As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown
While most businesses in Sweden are still operating, the economic cost of the pandemic is already being felt.
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How Sweden and Denmark represent opposite Scandinavian COVID-19 responses
In Scandinavia, Sweden is experiencing a rising death toll from COVID-19 -- as well as growing doubt about the country’s more relaxed approach to handling it. Meanwhile, neighboring Denmark is set to ease some of its lockdown restrictions after a…
Home nations of plane crash victims seek compensation from Iran
After a meeting in London, foreign ministers from Canada, the U.K., Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine urged Iran to allow a “thorough, independent and transparent international investigation," as well as a criminal probe and "impartial" judicial proceedings against those found responsible…
Climate change threatens reindeer and a way of life
Already pressured by the mining and forestry industry, and other development that encroach on grazing land, Sami herding communities fear climate change could mean the end of their traditional lifestyle.
The protest was the New York edition of the 16-year-old Swedish activist's weekly Fridays For Future — the student school strikes she's inspired in about 100 cities worldwide.
She's in New York to speak at the United Nations Climate Action Summit next month. There, she'll join world leaders who will present plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The court sentenced the American rapper to a "conditional sentence," which means he faces no prison sentence in Sweden unless he commits a similar offense in the country again.
A$AP Rocky will be free until Aug. 14, when judges are expected to announce a verdict in the assault case against him.
The Grammy-nominated artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused of beating a 19-year-old man in Stockholm on June 30.
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