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The World Health Organization said lessons could be learned from Sweden — now its daily deaths are soaring
Sweden’s policy of keeping schools, restaurants and businesses open while practicing social distancing to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from spreading was seen as bold, but now it has the highest deaths per capita in Europe from COVID-19. Sweden’s daily death toll per 100,000 people is now 8.71, compared with 4.59 in the U.S., and is …
Coronavirus: Has Sweden got its science right?
Image caption Sweden’s schools have remained open while neighbouring countries shut theirs for weeks Sweden’s strategy to keep large parts of society open is widely backed by the public. It has been devised by scientists and backed by government, and yet not all the country’s virologists are convinced. There is no lockdown here. Photos have …
BRIEF-XMReality To Supply Nestlé With Remote Guidance Technology
April 21 (Reuters) – XMReality AB (publ): * XMREALITY TO SUPPLY NESTLÉ WITH REMOTE GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY * XMREALITY WILL SUPPLY NESTLÉ, SWISS-BASED FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY, WITH ITS REMOTE GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY * INITIAL ORDER VALUE IS AROUND SEK 900 000 AND WILL COVER REMAINING PART OF 2020 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Gdansk …
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 …
Suicide rates fall after gay marriage legalised in Sweden and Denmark | World news
Suicide rates among those in same-sex relationships have fallen significantly in both Denmark and Sweden since the legalisation of gay marriage, according to a study, although whatever their marital status, homosexual people remain more likely to take their own life. The joint study by the Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention and researchers from Stockholm …
Denmark reinstates border checks at crossings to Sweden after bombings | World news
Denmark has temporarily reinstated checks at its border crossings with Sweden after a spate of bombings and shootings in the Copenhagen area that authorities say were carried out by members of Swedish gangs. The spot checks at ferry ports and on trains and vehicles crossing the Øresund bridge separating the Danish capital from Malmö, Sweden’s …
Gothenburg, Sweden: Things to do in one of the greenest cities
Gothenburg, Sweden (CNN) — Halfway between Copenhagen and Oslo, on a rocky Swedish coastline, lies the largest non-capital in the Nordics. Gothenburg has always played second fiddle to its big sister Stockholm. Historically seen as a lesser city — more Volvo-industrial Sweden than sexy Spotify Sweden — this salty seaport has spent the past few …
‘Think of your family’: China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests | World news
Two days after Abdujelil Emet sat in the public gallery of Germany’s parliament during a hearing on human rights, he received a phone call from his sister for the first time in three years. But the call from Xinjiang, in western China, was anything but a joyous family chat. It was made at the direction …
Swedish town launches controversial £21 begging permit | World news
A Swedish town has become the first in the country to introduce an official begging permit, requiring anyone who asks for money in the street to pay SEK250 (£21) upfront for a licence. Valid for three months, the permit can be obtained by filling in a form online or at a police station and requires …
A$AP Rocky’s Never Going Back to Sweden
Exclusive TMZ A$AP Rocky‘s saying good riddance to Sweden FOR GOOD and never looking back … assuming everything goes according to plan. Rocky left Sweden hours after the judges in his assault case decided to let him out of jail while they noodle on their decision, which is expected on August 14. A$AP returned to …
