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Sweden has reported the first case of a more deadly strain of mpox outside of Africa. The disease causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions

Life

Sweden reports first case of deadly mpox strain outside Africa

Sweden on Thursday announced the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox, which the WHO has declared a global public...

AFPAugust 15, 2024

Sweden's vineyards are aiming to make their mark in the wine world

Business

Sweden seeks to be winemaking’s next frontier

Far north of iconic wine regions like Bordeaux and Tuscany, Sweden is seeing a burgeoning industry of vineyards and a first generation of winemakers...

AFPJuly 25, 2024

Spotify raised prices in June, its second increase in a year

Business

Spotify adds paid subscribers, beating estimates

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday that it added seven million paid subscribers in the second quarter, beating forecasts.

AFPJuly 23, 2024

The electric ferry that levitates across the waters of Stockholm

Business

Stockholm tests electric ‘flying’ ferry

One metre above the surface, a fully electric ferry is speeding across the waters of Stockholm as a Swedish company prepares to start taking...

AFPJuly 17, 2024

Ericsson has now written down more than half of its $6.2 billion acquisition of Vonage

Business

Ericsson posts $1bn quarterly loss on Vonage write down

Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson said Friday it had suffered a $1.0 billion quarterly loss after writing down the value of its purchase of...

AFPJuly 12, 2024

Hundreds of developers spent years making "Star Wars Outlaws", a process the Malmo, Sweden-based studio's executives say took them from mere fans to craftspeople on the beloved epic

Tech & Science

Swedish game studio channels fandom in ‘Star Wars Outlaw’

Hundreds of developers spent years making "Star Wars Outlaws", a process the Malmo, Sweden-based studio's executives say.

AFPJuly 12, 2024

Floderus did not believe he would ever be released until he was taken to Tehran airport on June 15

World

Swedish diplomat recalls darkest moments in Iran prison

After almost 800 days in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, the now-free Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus recalled the darkest moments throughout his imprisonment and how he...

AFPJuly 4, 2024

Suspects were arrested in Sweden and Germany over alleged 2012 abuses over Syrian protests, similar to the one shown in this image

World

Germany, Sweden arrest eight over Syria crimes against humanity

Investigators in Germany and Sweden on Wednesday arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity...

AFPJuly 3, 2024