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June 3, 2020 at 3:58 am

Scientist defends Sweden’s hotly debated virus strategy VIEW

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's chief epidemiologist on Wednesday defended his country's controversial coronavirus strategy, which avoided a lockdown but resulted in one of the highest...

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May 18, 2020 at 4:51 am

European airlines hope to resume flights but outlook is dim

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European airlines are planning for a return to the skies this summer after being grounded almost completely for weeks over the...

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May 7, 2020 at 4:26 am

Suspect claims Norway mosque attack was ’emergency justice’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian man suspected of killing his ethnic Chinese stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque and opening fire said Thursday...

April 23, 2020 at 3:36 am

Greenland ready to take US aid but won’t accept conditions

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenlanders said Thursday they welcome U.S. investment in their island, but the money has to come without conditions. The U.S administration...

April 16, 2020 at 5:55 am

Amid lockdown, Danes find way to celebrate queen’s birthday VIEW

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Observing social distancing, Danes on Thursday sang birthday songs from homes, balconies, parks and public gardens to honor popular Queen Margrethe...

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FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 file photo, actor Max Von Sydow attends the Lumiere Award ceremony of the 7th Lumiere Festival in Lyon, central France. Max von Sydow, the self-described â€œshy boyâ€-turned-actor who played the priest in the horror classic â€œThe Exorcist,â€ has died. He was 90, it was reported on Monday, March 9, 2020. He was known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. But it was his role as the devil-evicting priest in William Friedkin’s controversial 1973 film “The Exorcist” that brought him to international attention. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File) AMB107 AMB107

March 9, 2020 at 5:43 am

‘Exorcist’ actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and...

Entertainment

March 4, 2020 at 2:01 am

Lego earnings rise, expects to avoid big hit from virus

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Lego said its earnings rose last year and that it has so far avoided major damage from the new coronavirus and...

Business

February 24, 2020 at 8:33 pm

China sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years in prison

BEIJING (AP) — A court in eastern China has sentenced a Swedish seller of books that took a skeptical look at the ruling Communist Party...

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February 17, 2020 at 7:41 am

UK grapples with severe floods, storm death toll rises to 3 VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Britain issued severe flood warnings Monday, advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks' worth of rain in some places. A...

February 5, 2020 at 8:01 am

Convicted Norwegian spy: intel agencies are ‘amateurish’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A retired Norwegian border inspector, who was convicted in Russia for spying and who was returned home last year in a...