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Swedish Air Force deploys Loke in live NATO mission
The Trackfire remote weapon station, which is part of Loke C-UAS, on a Swedish TGB15 vehicle, in a photo released in September 2025. (Saab) The Swedish Air Force's counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) Loke was deployed during the service's...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi. They were recognised for their groundbreaking discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance. The 2025 Nobel Prize in...

Sweden to Boost Defense Spending by $2.87 Billion in 2026
Sweden will raise its defense budget by 26.6 billion kronor ($2.87 billion) in 2026, bringing total military spending to 2.8% of GDP in response to growing regional security challenges. Strong Growth Since 2022 This marks another step in Sweden’s...

Music stops for the founder of Spotify
Daniel Ek, the 42-year-old founder of Spotify, who is one of Europe’s most successful technology entrepreneurs, is stepping back from the day-to-day running of the streaming giant to focus on long-term strategy and pursue his ambition to create...

Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts
Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Richard Asante, Joseph Asunka, Joshua Eisenman, Fancies Egu Lansana, Sanusha...


Nobel Prize 2025: Expectations for Groundbreaking Research, Medical Breakthroughs for Mankind, and World Peace & Conflict
Nobel Prize 2025: Expectations for Groundbreaking Research, Medical Breakthroughs for Mankind, and World Peace & Conflict Gangtok, Oct 6 : The yearlong waiting to know the winners or laureates of “Nobel Prize-2025” are about to over and the...

Taylor Swift Shoots Down “Shockingly Offensive” Question During Interview
Taylor Swift is clearly not a fan of a certain online theory about how getting married to Travis Kelce is going to hurt her career. The singer was asked during a BBC Radio 2 interview with Scott Mills (watch it below) whether her record-smashing...

Taylor Swift’s big week with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’: an album, movies, interviews and surprises
The Taylor Swift wave, almost a tsunami, advances inexorably. Her anxious fans, her exhausted detractors, and all those who couldn’t care less are all going to get tired of seeing her everywhere this week, especially in the United States. Because...
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Taylor Swift Reveals How She Kept Her New Album The Life of a Showgirl Secret: 'My Friends Don't Snitch’ By Latoya Gayle
NEED TO KNOW Taylor Swift spoke about the behind the scenes of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, while on BBC Radio 2's The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Monday, Oct. 6. The singer, 35, praised her friends for keeping her songs a secret...

Sweden deploys first Loke counter-drone system to defend bases from small drone attacks
Saab confirmed that Sweden’s Air Force has deployed the Loke counter-drone system for the first time during a NATO operation in Poland. On September 29, 2025, Saab confirmed that Sweden’s new Loke counter-drone (C-UAS) concept was deployed during...

Israel Plans Deporting Greta Thunberg to Greece
(MENAFN) Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is set to be expelled to Greece on Monday following her arrest aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy attempting to challenge Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli...

The forgotten sport: revive pro hockey this season
NHL logo Courtesy | Seeklogo Hockey is heading into one of its most unpredictable seasons. For sports fans searching for a sport with fresh storylines, the NHL season offers international competition, rising stars, and a wide-open race for the...

Swedish-Finn genealogy workshop runs at Sault museum
A Swedish-Finn genealogy workshop runs Friday at Sault Ste. Marie Museum. The two-hour free session starts at 2 p.m., a release says.Article content The museum is partnering with the Swedish-Finn Historical Society to present the event. Share this...

How to watch Conference League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free streams
Watch 2025/26 Conference League live streams to see clubs from England, Italy, Spain, France and all across the continent do battle for European silverware. Just the fifth edition of the revamped version of UEFA's third competition, English clubs...

Chilling text sent by 14-year-old mass shooting suspect after six teens were shot in city centre
By TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 10:27 EDT, 6 October 2025 | Updated: 10:27 EDT, 6 October 2025 A 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting six teens in a city centre sent a chilling text to his social worker after carrying out...

Nobel medicine prize goes to researchers studying immune system precision
American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible...

Dezeen Awards 2025 architecture shortlist reveals world's best buildings
Dezeen has announced the architecture shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes buildings by AIM Architecture, Olson Kundig Architects and Herzog & de Meuron. The 92 shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in 17...

GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut
This James Bond film from 1995, reissued for its 30th anniversary, is named after Ian Fleming’s own “Goldeneye” estate in Jamaica – though perhaps oddly, the film’s only Caribbean location is supposed to be Cuba. There’s a fair bit to enjoy here,...

Arsenal sold Hale End's answer to Gyokeres for £4m, now he's worth 464% more
If Arsenal are going to achieve what they want to achieve this season, their success is seemingly going to be built on a foundation of 2-0 wins. Mikel Arteta's team have enjoyed back-to-back victories by that scoreline this week, beating...