ABBA stars Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have shared in a dividend of nearly £1m after a surge in profits at their production company Littlestar Services ~music Article 617 words 6 votes
Jeffrey Epstein: documents linking associates to sex trafficker unsealed ~news usa crime Article 519 words 28 votes
Far from their girl-power namesakes, deadpan Finnish pop duo Maustetytöt have topped the charts at home – and found a kindred spirit in director Aki Kaurismäki ~music pop.schlager Article 1042 words 9 votes
Morning sickness breakthrough raises hopes of possible cure ~health medicine Article 646 words, published Dec 13 2023 20 votes
Sweden's most popular tourist attraction, a 17th-century vessel that foundered minutes after launch, needs another financial rescue ~humanities.history Article 660 words 11 votes
Sweden's Aira, which offers subscription service at no upfront cost, has sights set on UK's growing heat pump market ~enviro energy Article 768 words 14 votes
Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. Canadian scientists say evidence shows digits may have been ritually removed to appease deities or aid social cohesion. ~humanities.history Article 776 words 26 votes
Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker Kosta Boda for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’ – landmark case may open door to retrospective claims across bloc ~design Article 1074 words 6 votes
Reindeer combine sleeping and digesting, Norwegian researchers found after extracting reindeer brain data ~science biology Article 484 words 9 votes
Anthony Joshua admits “there is no future” if he fails to beat Otto Wallin on the ‘Day of Reckoning’ in Saudi Arabia on Saturday ~sports.combat Article 597 words 4 votes
Paris is saying 'non' to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe ~transport Article 902 words 82 votes
Reindeer noir, the Finnish crime sub-genre influenced by Santa's home town of Rovaniemi ~tv Article 747 words 5 votes
In northern Ontario, a dozen First Nations have been left struggling. A court’s attempt to enforce treaty promises could see them getting up to C$126bn. ~news canada.on Article 2222 words 12 votes
Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study show ~finance business Article 706 words 87 votes
Danish parliament has voted to ban the burning of religious scriptures after a series of Qur’an desecrations in the country and neighbouring Sweden ~humanities religion Article 448 words 26 votes
When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice ~life work Article 7479 words 19 votes
Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels ~enviro climate change Article 1527 words 45 votes
Denmark's largest trade union has joined strike action by Swedish Tesla workers, piling pressure on the US electric car company to agree to collective bargaining rights ~transport Article 397 words 21 votes
Shane MacGowan obituary - lead singer and masterful songwriter for the Pogues who brought punk style and attitude to Irish folk music ~music Article 2013 words 29 votes
World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan ~enviro energy Article 439 words 21 votes
Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge ~humanities.history Article 520 words 12 votes
‘A bus is open to everyone regardless of class’: riding the world’s biggest network ~transport Article 806 words 8 votes
A tourism boom to the Faroe Islands, fuelled by social media, has resulted in some landowners taking measures to get a share of the revenues ~travel Article 1133 words 8 votes
Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege ~tech social media facebook Article 558 words 24 votes
Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 Olympics – wooden hut is Britain's oldest operating sauna and ‘hugely important’ piece of sporting history ~design architecture Article 738 words 9 votes
Norway brought heat pumps in from the cold – device installed in two-thirds of households suggests switching to greener heating can be done ~enviro energy climate change Article 1215 words, published Nov 23 2023 28 votes
Sweden's Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn't rely on scarce raw materials ~transport Article 606 words, published Nov 21 2023 49 votes
Swedish A-traktors, vehicles modified to not go above 19mph, became a teenage rite of passage – amid a rise in accidents there are calls for a ban ~transport Article 809 words 16 votes
Residents of Luleå, Sweden welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months ~life Article 955 words 12 votes
The Australian scientist who tried to raise the alarm about climate change asks himself "Where did I go wrong?" ~enviro climate change Article 1397 words 17 votes
Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden's powerful unions ~transport Article 1059 words 23 votes
Solar power to the people: California program brings clean energy to Oakland ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1225 words, published Nov 18 2023 11 votes
Some ultra-processed foods are good for your health, World Health Organization-backed study finds ~food Article 563 words, published Nov 13 2023 27 votes
Novo Nordisk suggested to senior UK government officials that they could “profile” benefit claimants – those who are most likely to return to the labour market ~health Article 1338 words 17 votes
‘It was a way to share your musical experiences’: Two new books explore the cassette tape's contribution to music ~music Article 1622 words 7 votes
US increased number of limited liability company landlords leads to difficulty requesting repairs, increased evictions ~life housing Article 1190 words 32 votes
As one half of Outkast, he helped invent southern hip-hop, sold 20m records and won six Grammys. Now André 3000 has released a solo flute album. ~music Article 2318 words 25 votes
Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills ~food Article 676 words 37 votes
Seventeen years, zero losing seasons: Mike Tomlin’s coaching genius rumbles on ~sports.american_football Article 1171 words, published Nov 8 2023 13 votes
John Oliver backs ‘weird, puking’ pūteketeke as he takes New Zealand’s bird of century poll global ~tv Article 513 words 32 votes
Australian academics apologise for false AI-generated allegations against big four consultancy firms ~tech google Article 685 words, published Nov 2 2023 10 votes
Architecture lovers can spend the night in a modernist masterpiece designed by Alvar Aalto – former TB sanatorium is now Finland's most unusual holiday let ~design architecture Article 1224 words 10 votes
Sweden's schools minister Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor/free schools in her plans for education reform ~life education Article 1010 words 8 votes
Industrial robot crushes man to death in South Korean distribution centre ~tech Article 151 words 14 votes
Fika, four-week-holidays and zero overtime – Sweden's stunningly healthy work culture ~life work Article 2231 words 38 votes
Holger Rune bounces back under new coach Boris Becker – Dane has qualified for next week's ATP Finals after a slump in form ~sports tennis Article 1023 words 6 votes
At the Icelandic home of Katrín Þorvaldsdóttir, foraged material like seaweed is turned into masks, clothing and even shoes ~design fashion Article 749 words 8 votes