Trump says ceasefire with Iran is over, as he sees it
The ceasefire between the US and Iran is over “as I see it,” President Donald Trump said at the NATO summit in Ankara.
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Man in his 20s suffers life-threatening injuries after Gävle shooting
The man in his 20s who was shot in Gävle on Friday is being treated for life-threatening injuries, according to prosecutor Mattias Wilhelmsson to P4 Gävleborg.It was last Friday evening that a man in his 20s was shot in the Sätra district of Gävle. A few hours after the shooting, a man in his 20s…
Another person detained over fatal shooting in Uppsala
Another person has been arrested in connection with the shooting in Uppsala on Sunday evening, reports Upsala Nya Tidning. The person was arrested in absentia on Tuesday and later detained. According to documents from the district court that the newspaper has seen, the person is suspected of being an accessory to murder. It was on…
A gene tied to facial development hints humans domesticated themselves
Domestic animals’ cuteness and humans’ relatively flat faces may be the work of a gene that controls some important developmental cells, a study of lab-grown human cells suggests. Some scientists are touting the finding as the first real genetic evidence for two theories about domestication. One of those ideas is that humans domesticated themselves over many generations,…
Wall Street falls as oil prices rise and chip stocks slide
The New York Stock Exchange begins the trading week with mainly falling prices. The indices are weighed down by rising oil prices and falling chip companies. After 40 minutes of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1 percent, while the broad S&P 500 index and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index were down 0.3…
Appeal Urges MPs to Vote No to Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility
48 signatories from children’s rights organizations, trade unions and researchers urge members of parliament to vote no to the proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years. In a debate article in Aftonbladet, they write that lowering the age of criminal responsibility, so that 14-year-olds can receive prison sentences, does not solve the problem…
What people in power think the impact of the Iran war will be
The two centres of this crisis are the 24-mile Strait of Hormuz south of Iran and 7,000 miles away in the White House. This week was the unique opportunity for the rest of the world to make its economic case to US President Donald Trump’s administration directly at the Spring meeting of the International Monetary…
A-level maths exam marking to be watched closely by regulator after students say paper was ‘unfair’
England’s exam regulator Ofqual says it is “closely monitoring” the marking of an A-level maths paper which students and parents say felt “unfair”. More than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for the paper to be reviewed, claiming it was significantly more challenging than in previous years. The founder of the petition said Wednesday’s…
Industrivärden’s net asset value rises to SEK 225 billion, beats Stockholm index by a wide margin
Industrivärden’s net asset value – that is, the portfolio’s market value minus net debt – had risen to SEK 225 billion by year-end, according to an interim report from the Lundberg family’s investment company. This represents an increase of 17 percent in six months. The total return on the company’s A shares during the period…
Robots available for rent: But what can they do?
In hospitals across the US, patients and staff have become accustomed to seeing a one-armed, four-foot high, friendly-looking white robot going about its business. Nurses have been known to greet Moxi, as the robot is called by its maker Diligent Robotics, with a “good morning”, a high five or even a hug. Moxi – which…