In search of Sweden’s lost empathy
The Sweden that welcomed me as a Bosnian refugee in 1993 is no longer. I wish it would come back.
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Colombia’s Petro inks $4.3bn deal for 17 fighter jets amid regional tension
President Gustavo Petro says purchase of warplanes is a ‘deterrent weapon to achieve peace’ amid ‘messy’ geopolitics.
Three people killed as bus crashes into stop in Sweden
Swedish police say no information the Stockholm incident that also injured three people was an attack.
From: NewsFeed
Zelenskyy checks out Gripen fighter jets Ukraine buying from Sweden
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy checked out the cockpit of a Gripen fighter jet in Sweden on a visit to buy 150.
Published On 22 Oct 2025
Trio to share economics Nobel for work on innovation-driven growth
‘False Nobel’ recognises work ‘explaining innovation-driven economic growth’.
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Global Warning: Our future in a warmer world
A three-part series on the realities of climate change – but with innovative solutions to safeguard our future.
Published On 11 Oct 2025
Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Krasznahorkai, 71, was recognised for his ‘compelling and visionary oeuvre’.
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Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded to trio in field of metal organic frameworks
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi’s work can be used to harvest water from desert air.
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to trio for quantum mechanics discoveries
Quantum mechanics is the ‘foundation of all digital technology’, notes the chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.
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What are Nobel Prizes, when are the awards announced?
Nobel Prize for medicine announced on Monday, followed by five other prizes to be declared over the next week.
Germany scrambles jets after Russia military aircraft flies over Baltic Sea
German Air Force says its ‘quick reaction alert force’ was ordered by NATO to investigate plane in neutral airspace.
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