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Sweden putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice and devoting less time to tablets.

Elite Swedish police rappelled from two Black Hawk helicopters to arrest Sergey Skvortsov, accused of spying against Sweden and the U.S.

The Nobel Foundation withdrew its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran for this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies.

A Russian-born Swedish citizen was charged Monday with collecting information for the Kremlin’s GRU military intelligence service.

A missile attack in the center of a northern Ukrainian city killed seven people, including a six-year-old girl, and wounded scores of others.

Britain’s Foreign Office warned that terror attacks are “likely” in Denmark over Qur’an burnings as Sweden increased its terror threat level.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Sweden, his first visit to the country since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.

Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens detained. Festivals held the diaspora have been attacked by exiles that the regime calls “asylum scum.”

Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro demanded that European countries outlaw Quran-burning protests on his television show Con Maduro Más on Monday, claiming governments who respect free speech are “indirect accomplices” in blasphemy.

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe suffered a wave of criticism after being seen smirking after missing what could have been a game-winning kick.

Megan Rapinoe’s last appearance as a member of the U.S. National Women’s soccer team ended on a dismal note.

Social media users reacted with glee after the woke U.S. Women’s National Team lost to Sweden, thus ending their World Cup bid.

In a capitulation in the battle for freedom of speech, Denmark is set to prohibit the burning of the Qur’an in front of embassies.

Thunberg will have to pay a small fine after being convicted over the blocking of a road this year, an outcome she has decried as “absurd”.

Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone following a Qur’an burning in Copenhagen.

Muslim-majority nations expressed outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Some prepared for street demonstrations.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expelled the Swedish ambassador on Wednesday, even as a mob of protesters waving photos of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it on fire.

Stockholm police said they have authorized a protest to burn the Bible and Torah outside the Israeli Embassy in the Swedish capital.

President Biden arrived in Finland for U.S.-Nordic Summit, his final stop on a three-nation European tour, returning to the U.S. tonight.

President Joe Biden met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday and praised the authoritarian Turkish leader for having the “courage” to stop blocking Sweden from joining the alliance.

United Nations votes to adopt resolution on Qur’an burning at ‘urgent meeting’ convened for Pakistan, a cheerleader for global blasphemy laws

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be unhappy with reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit currently underway in Vilnius, Lithuania will culminate with an offer of increased support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, but not an offer of full membership in NATO.

Turkey has officially backed the NATO membership bid of Sweden in exchange for the Nordic nation’s support of Islamic country joining the EU.

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday introduced a new condition for approving Sweden’s membership in NATO, calling on European countries to “open the way” for Turkey to join the European Union. The surprise announcement by

Sweden may strike out its freedom of expression protections to ban Qur’an burning in exchange for Turkey backing its NATO membership bid.

Health experts from Sweden have warned of an “alarming antibiotic resistance” being developed in some patients in Ukraine.

Climate celebrity Greta Thunberg was detained by police over her refusal to stop blocking a road, and has now been charged. 

Turkey´s foreign minister said Sweden’s failure to prevent Quran-burning protests is raising security concerns and questions.

The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday called for international laws to punish burning the Quran, following a demonstration in Sweden last week in which a man burned a copy of the Muslim holy book on the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Thousands of Muslims protested in major cities in Iraq on Friday, condemning the burning of a Qur’an during a protest in Sweden.

A 7-year-old boy who fell overboard from a passenger ferry and his mother, who jumped into he water after him, are both dead, police said.

Morawiecki said no to forced relocation of migrants, no to violations of veto rights, no to Brussels-imposed penalties on states.

An Iraqi burned a copy of the Qur’an outside a mosque in Sweden, sparking another rift with Turkey amid its bid to join the NATO alliance.

We had five years to stop using fossil fuels to not wipe out “all of humanity”, Thunberg claimed five years ago today in a now-deleted Tweet.

Greta Thunberg was bodily removed from a multi-day port-blocking by police as they cleared space for fuel trucks to get through.

As many as 30,000 people in Sweden are involved in criminal networks. Justice minister says described figure as “breathtaking”.