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Sweden’s postal service is inundated every year with thousands of letters beginning with ‘Dear Santa’, and it not only answers them but for over a century has kept those that stand out. With addresses such as “Lapland”, “Reindeer Land”…
Brussels, Belgium—Two Swedish nationals were shot dead in Brussels late Monday, October 16, 2023, by a suspect who remains at large, in an attack the Belgian prime minister described as “terrorism”. The gunman fled on a scooter and…
STOCKHOLM -One person was killed and nine injured, including children, in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in the Swedish capital on Sunday, June 25, 2023, representatives of the park said. Eyewitnesses said…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Sweden have signed an agreement that could pave the way for Stockholm to secure a major deal to supply multirole fighter aircraft for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). Acting Defense Secretary…
STOCKHOLM — A harness-wearing beluga whale that turned up in Norway in 2019, sparking speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian Navy, has appeared off Sweden’s coast, an organization following him said on Monday. First…
STOCKHOLM-A research rocket launched by Sweden Space Corp (SSC) early on Monday from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden malfunctioned and landed 15 km (9.32 miles) inside neighbouring Norway. The rocket reached an altitude of 250 kilometers…
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis of Sweden set a new world pole vault record of 6.22 meters at an indoor meeting in France on Saturday, describing it as “almost an out-of-body experience.” Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record…
MANILA, Philippines—EJ Obiena hit two birds with one stone after bagging the bronze medal and equaling his Philippine indoor record in the Mondo Classic at the IFU Arena in Uppsala, Sweden on Friday (Manila time). Obiena cleared…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Beautiful, fun, and colorful. This is how some spectators of the Sinulog Grand Parade describe their experiences of the festival at the South Road Properties (SRP) on Sunday, Jan. 15. First time travellers…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The World No. 3 pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino is brewing up a major invitational pole vault competition in 2023 bringing in world…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ernest John “EJ” Obiena scored his biggest win of the year after dominating the Orlen Cup Lodz men’s pole vault event on Friday, February 11, (February 12, Saturday, Manila Time) in Poland. The…
STOCKHOLM — Sweden scrapped almost all of its few pandemic restrictions on Wednesday and stopped most testing for COVID-19, even as the pressure on the healthcare systems remained high and some scientists begged for more patience in fighting the…
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