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Germany and other European countries suspend decisions on Syrians' asylum bids after Assad's fall

Dec. 09, 2024 12:11 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and several other European countries said Monday they are suspending decisions on asylum claims by Syrian nationals because of the unclear situation in their homeland following the fall of Bashar Assad. Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said...

Sweden asks for China's cooperation over Baltic Sea cables cut while a Chinese ship was nearby

Nov. 28, 2024 11:16 AM EST

HARPSUND, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday. The two cables, one running from...

Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany

Nov. 20, 2024 12:02 PM EST

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish authorities said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to a Swedish probe into the possible sabotage of that link and another cable. The C-Lion1 cable, which runs between Finland...

Sweden cuts its key rate by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75%, the largest reduction in over a decade

Nov. 07, 2024 05:07 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 2.75% in what was described as the largest reduction over a decade. Riksbanken said the cut, the fourth this year, was “to provide further support to the economy and help...

Swedish court sentences far-right politician for insulting Muslims

Nov. 05, 2024 08:39 AM EST

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — A Swedish court sentenced on Tuesday a far-right politician to four months in jail for two counts of “incitement against an ethnic group” after making hateful comments at political rallies two years ago. The Danish-Swedish 42-year-old man, who was not named...

Sweden will honor Blinken and others with knighthoods for their roles in its NATO accession

Oct. 22, 2024 08:59 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will be knighted in Sweden for their role in enabling the Scandinavian country to join the world's largest military alliance. It was a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War...

Sweden updates its Cold War-era preparedness booklet

Oct. 08, 2024 11:08 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden said it will issue another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet later this month, with the new version “adapted to better reflect today’s security policy reality” such as what to do in case of nuclear attacks. The booklet, “If...

Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings

Sep. 24, 2024 16:27 PM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages sent to people in Sweden calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam's holy book in 2023. Iran denied the accusation. According to officials in Stockholm,...

In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn't fast enough

Sep. 20, 2024 19:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, people around a warming globe marched in youth-led protest, saying their voices are being heard but not sufficiently acted upon. Emissions...

Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions

Sep. 20, 2024 00:43 AM EDT

Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that adoption agencies were aggressively competing for kids, pressuring mothers and bribing hospitals, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. ...