Drug commonly used to treat cold sores and herpes and renal failure has been linked to syndrome that leads people to believe they are dead Heather Saul Friday, 18 October 2013 Pharmacologists have discovered one of the mechanisms that triggers… Read More ›
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Swedish court rules that it is ‘okay’ to masturbate in public
A 65-year-old man who pleasured himself on a Stockholm beach acquitted of sexual assault because he ‘was not targeting a specific person’ Adam Withnall Thursday, 19 September 2013 A court in Sweden has ruled that a man who openly masturbated… Read More ›
Stockholm riots leave Sweden’s dreams of perfect society up in smoke
A week of disturbances in Sweden’s capital has tested the Scandinavian nation’s reputation for tolerance, reports Colin Freeman Photo: REX FEATURES By Colin Freeman, Husby 1:36PM BST 25 May 2013 Like the millions of other ordinary Swedes whom he now… Read More ›
Unrest may spread across Europe, warns Red Cross chief
Charity boss ‘worried’ by effect of austerity measures on Continent’s poor Charlotte McDonald-Gibson Friday, 24 May 2013 Rocketing unemployment and poverty in some areas of Europe could lead to rising civil unrest, unless governments take measures to address the humanitarian… Read More ›
Sweden pays jobless youth to move to Norway
Thursday, 01 November 2012 Under a scheme organised by the local authorities in the town of Soderhamn and by Sweden’s national employment office, anyone aged between 18 and 28 can volunteer to take a “Job Journey”… Read More ›
Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
Water scarcity’s effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed population expected to reach 9bn by 2050 Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world’s… Read More ›
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