COP17, the summit to protect biodiversity, is over, but critics say progress was limited. “Time is running out to achieve the goals governments around the world have set to reverse the nature crisis,” says Ulrik Westman, a representative of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.
Swedish politicsFourteen people have died in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in Nariño, southwestern Colombia, local authorities told AFP.
WorldThe US is cutting back on military aid to Europe and the Middle East. Instead, South American countries with right-leaning and Trump-friendly governments are receiving more support.
WorldThree people have been killed in a US attack on a boat allegedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, the military command Southcom said.
WorldA fruit container with more than two tons of cocaine was on its way to Sweden, but was stopped by narcotics police in Ecuador, reports Expressen.
SwedenEcuador's former president Lenín Moreno has been convicted of accepting bribes related to the construction of a hydroelectric power plant.
World politicsNorwegian soccer star Erling Braut Haaland continues to pop up everywhere. When police in Ecuador raided a drug shipment, they found pictures of the striker printed on packages of cocaine.
FootballThe latest earthquake in Colombia has caused extensive damage. At the end of June, two earthquakes occurred in neighboring Venezuela. Seismologist Björn Lund at Uppsala University answers three questions about recent natural disasters in the area.
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