Netherlands loses key player - Xavi Simons to miss the World Cup
Xavi Simons will miss the World Cup after suffering a cruciate ligament injury. "Honestly, I'm heartbroken," he wrote on Instagram.
Sports
New earthquake in Japan: magnitude 6.2 strikes Hokkaido
An earthquake struck the island of Hokkaido in Japan early Monday local time.
World
Chernobyl's race against time - for another 100 years
Forty years have passed since the fateful night when reactor 4 in Chernobyl exploded. But the cleanup work has barely begun. And a Russian drone attack last year is making the race against time much worse. The inner “sarcophagus” is in danger of collapsing. That must not happen, says expert Shaun Burnie on the phone from Kyiv.
World
Tokyo urges wearing shorts this summer to reduce expensive electricity bills
Tokyo city officials are urging employees to wear shorts this summer to make the city less dependent on air conditioning.
World
Forest fires in Japan - thousands evacuated
More than 2,500 people have been urged to evacuate their homes because of violent forest fires in northern Japan.
World
Hot World Cup interest - sold-out international match in Oslo
Interest in this summer's World Cup in North America is at a fever pitch in Norway. The last tickets for the international match against Sweden at Ullevål on June 1 have now sold out.
Sports
Sweden drops in ranking - worst in seven years
The points lost in the World Cup qualifiers are costing the women's football team dearly. Sweden has dropped from fifth to eighth place in the world rankings.
Football
Guide: Blue and yellow question marks ahead of the Chevron Championship
Many Swedes are getting excited as the women's major golf season begins at the Chevron Championship. But the question is whether any of them is in form to contend for a new blue-and-yellow major title.
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