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Scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoos
AFP, Published on 19/08/2025
» HONG KONG — Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world's most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree.
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.
Sweden’s immigrants on edge after mass shooting
AFP, Published on 14/02/2025
» STOCKHOLM - The motive behind Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting may never be known but the fact that almost all of the victims had foreign backgrounds has sparked concern among the country’s immigrants.
Sweden's police struggle to find motive for mass shooting
AFP, Published on 10/02/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said Sunday they were still struggling to establish the motive of the man behind the Scandinavian country's worst mass shooting, five days after the tragedy.
Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2025
» OREBRO, Sweden - Sweden’s right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.
'Multiple nationalities' among victims in Swedish mass shooting: police
AFP, Published on 06/02/2025
» ÖREBRO (SWEDEN) - Swedish police said Thursday that there were "multiple nationalities" among the victims in the country's worst mass shooting that left 10 dead plus the gunman.
Icelandic volcano eruption misses town
Reuters and AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» Lava from a large volcanic eruption in Iceland appeared to flow away from the only town in the area, offering hope that homes would be spared, geologists and rescue officials said on Tuesday.
Sweden's fears realised in Brussels 'terror attack'
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Just two months after raising its threat level, Sweden was reeling in shock on Tuesday over the killing of two of its football fans in a "terror attack" targeting Swedes in Brussels.
Sweden’s fears come true in Brussels ‘terror attack’
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Just two months after raising its threat level, Sweden was in shock on Tuesday over the killing of two of its football fans in a "terror attack" targeting Swedes in Brussels.
Long wait for fans held in stadium after Brussels attack
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» BRUSSELS - Worried, but relieved, spectators at the Belgium-Sweden Euro 2024 match left the Brussels stadium shortly before midnight after being held there for two-and-a-half hours following the killing of two Swedes in a nearby attack, with the gunman still at large.