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Climate striker Greta Thunberg wins Swedish rights prize
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Climate striker Greta Thunberg wins Swedish rights prize

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday won the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel Prize”, the jury…
Sweden analyzing Assange evidence, holds off on investigation order
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Sweden analyzing Assange evidence, holds off on investigation order

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s prosecution authority will hold off on asking Britain to allow it to question WikiLeaks founder Julian…
Swedes switch to trains due to global warming
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Swedes switch to trains due to global warming

One flight between Sweden’s two biggest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg, generates as much carbon dioxide, the gas that contributes the…
Swedish Assange hearing to decide on extradition request
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Swedish Assange hearing to decide on extradition request

A Swedish court will hear arguments on Monday to decide whether prosecutors can proceed to request Julian Assange’s extradition from…
Sweden reopens rape probe against Assange
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Sweden reopens rape probe against Assange

Swedish prosecutors said Monday they were reopening a 2010 rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hoping to bring him…
Why are Norwegians so happy? In a word: ‘koselig’
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Why are Norwegians so happy? In a word: ‘koselig’

(CNN)–Go to your happy place. Go on, close your eyes and picture it. Take a deep breath and hold it…
Global press freedom under threat, says Reporters Without Borders
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Global press freedom under threat, says Reporters Without Borders

For the first time in three years, North Korea evaded the wooden spoon: The country is no longer ranked last…
Julian Assange has been arrested
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Julian Assange has been arrested

(CNN)–WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, police announced Thursday. The Metropolitan Police said…
Hodeidah grain stores ‘at risk of rotting’: UN
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Hodeidah grain stores ‘at risk of rotting’: UN

DUBAI (Reuters) – The UN special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in…
North Korean official heads for talks in Sweden: report
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North Korean official heads for talks in Sweden: report

  A top North Korean diplomat was traveling to Sweden Tuesday, she told reporters, as speculation mounts over the next…
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