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Trio wins physics Nobel for quantum ‘tunnelling’
AFP, Published on 07/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work on quantum physics in action, the Nobel jury said.
Deadly gun violence unnerves Sweden
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» UPPSALA, Sweden - Swedish police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that killed three young men at a hair salon, authorities said on Wednesday, amid heightened nerves over gun violence in the Scandinavian nation.
'Child soldiers' and blood feuds: Sweden's out-of-control gang wars
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» UPPSALA (SWEDEN) - One night in September, teacher Thomas Cervin was woken by gunshots in his apartment building in Uppsala. His neighbour had just become the latest target in Sweden's terrifying gang wars.
Sweden's 'crossfit priest' heals body and soul on Insta
AFP, Published on 02/01/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Under the Instagram handle 'crossfitpriest', Swedish hospital chaplain Oskar Arngarden doles out fitness and spiritual advice to more than 30,000 followers, helping to heal body, mind and soul.
Duplantis clears 6.19m to break world pole vault record
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» BELGRADE - Armand Duplantis warned 'this is just the start' as he broke his own world record in the pole vault on Monday, clearing 6.19m at his third attempt at the indoor meeting in Belgrade.
Europe sounds alarm over resurgent virus crisis
AFP, Published on 23/10/2020
» STOCKHOLM: The EU's disease control agency on Friday joined frantic health workers across Europe in sounding the alarm about the surge in coronavirus infections.
Sweden sticks to its guns as Covid cases rise
AFP, Published on 23/10/2020
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden is seeing an uptick in coronavirus infections and introducing targeted measures, but the country that famously refused to lock down is sticking to its guns and insisting coercive methods are not the way to go.
Mystery Antarctic fossil is massive egg
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» TOKYO: Scientists had nicknamed it "The Thing" - a mysterious football-sized fossil discovered in Antarctica that sat in a Chilean museum awaiting someone who could work out just what it was.
Covid-19 to have 'profound' mental health fallout
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» PARIS: The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a "profound and pervasive impact" on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warned Thursday.
Viking runestone linked to fears of climate change: study
AFP, Published on 09/01/2020
» STOCKHOLM - One of the world's most famous runestones is now believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia, a new study said Wednesday.