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Finland school shooting: Three children injured as 12-year-old suspect arrested
CNN — Three 12-year-old children have been wounded in a school shooting near Finland’s capital Helsinki, Finnish police reported Tuesday. A suspect in the incident, also aged 12 and a student at the same school, fled on foot but was later caught by police in a northern Helsinki suburb, according the country’s public broadcaster, YLE. …
Turkey observed positive approach to lifting arms embargo from Finland, Sweden -Erdogan spokesman
NATO, Turkish, Swedish and Finnish flags are seen in this illustration taken May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register ISTANBUL, May 25 (Reuters) – Ankara observed a positive attitude towards lifting of an arms exports embargo during talks with delegations from NATO applicants Finland and Sweden, President Tayyip …
Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move
HELSINKI (AP) — Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland’s nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia. The measure taken by the Russian energy giant Gazprom …
Russia stops Finland gas flows over payments dispute
A view shows valves near a drilling rig at a gas processing facility, operated by Gazprom company, at Bovanenkovo gas field on the Arctic Yamal peninsula, Russia May 21, 2019. Picture taken May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register OSLO, May 21 (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom (GAZP.MM) …
Russia taking "countermeasures" in response to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, Interfax reports
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Finland and Sweden joining NATO has led to an increase in military threats near the border and that Moscow is taking “adequate countermeasures”, Interfax news agency reported on Friday. Source link
Mayor Pat Connolly hospitalised in home invasion; Trent Barrett quits as Bulldogs coach; Murder investigation over Queensland man’s death; Finland, Sweden set to join NATO; Man describes how he tried to save Andrew Symonds
We’re wrapping up our live breaking news coverage for today, Monday, May 16, 2022. Here’s what happened:Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shrugged off criticism of his plan to allow first-home buyers to dip into their superannuation. The Australian Tax Office has outlined four key areas it will target this financial year, including gains made on …
EU nears deal on coronavirus package as Germany puts its foot down
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Prospects for a European Union deal on a package to support its coronavirus-battered economies brightened on Thursday as Germany put its foot down to end opposition from the Netherlands and to reassure Italy that the EU would show it solidarity. FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate, the upper …
U.S., allied firms testing alternatives to Chinese 5G technology: Esper
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks at the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert MUNICH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Saturday that Washington was working with technology companies in the United States and allied nations to develop alternatives to Chinese 5G vendors and was already …
Prescribing tablets – Finland turns to technology to help frail old people live at home | Europe
Jan 11th 2020 HELSINKI IN A GREY office building on the outskirts of Helsinki, a chatty social worker is meeting six elderly people from around town for lunch—via tablets propped on their kitchen tables. For the next half-hour she talks to them about their day and reminds them to have something to drink, because dehydration …
Bizarre, Beautiful Balls Of Ice Are Washing Up Around The World
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Balls of ice formed on Lake Michigan during the spring thaw. Getty They’ve been spotted along a river in Alaska, on the beach in Finland and they regularly form along the shores of Lake Michigan. Balls of ice that look as if they’ve been sculpted by …
