More and more people are being trafficked and forced to work in online fraud in Southeast Asia, the UN warns. At the same time, the proceeds from the fraud are growing sharply. Myanmar is introducing the death penalty to try to stop the problem - but critics doubt its effectiveness.
World2025 was the deadliest year in over 30 years in terms of anti-Semitic attacks, according to a report published on Wednesday.
WorldThe smoke from the forest fires currently raging in southwestern France risks having a major impact on wine production. It affects the taste, says wine writer Fredrik Schelin.
WorldThey are abbreviated as “pyrocb” and have previously been most associated with nuclear bombs and volcanic eruptions. But during Australia’s so-called Black Summer of 2019-20, they became more widely known as a horror scenario in intense bushfires. Now, for the first time, the “fire thunder clouds” have been noted as far north in Europe as France.
WorldThe family of four had no plans to have more children. Then, in a flash, the family grew to ten. The birth of identical quadruplets at a hospital in Australia was recently described as unique, but also as carrying “very high risk.” “The mother has taken everything in her stride from the very beginning,” says specialist doctor Alexa Bendall in a comment.
WorldFor more than 30 years, Peter Engström has been missing. As if swallowed by the earth. The police have no trace of him - the family has no answers. What really happened that June morning in Stockholm in 1995? For mom's sake, I hope we can put an end to this, says Peter's brother Mikael.
SwedenWorld Cup player Cristian Volpato, 22, has been arrested on suspicion of speeding and testing positive for cocaine, police in the Australian state of New South Wales said on Friday.
SportsThe US is introducing new tariffs against a wide range of countries starting Friday - as the old tariffs expire. “This does not seem to involve any drama for Swedish companies,” says Minister of Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa (M) in a written comment.
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