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Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, background, listens, during a press briefing together with U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, foreground and Gregory Meeks, in Stockholm, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The United States House Foreign Affairs chair says that a partnership of the Russian and Chinese leaders worries him, saying: “We have never seen a threat this large-scale to Europe and the Pacific, I would argue, since World War II.” (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

McCaul calls Russia-China alliance the biggest threat since WWII

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In this photo released by police, three of the four hostages and bank robber Clark Olofsson, standing right, are seen in a bank in Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 27, 1973, shortly before the gunmen were overwhelmed by police. This week marks 50 years since a failed bank robbery that gave rise to the Stockholm syndrome, a term used in psychology to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their captors. (AP Photo, File)

What is Stockholm syndrome? It all started with a bank robbery 50 years ago

By Karl Ritter and Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

People board the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, England, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023. Britain’s government on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, rejected claims that it had been slow to evacuate asylum seekers from a barge moored off the south coast of England once traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease were found in the ship’s water system. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

U.K. gov’t rejects claims it was slow to evacuate asylum seekers after bacteria detected on barge

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, England, Tuesday August 1, 2023. Britain is removing 39 asylum seekers from a barge moored in southern England after environmental samples showed legionella bacteria in the water system. The move came just days after the men were moved to the floating hostel amid government efforts to reduce the cost of sheltering the growing number of people seeking asylum in Britain.(James Manning/PA via AP)

Britain’s barge for asylum seekers faces new setback as legionella bacteria found in water system

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Protestor Salwan Momika outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, Thursday, July 20, 2023, where he plans to burn a copy of the Koran and the Iraqi flag. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP)

Iran says it won’t accept new Swedish ambassador amid outrage over Koran desecration in Stockholm

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Worshippers chant slogans during a protest against Sweden after the Nordic nation allowed an Iraqi man to insult the Muslim holy book, the Quran, after their Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Thousands of Muslims take to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak to reporters before their talks Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said earlier that he has called a meeting of senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military organization. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Erdogan signals Turkey isn’t ready to ratify Sweden NATO membership, saying there’s more work to do

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Norway's Karsten Warholm in action during mens 400m hurdles during the Diamond League in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Olympic champion Warholm won his 400-meter hurdles race on Sunday and then turned to join in the crowd booing environmental protesters who disrupted his Diamond League event near the finish. (Fredrik Persson/TT News Agency via AP)

Olympic champion Warholm boos protesters on track who disrupted his 400-meter hurdles race

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Stockholm-Are delegation members celebrate during the presentation final presentation of the Stockholm-Are candidate cities the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. Sweden is moving closer to a ninth bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time in what's shaping up to be a race for the 2030 Games with only one obvious candidate. Swedish sports officials say there's a desire for the Nordic country to stage the Olympics following a four-month feasibility study. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Sweden moves closer to launching a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics

By Graham Dunbar and Steve Douglas - Associated Press

People enjoy drinks and snacks in the evening sun on a terrace overlooking Stockholm, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Smoking is prohibited in both indoor and outdoor areas of bars and restaurants in Sweden, which has the lowest share of smokers in the European Union. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)

Sweden close to becoming first ‘smoke free’ country in Europe as daily use of cigarettes dwindles

By Karl Ritter and Charlene Pele - Associated Press

Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Csaba Hende talks to the media after a meeting with the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Andreas Norlen in Stockholm, Tuesday March 6, 2023.. A Hungarian delegation, with members from Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing party is visiting Stockholm. (Caisa Rasmussen/TT via AP)

Hungarian delegation backs Sweden’s NATO application

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - A view of the main entrance to Furuvik Zoo, around 10 kms east of Gavle, Sweden, on Dec. 15, 2022. Officials at a Swedish Zoo managed to get three chimpanzees who had broken out of their enclosure back into a secure space, but four others were shot dead. The Furuvik Zoo said in a statement that the surviving animals are now being looked after and one who is injured is receiving treatment. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT via AP, File)

3 escaped chimpanzees recaptured in Sweden; 4 shot dead

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The Moderate party leader Ulf Kristersson speaks at a press conference on the formation of the new Swedish government, in Stockholm, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish parties make deal to govern with hard-right support

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - Supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran protest outside Stockholm's district court on the first day of the trial of Hamid Noury, in Stockholm, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. A Swedish court is expected to announce its verdict to an Iranian citizen who faces accusations of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The trial of Hamid Noury comes as ties between Stockholm and Tehran are tense. (Stefan Jerrevang/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Iranian gets life in prison in Sweden for 1980s crimes

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Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, right, welcomes UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday June 1, 2022, ahead of their meeting. (Soren Andersson/TT via AP)

UN chief worries Ukraine war overshadowing climate fight

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Court cites lab delay in ruling allowing Valieva to skate

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Stockholm City Hall is lit up with art inspired by the discovery of black holes, during the Nobel Week Lights in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday Dec. 5, 2020. The Nobel Week is opening with a visual projections light display in Stockholm. (Jessica Gow / TT via AP)

Nobel ceremonies go low-key this year because of coronavirus

By Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday Dec. 10, 2018 file photo, guests attend the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo Town Hall, Oslo. Dr. Denis Mukwege from Congo and Nadia Murad from Iraq will jointly receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. The award ceremony for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, traditionally held at the Oslo city hall on Dec. 10, will instead be held in scaled-down form at the city’s university because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

Virus scales down December Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

By JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

Swedish capital hit again by predawn blasts, 1 injured

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Sweden summons Chinese envoy over ‘lightweight boxer’ remark

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press