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Erdogan to visit Budapest next month as Turkey and Hungary hold up Sweden's membership in NATO

Nov. 28, 2023 08:37 AM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Hungary's capital in December, his second trip to Budapest this year at a time when both countries remain the only NATO members not to have ratified Sweden's accession into the trans-Atlantic military alliance. ...

Tesla sues Swedish agency as striking workers stop delivering license plates for its new vehicles

Nov. 27, 2023 10:21 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tesla on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden's Transport Agency as striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country halted the delivery of license plates of new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker. Tesla is non-unionized...

Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom in Killington for record-extending 90th career victory

Nov. 26, 2023 15:30 PM EST

KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has extended her record of World Cup wins to 90. And she has done so in style. The American two-time Olympic champion dominated a slalom Sunday, pleasing the home crowd by posting the fastest time in both runs on the Superstar...

Palmieri, Wahlstrom lead short-handed Islanders to 5-3 win over Senators

Nov. 25, 2023 00:03 AM EST

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Despite playing with just four defensemen, the New York Islanders rallied and beat the well-rested Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Friday night. Kyle Palmieri and Oliver Wahlstrom each had a goal and an assist. Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee and Simon Holmstrom also...

Stockholm city hall backs Olympic bid ahead of key IOC meeting for 2030-2034 Winter Games candidates

Nov. 21, 2023 11:14 AM EST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Stockholm city council publicly supported Sweden’s latest bid to host the 2030 Olympics ahead of key meetings Tuesday for potential Winter Games hosts. An International Olympic Committee panel is taking online presentations from would-be hosts to...

Norris scores in shootout to lift Senators past Wild 2-1 for 2nd win in Sweden

Nov. 18, 2023 16:25 PM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Josh Norris scored the only goal in a shootout to lift the Ottawa Senators past the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Saturday as the NHL’s Global Series continued in the Swedish capital. Norris wristed the puck past goaltender Filip Gustavsson to win the second game in...

Stützle scores in final seconds of OT, leading Senators past Red Wings 5-4 in Global Series opener

Nov. 16, 2023 19:16 PM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tim Stützle scored with two seconds left in overtime as the Ottawa Senators beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Thursday in the opening game of the NHL's Global Series in Sweden. Stützle batted the puck out of the air off a crossing pass from Drake Batherson that...

Turkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden's NATO membership bid

Nov. 16, 2023 11:14 AM EST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday opened debate on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, but adjourned the proceedings until a later date without reaching a decision. It was not immediately known when the committee would resume its...

Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling

Nov. 15, 2023 20:07 PM EST

MOTALA, Sweden (AP) — A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and one designed to double the amount of plastic packaging materials being recycled in the Nordic country. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, the...

Sweden appeals the acquittal of a Russian-born businessman who was accused of spying for Moscow

Nov. 15, 2023 10:22 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's prosecution authority on Wednesday appealed a ruling that acquitted a Russian-born Swedish businessman who had been accused of collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service for almost a decade. On Oct. 26, the Stockholm District Court...