Missing the Emmy Awards? What’s happening with the strike-delayed celebration of television
If it were a normal year, the 75th Emmy Awards would be held Monday night
2023-09-17 23:25
NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv's counteroffensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains.
2023-09-17 22:15
Internet trolls Tiffany Haddish again as actress fires back at claims of 'harassing' Shakira at MTV VMAs
Tiffany Haddish thanked everyone for making her 'famous and relevant' after becoming meme fodder for being 'obsessed' with Shakira
2023-09-17 19:20
First grain ships arrive in Ukraine using new route
Officials say the vessels will deliver 200,000 tonnes of wheat to Africa and Asia.
2023-09-17 08:23
Historical Ukrainian sites in Kyiv and Lviv added to UN danger list
St Sophia's Cathedral in Lviv is among the buildings the UN warns is at risk of destruction.
2023-09-16 11:27
US Senator Warren presses Pentagon on L3 Harris deal to buy Aerojet
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat who wants more mergers scrutinized, questioned Defense Secretary
2023-09-16 05:17
Berlin protesters condemn Russian soprano Netrebko's opera performance
Anna Netrebko has been accused of failing to denounce Vladimir Putin for Russia's war in Ukraine.
2023-09-16 02:46
Wagner group formally banned as terror organisation in the UK
The move comes just weeks after the death of the group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
2023-09-16 01:57
Teenager is latest victim of spate of deadly shootings across Sweden
A teenager has died after being shot in the southern suburbs of Stockholm – one of a spate of shootings in the country across the last week. Police received were called after loud bangs were heard in Vastertorp at around 8pm local time on Thursday, with the injured boy – whose age was not given – taken to hospital before dying of his wounds overnight. The other shootings include four in the university city of Uppsala – two of them fatal – and two others in Stockholm, where a 13-year-old teenager lost his life. Stockholm police said they were still seeking a suspect. “I don't have a clear answer as to whether this is connected to other murders recently, but it is something we are investigating,” said spokesman Towe Hagg. Sweden has faced an increase in recent years which police and authorities blame on criminal gangs fighting over arms and drug trafficking, using guns and explosive devices.. Earlier this week, the national police chief, Anders Thornberg told a press conference, that this wave of violence had reached an "unprecedented" level. “There have recently been after on an unprecedented scale,” Mr Thornberg said. “Several boys aged between 13 and 15 have been killed, the mother of a criminal was executed at home, and a young man in Uppsala was shot dead on his way to work,” he added. “Citizens are afraid, insecurity is increasing. And this at a time when we have raised our terrorist alert level in the country,” Mr Thornberg said. A number of crimes by gangs had been foiled in recent days, the police chief added, saying that such preventative work was key. “Several people have been arrested and weapons confiscated in Uppsala alone, where the situation is very serious,” Ulf Johansson, a police officer in the region, about 40 miles (65km) north of Stockholm. Up until the end of August this year – so not including the recent spate of incidents – there were 247 shootings across Sweden, according to national statistics. Those led to 30 deaths. Seventy-six of those incidents occurred around the region of Stockholm. In 2022, 62 people were killed in 391 shootings across the country, with 128 of those incidents around the Stockholm region. When announcing those statistics in December, the justice minister, Gunnar Strommer, called it a modern-day record. "Deadly gun violence has increased and unfortunately has hit a new, bloody record this year," he said. Mr Strommer said at the time that those 62 deaths compared to four in Norway, four in Denmark and two in Finland. In 2021, 45 people were shot dead in Sweden. In 2012, the total was 17 Also last year, there were 90 explosions and 101 attempted explosive attacks were recorded, according to the data. So far this year, more than 100 explosions have already been recorded. Sweden has gone from having one of the lowest incidences of gang violence to one of the highest over the last 20 years, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, with the current government vowing to crackdown on gang crime. Read More Nobel Foundation raises the amount for this year’s Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor Things to know about Sweden's monarchy as King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne Sweden's figurehead king celebrates 50 years on the throne On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden seeks to boost its defense spending by 28% Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools Trial starts in Sweden of 2 oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan
2023-09-15 22:51
Nobel Foundation raises the amount for this year’s Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor
The Nobel Foundation has decided to raise the award amount for this year’s Nobel Prizes by 1 million kronor ($90,000) to 11 million kronor ($986,270) as the Swedish currency has plummeted recently
2023-09-15 17:19
India calls X a 'habitual non-compliant platform'
X is fighting a legal case challenging several government orders to block certain accounts and posts.
2023-09-15 17:19
UK, France and Germany to keep nuclear sanctions on Iran
The three nations say Iran is in breach of the 2015 nuclear deal by producing enriched uranium.
2023-09-15 10:20