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Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden

Mar. 28, 2024 09:52 AM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — A shortage of eggs in shops during Holy Week has led Norwegians to flock to supermarkets across the border in Sweden and hoard the traditional Easter food. Norwegian news outlet Nettavisen said Thursday that the Nordby shopping center in Sweden, located just off the...

Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway

Mar. 27, 2024 09:47 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. Salwan Momika, 37, has staged several burnings and...

German police detain 2 Afghans for plotting an attack near Swedish parliament over Quran burnings

Mar. 19, 2024 12:13 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German police detained on Tuesday two Afghan citizens accused of planning to attack police near the Swedish parliament in response to the burning of copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, federal prosecutors said. The suspects, identified only as Afghan citizens...

Iraq's former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport

Mar. 19, 2024 09:33 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden, authorities said Tuesday. He is suspected of illegally receiving benefits in the Scandinavian country. Prosecutor Jens Nilsson told Swedish...

Shiffrin caps injury-marred ski season with record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall

Mar. 16, 2024 12:03 PM EDT

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — For Mikaela Shiffrin, the award for the best slalom skier this season is different from the 15 crystal globes the American star won earlier in her career. This one, for a change, doesn’t feel like the end of a season. Shiffrin...

The NWSL season kicks off this weekend with 2 new teams

Mar. 14, 2024 13:29 PM EDT

BAY FC 2023 FINISH: Expansion team for 2024. COACH: Albertin Montoya. KEY PLAYERS: Deyna Castellanos, Racheal Kundananji, Asisat Oshoala. OUTLOOK: Bay FC went on a spending spree heading into its first season and if coach Albertin Montoya...

An expanding NATO uses its diversity as strength. Member troops know Russia is watching

Mar. 12, 2024 01:37 AM EDT

ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — The French navy frigate, bristling with weaponry and powering through frigid Norwegian seas not so far from Russia, awoke at 7:30 a.m. sharp to what, in the circumstances, was a surreal sound. The 1967 “ Summer of Love " hippie anthem...

Sweden’s flag is raised at NATO headquarters to cement its place as the 32nd member of the alliance

Mar. 11, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine persuaded its reluctant public to seek safety under the alliance’s security umbrella. ...

Sweden’s flag is raised outside NATO headquarters, cementing the country's place as the 32nd member of the alliance

Mar. 11, 2024 07:19 AM EDT
BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s flag is raised outside NATO headquarters, cementing the country's place as the 32nd member of the alliance.

NATO's biggest drills since the Cold War send a signal to Russia and aim for a real-life feel

Mar. 09, 2024 15:01 PM EST

ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — Large NATO drills in the frigid fjords of northern Norway may be just war games meant to hone the fighting skills of the newly expanded 32-nation military alliance. But for troops taking part, they are very real. And that’s the whole...