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Christine Lagarde to Step Down Early as ECB President on February 7

Christine Lagarde to Step Down Early as ECB President on February 7

More Than 60 People Reported Missing After Deadly Train Collision in Spain

More Than 60 People Reported Missing After Deadly Train Collision in Spain

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Alphabet Shares Plunge More Than 12% as Wall Street Falls After Earnings Report

New York stock markets are falling in early trading on Thursday. Google parent Alphabet is down more than 12 percent after its latest report.

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Euro Falls to 17-Month Low After ECB Holds Interest Rates Steady

Afghanistan’s Opium Production Rises 400%

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Afghanistan’s Opium Production Rises 400% as Poppy Cultivation Surges, UN Says

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US Inflation Rises to 3.6% as Consumer Prices Post Biggest Monthly Gain in Six Months

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Renfe Staff in Spain Plan 24-Hour Strike to Demand Better Rail Safety

Renfe Staff in Spain Plan 24-Hour Strike to Demand Better Rail Safety

Spain declares three days of mourning after train collision kills at least 68 people

Spain declares three days of mourning after train collision kills at least 68 people

Center and Left Parties Urge Social Democrats to Clarify What Government They Want

Center and Left Parties Urge Social Democrats to Clarify What Government They Want

Pakistan Reverses Ban on Taiwanese Airlines Using Its Airspace, Bloomberg Reports

Pakistan Reverses Ban on Taiwanese Airlines Using Its Airspace, Bloomberg Reports

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German Actress Elke Sommer Dies at 85, Bild Reports

German Actress Elke Sommer Dies at 85, Bild Reports

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36-Year-Old Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting in Stockholm’s Bagarmossen District

US Urges Middle East Countries to Prepare for Possible New Attacks on Iran, Sources Say

US Urges Middle East Countries to Prepare for Possible New Attacks on Iran, Sources Say

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Norwegian Court Halts Meta’s New Terms for Media Companies Amid Content Control Concerns

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Two Men Sentenced to Six Years for Possessing 13 Thermos Bombs

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Stockholm Commuter Trains Hit by Major Delays After Track Fault

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Sardinian Restaurants Ask Families to Put Away Phones at the Dinner Table

Arab Parties Emerge as Winners in Israel Election, but No Bloc Has a Path to Power

Arab Parties Emerge as Winners in Israel Election, but No Bloc Has a Path to Power

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Vi tänder ljus på kyrkogården.

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Vi tänder ljus på kyrkogården.

We’re lighting candles at the cemetery.

All Saints’ weekend Swedish.

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Kanon

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Kanon

Great, excellent

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“Kanon, då är vi överens.”

Great, then we’re agreed.

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Thermos coffee

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Termoskaffe

Thermos coffee

A kaffe-termos is the unofficial Swedish travel companion, on the bus, in the forest, or standing by a frozen lake, coffee is never far away.

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US GDP Growth Tops Expectations

US GDP Growth Tops Expectations at 3.4% in Third Quarter

US gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the third quarter, according to inflation-adjusted figures from the US Department of Commerce.

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Speaker Andreas Norlén to hold press conference on government talks this afternoon

Speaker Andreas Norlén to hold press conference on government talks this afternoon

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Gullan Bornemark, beloved Swedish children’s song composer, dies at 98

Gullan Bornemark, beloved Swedish children’s song composer, dies at 98

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Swedish Nursery Rhyme Composer Gullan Bornemark Dies at 98

Swedish Nursery Rhyme Composer Gullan Bornemark Dies at 98

Vattenfall Hopes All Ringhals Reactors Will Be Back in Service Before Winter

Vattenfall Hopes All Ringhals Reactors Will Be Back in Service Before Winter

252 Million Hectares of Degraded Land Are Being Restored Worldwide, UN Report Finds

252 Million Hectares of Degraded Land Are Being Restored Worldwide, UN Report Finds

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Sweden Democrats’ Identity Dispute Could Strain Ties With Moderates

How Spain’s Train Disaster Could Shape the Upcoming Election Campaign

How Spain’s Train Disaster Could Shape the Upcoming Election Campaign

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China’s Response to Mbappé’s Mao Joke Shows Its Power, Expert Says

Spain declares three days of mourning after train collision kills at least 68 people

Spain declares three days of mourning after train collision kills at least 68 people

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Prince Ali Faces AFC Investigation After Criticizing FIFA President Gianni Infantino

Arab Parties Emerge as Winners in Israel Election, but No Bloc Has a Path to Power

Arab Parties Emerge as Winners in Israel Election, but No Bloc Has a Path to Power

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PHP vulnerability scare prompts website shutdowns, but no widespread attacks reported

Boliden’s Third-Quarter Profit Before Tax

Boliden’s Third-Quarter Profit Before Tax Rises to SEK 5 Billion

Mining group Boliden reports a profit before tax of SEK 5 billion for the third quarter of this year, up from SEK 2.9 billion in the same quarter last year.

Caterpillar Shares Drop Nearly 10%

Caterpillar Shares Drop Nearly 10% After Forecast Points to Moderate Fourth-Quarter Growth

American manufacturer Caterpillar, a major maker of construction equipment and power systems, is plunging in futures trading on Wall Street after its quarterly report.

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Sweden’s Christian Democrats propose exploring deportations to countries other than people’s countries of origin

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Christine Lagarde to Step Down

Christine Lagarde to Step Down Early as ECB President on February 7

One of the heavyweights of the financial world, Christine Lagarde, is stepping down early as head of the European Central Bank (ECB). She will leave her post on February 7, according to an ECB press release.

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Gullan Bornemark, one of Sweden's best-known children's song composers, has died at the age of 98, her son tells SVT. She was part of the cultural DNA of an incredible number of Swedes, says podcaster and author Kalle Lind.

Vattenfall Hopes All Ringhals Reactors

Vattenfall Hopes All Ringhals Reactors Will Be Back in Service Before Winter

Rubber residue in the cooling system of the reactors at Ringhals has led to unusually long outages, putting pressure on the results of state-owned Vattenfall. “It is clear that this is affecting Vattenfall’s results, and we will see that in the third quarter,” says CFO Kerstin Ahlfont.

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