad network) is screwing something up?

It is endlessly reloading a blank page.