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French parliament approves law legalizing euthanasia
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US removes COVID vaccine recommendation for children and pregnant women
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Swedes earn money clearing invasive species
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Climeworks’ green billion-dollar venture in Iceland dismissed as a scam
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Organic Maps – the map app that doesn’t map you
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Wallenberg and Nvidia to build “cutting-edge” AI center in Sweden
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EU leaders want to punish Hungary for Pride ban
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Good fitness may prevent dementia
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Russia plans large buffer zone in Ukraine
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Sweden’s Liberal Party pushes to label misogyny as terrorism
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Swedish state tv: Jewish lobby groups decide US presidential election
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One in two young Brits long for a world without the internet
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Teuton Systems offers smart privacy-focused technology – without compromise
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Lion population growing in India
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Antarctic ice levels show recent growth
EnvironmentIce masses grew significantly between 2021 and 2023, Chinese research shows.
The headache of brain cell masses: How human consciousness baffles neuroscientists
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Chemicals in electronic waste may damage cells
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This isn’t the internet we were promised
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Finns are the world’s most active TikTok users
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Sweden to introduce four-year prison sentence for psychological abuse
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Bitcoin reaches new record level – could become a safe haven
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