Shen Yun Performing Arts hit the stage at the Cirkus Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, from March 27 to March 30, taking theatergoers on a journey through China’s rich heritage. Audience members said they were captivated by Shen Yun’s display of 5,000 years of culture brought to life. “They are obviously very talented dancers and musicians. […]
Canada and Sweden are restarting financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), reversing a decision to pause payments after the Israeli government accused members of that U.N. agency of supporting the Hamas terrorist group. UNRWA was established in 1949 to provide humanitarian assistance to […]
President Joe Biden will deliver his annual State of the Union address to Congress at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. He’s expected to lay out his vision for a second term. Former President Donald Trump said he will be giving a live reaction to President Biden’s speech. President Biden is expected to announce that the U.S. […]
Sweden is set to join NATO as Hungary ratified its inclusion in the military alliance. Hungary was the only remaining nation among the 31 member NATO states that had not ratified Sweden’s entry. On Feb. 26, the Hungarian parliament approved Sweden joining NATO by a vote of 188-6, thus ending an almost two-year-long effort to […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have formally appealed a New York civil fraud ruling against him and executives of The Trump Organization, in which they were ordered to pay more than $450 million in fines. Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel has officially announced that she will step down from her role on […]
STOCKHOLM—A suspected gas leak at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency Friday forced authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility, Swedish broadcaster TV4 said. Seven people from the headquarters in Solna, just north of Stockholm, were hospitalized, police spokesperson Anders Bryngelsson told the TT news agency. He said there were no reports that […]
Some California lawmakers are proposing training for inclusive child-birth. How will the bill impact nurses and other health care providers? Former President Donald Trump reveals his short list for vice presidents. Find out who he is considering as a potential running mate. A thief in Texas grabs a bag of cash some Girl Scouts earned […]
“John Wick: Chapter 4” actor Bill Skarsgard has been fined nearly $4,000 after he was arrested for drug possession at an airport in the capital of Sweden. According to TMZ, authorities took the 33-year-old Swedish native into custody in October for possessing 2.43 grams of cannabis at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport. On Feb. 14, Mr. Skarsgard […]
STOCKHOLM—Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, saying it lacked jurisdiction in the case but had handed evidence it had uncovered over to German investigators. The multi-billion dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting gas under the Baltic Sea were ruptured […]
The U.S. State Department notified Congress on Friday of the approval for Turkey’s purchase of 40 F-16 fighter jets for $23 billion after the country approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency confirmed the decision and highlighted the significance of the sale in contributing to Turkey’s defense capabilities. A companion sale […]
Sweden is another step closer to becoming NATO’s 32nd member after the parliament of Turkey on Tuesday voted to ratify the Nordic country’s application to join the transatlantic military alliance. The vote comes three months after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent Sweden’s NATO membership bill to parliament for ratification. Mr. Erdoğan is expected to […]
ANKARA, Turkey—The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly for the last stage of the legislative process […]
STOCKHOLM—Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was found guilty of disobeying a police order and ordered to pay a fine, TT news agency reported on Wednesday, the second time in three months she was convicted and fined for the same offence. Ms. Thunberg, 20, was ordered to pay a fine of 4,500 Swedish crowns ($414) for […]
STOCKHOLM—The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market. She has studied 200 years of women’s participation in the workplace, showing that despite continued economic growth, women’s pay did not continuously catch up to men’s and […]
STOCKHOLM—Jon Fosse, a master of spare Nordic literature in a sprawling body of work ranging from plays to novels and children’s books, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that “give voice to the unsayable.” Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel literature committee, said Mr. Fosse’s work is rooted “in the language […]
STOCKHOLM—Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Aleksey Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of tiny clusters of atoms known as quantum dots, widely used today to create colours in flat screens, light emitting diode (LED) lamps and devices that help surgeons see blood vessels in tumors. The prize-awarding academy said […]
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rules out big tax cuts this year, but leaves open the possibility of tax cuts in 2024. The energy secretary says it’s immoral to impoverish people to achieve net zero in the UK, when emissions are rising abroad. Sweden turns to nuclear energy—a major shift for the country considered the EU champion […]
Two scientists who executed a development that helped lead to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines received a Nobel Prize on Oct. 2. Katalin Kariko and Dr. Drew Weissman jointly received the Nobel in Medicine for developing a way to tamp down the body’s inflammatory response to messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), which were later used […]
STOCKHOLM—Three people were killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as a feud between criminal gangs escalated. Two gangs are reportedly fighting over drugs and weapons, and this month has seen a sharp increase in fatal shootings in the northern European country, which has a relatively low crime rate and is considered a very safe […]
STOCKHOLM—A Swedish court on Monday sentenced a 57-year-old Norwegian man for fraud and falsifying records for putting his dead partner in a freezer and cashing in her pension. He was given a 3.5-year prison term. The Warmland District Court said the man, who was not named, was convicted of gross breach of civil liberties, gross […]
