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Sweden's 'crossfit priest' heals body and soul on IG

Viken Kantarci, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 04:20 PM

Under the Instagram handle 'crossfitpriest', Swedish hospital chaplain Oskar Arngarden doles out fitness and spiritual advice to over 30,000 followers. Read more »

King cobra na tumakas sa enclosure, kusang bumalik

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 08:42 PM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Kusang bumalik ang isang nawawalang king cobra sa isang Stockholm aquarium isang linggo matapos tumakas sa kanyang enclosure. Read more »

North Korea has 20 nuclear warheads at most: think tank

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 14 12:17 PM

North Korea now has 20 nuclear warheads at most, a leading international security think tank said Monday. Read more »

Daredevil granny, 103, sets new world record for parachute jump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 30 07:12 AM

A 103-year-old Swedish woman on Sunday set the world record for the oldest person to complete a tandem parachute jump. Read more »

Duterte wants to attend next climate change meet

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 02:45 PM

He also tells the country's climate change commissioner to 'raise hell in the next meeting.' Read more »

Ikea to revamp stores as online business grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 08:12 PM

The company that controls most Ikea branches is repurposing its stores to adapt to soaring online business. Read more »

Fnatic, Boom, and T1 set to play at Stockholm Major

Kennedy Caacbay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 02:36 AM

A total of 10 Filipino professional gamers among Southeast Asian teams will participate in Dota 2's ESL One Stockholm Major. Read more »

Asian countries accumulate weapons as China tensions grow

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 14 12:53 PM

Some Asian and Oceanian nations are ramping up weapons purchases as they become increasingly wary of China's growing regional ambition, a report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showed Monday. Read more »

Tennis: Murray stuns Sinner in Stockholm

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 11 10:03 AM

Andy Murray claimed his second top 10 win in two weeks on Wednesday with a straight sets victory over top-seeded Jannik Sinner in Stockholm. Read more »

Tennis: Murray battles to opening victory in Stockholm

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 10:18 AM

Andy Murray came through a tense second-set tie-break to edge out Norwegian qualifier Viktor Durasovic in the Stockholm Open. Read more »

World military spending grows despite pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 12:26 PM

Military expenditure worldwide rose to nearly $2 trillion in 2020, defying the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers said Monday. Read more »

Major arms sales flat in 2016-20 for first time in more than a decade

Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 02:19 PM

STOCKHOLM - International deliveries of arms were flat in the period 2016-2020, ending more than a decade of increases, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on Monday. Read more »

Virus forces Nobel to cancel banquet for first time in decades

Johannes Ledel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 03:25 AM

The Nobel Foundation, which manages the Nobel Prizes, on Tuesday canceled its traditional December banquet because of the coronavirus pandemic and said the award ceremonies would be held in "new forms". Read more »

Swedish town uses chicken manure to help stop spread of coronavirus

Colm Fulton, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 08:20 PM

A town in southern Sweden has turned to a traditional source to try to prevent the coronavirus spreading during an annual festive event on Thursday - chicken manure. Read more »

Military spending saw biggest increase in a decade in 2019: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 12:32 PM

Global military expenditure saw its biggest uptick in a decade in 2019, researchers said Monday, marking the first year two Asian countries were among the top three spenders. Read more »

Sweden cracks down on bars as crowds flout corona rules

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 27 09:29 AM

STOCKHOLM - Sweden, whose softer approach to combating the new coronavirus has garnered international attention, said Sunday it was ordering the closure of five Stockholm bars and restaurants that failed to respect social distancing guidelines. Read more »

Philippines' honorary consul in Stockholm succumbs to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 10:22 PM

The Philippines' honorary consul in Stockholm, Sweden succumbed to the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed. Read more »

China sentences Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 11:25 AM

A Chinese court has sentenced Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad in a case that has rattled relations between Beijing and Stockholm. Read more »