U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility Crisis
Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.
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India’s Next Big Fighter Jet Buy: F-21 Takes Center Stage
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is actively pursuing modernisation of its fighter fleet, with a major procurement program underway that has attracted leading global aerospace contenders. Among the prominent offers, the F-21—proposed by Lockheed Martin—has recently taken the spotlight as a tailored solution for India’s evolving defence needs, reported News18.Current Contenders And Strategic
Sweden urged to ban international adoption after damning inquiry findings
Inquiry head accuses Swedish state of human rights violations, citing child-trafficking cases across four decadesSweden should ban international adoption and apologise after thousands of children were illegally and unethically taken from their home cou…
Swedish senior diplomat arrested on suspicion of spying, say reports
Security service investigating if there is a link with sudden resignation of national security adviserA senior Swedish diplomat has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, as the security services investigate a potential link to the sudden resignation…
We don’t want to host if KAJ’s sauna song wins Eurovision, says Swedish city of Malmö
Officials in the city, where last year’s competition was held, say it is too big an event to do every two yearsThere are still several days to go until the Eurovision final in Switzerland, but the Swedish city of Malmö has already pre-emptively said it…
Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US letter urging city to scrap diversity initiatives
City official says it will not comply with request seeking to impose Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity measuresA city official in Stockholm has said the municipality has no plans to comply after one of its offices received a letter seeking to impose…
‘We will never sign!’ Trump stuns as he issues ‘bizarre’ demand to Swedish city
The United States is requiring businesses and government offices in Stockholm, Sweden, to comply with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI policies, according to Swedish news outlet Dagens Nyheter.
“Stockholm’s urban planning office must not work f…
Space Force eyeing international launch sites to increase ‘resilience’
While not necessarily a near-term possibility, Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen said the Space Force is “looking at increasing the resiliency, increasing the ways that we have to get assured access to space, that’s where the these initial dis…
Britons flying to Scandinavia with older passports risk being denied boarding
‘Inconsistent application’ of Schengen rules on passport validity has seen people turned back at border by airlinesSome Britons flying to Scandinavia this summer risk being turned away at the gate if they are travelling on an older passport due to the …
Sweden’s Great Moose Migration live stream ends after 478 hours’ viewing
Seventh season of hit ‘slow TV’ show followed annual trek of moose (or elk) heading to summer pasturesFor thousands of years, moose have crossed rivers, navigated thawing forests and quietly followed ancient trails toward their summer pastures in north…