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Mpox: how dangerous is new health emergency?
Today's Big Question Spread of potentially deadly sub-variant more like early days of HIV than Covid, say scientists
By The Week UK Published
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Coolcations: where to escape from the heat this summer
The Week Recommends As southern Europe sizzles, try these milder destinations
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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How strawberries are funding crime in Sweden
Under the Radar Police say illegal fruit sales turn over 'billions' of kronor a year for gangsters
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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The best health care systems in the world
In the Spotlight Getting sick has never felt better
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Sweden officially joins NATO
speed read The country applied to join in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Sweden clears final NATO hurdle with Hungary vote
Speed Read Hungary's parliament overwhelmingly approved Sweden's accession to NATO
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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A weekend in Stockholm: travel guide, things to do, food and drink
The Week Recommends Everything you need to know for a city break in Sweden's Scandi-cool capital
By The Week Staff Last updated
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New study suggests hitting the snooze button may be no bad thing
Speed Read People who delay getting up perform better in some cognitive tests, research finds
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Gangs, guns and bombs: Sweden's 'crisis of violence'
In the Spotlight Surge in bomb attacks and gun violence has led government to call on military support
By The Week Staff Published
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Koran burning in Scandinavia: freedom of expression’s ultimate test?
Talking Point Anti-Islam demonstrations have sparked condemnation and raised constitutional challenges for Sweden and Denmark
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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A boat trip around Sweden’s Bohuslän islands
The Week Recommends Thousands of islands make up the remote and ‘stunningly beautiful’ Bohuslän archipelago
By The Week Staff Published
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The mystery of Roman coins discovered on remote Baltic Sea island
Speed Read Archaeologists have found two silver denarii coins in area where ‘contact with Romans was limited’
By The Week Staff Published
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Turkey holds Finland and Sweden hostage over Nato bids
feature Swedish PM refuses to meet concessions around deporting alleged terrorists
By The Week Staff Last updated
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The Week Unwrapped: Millennial politics, Japanese payments and Swedish wolves
podcast Are today’s young voters staying leftier for longer? Will cash incentives get people to leave Tokyo? And why are endangered wolves facing a cull?
By The Week Staff Published
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