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A fifth of the world’s population has a ‘superior resilience’ to colder temperatures thanks to a genetic mutation, allowing them to never feel the cold, study reveals. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden had 32 healthy men aged 18 to 40 sit in 14 degrees Celsius water until their body temperature dropped to 35.5C. They … Read more
Texas may be the energy powerhouse of the US, but it has not held up to its name after historic freezing conditions froze the state’s power facilities and mainly its 10,700 wind turbines. Sweden, which is known for its colder climate, has offered the Lone Star State some advice to keep the wings moving no … Read more
A fifth of the world’s population has a ‘superior resilience’ to colder temperatures thanks to a genetic mutation, allowing them to never feel the cold, study reveals. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden had 32 healthy men aged 18 to 40 sit in 14 degrees Celsius water until their body temperature dropped to 35.5C. They … Read more
A Swedish filmmaker has been cleared of breaching an international grave treaty while filming the wreckage of the doomed ferry MS Estonia. Henrik Evertsson used a drone camera to film the vessel, which sank off the coast of the Finnish island Uto in 1994, killing 852 passengers, for a Discovery+ documentary about the disaster. The … Read more
EU accused of ‘kissing the backside of Russia’ after it turns to Moscow to make up its shortfall in vaccine supplies Josep Borrell backs Russian Sputnik V jab, congratulates country on its ‘success’ Russia expelled three European diplomats over imprisonment of Alexei Navalny Sir Iain Duncan Smith says EU is ‘kissing the backside of Russia,’ … Read more
International outrage as Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it will expel diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany for attending a rally supporting Alexei Navalny Thousands took to streets in Russia during January in support of Alexei Navalny Diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden face expulsion from Russia World leaders criticise move by Russia’s Foreign Ministry, calling it … Read more
Snow queen! Pregnant Princess Sofia looks chic in a cream teddy bear jacket as Sweden’s TV4 confirms it’s making its own version of The Crown charting life of King Carl XVI Gustaf Princess Sofia of Sweden looked chic in a cream teddy bear jacket in the snow She arrived at digital graduation ceremony in Stockholm, … Read more
‘Child’ migrant stopped at Swedish border is actually a SIXTY-YEAR-OLD woman Woman in her sixties, who lives in bordering Denmark, had claimed she was a child so she could get around Sweden’s strict border controls The woman had said she was under 18 so she could visit her mother in Sweden She was stopped by … Read more
‘Child’ migrant stopped at Swedish border is actually a SIXTY-YEAR-OLD woman Woman in her sixties, who lives in bordering Denmark, had claimed she was a child so she could get around Sweden’s strict border controls The woman had said she was under 18 so she could visit her mother in Sweden She was stopped by … Read more
Switzerland has refused to approve the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine amid concerns over insufficient data and regulators said ‘new studies’ were needed. It comes after France, Sweden and Germany advised against administering the jab to those over 65 and Emmanuel Macron claimed it was ‘almost ineffective’ for the age bracket. The Swissmedic regulatory authority said it … Read more