Putin has 'both eyes' on a strategic island belonging to new NATO member Sweden, army commander says

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Two Swedish military instructors in military clothing stand with their backs to the camera, watching a pair of soldiers fire a machine gun while lying on mossy ground on a grey day, outside Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, March 21, 2024
Swedish military instructors watch as soldiers fire a machine gun on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden, March 21, 2024

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McSki in Sweden is McDonald's only ski-thru restaurant, where you can grab a Big Mac to take down the slopes

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McDonald's Ski-Thru restaurant in Sweden.

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I'm a Swede who used to work with Americans. These are the main differences I saw in our working cultures.

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CEO Sofia Brandt said Sweden's parental leave laws mean dads can play a bigger role in their kids' lives.

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NATO's newest member says it's ready to fortify a strategic island in the middle of the Baltic Sea close to Russia

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Swedish military officials watch a C-130H take off from a runway on Gotland Island on October 23, 2021.

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Sweden conducted its first reconnaissance flights near the Russian border since joining NATO

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Planes from different NATO nations' militaries fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on June 6, 2022, during an exercise in the Baltic Sea.

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With Sweden in NATO, the alliance has new ways to strike Russia's prime targets

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Air force from different nations fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) on June 6, 2022, during the BALTOPS 22 Exercise in the Baltic Sea. -

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Oldest siblings tend to make more money. Researchers have a new theory that explains why.

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Researchers have a new theory for why older siblings tend to make more money than their younger siblings.

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Sweden is exactly what the West needs to counter Putin's underhand tactics

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Swedish troops from the Life Guards train at a military site in Kungsangen, Sweden.
Swedish troops from the Life Guards train at a military site in Kungsangen, Sweden.

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The 'World's Ugliest Lawn' winner says the animals that visit every day 'think it's beautiful'

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Kathleen Murray smiles on her lawn, which won her a contest because it's so dry and ugly.
Kathleen Murray smiles on her lawn, which won her a contest due to its ugliness and dryness.

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Cheer up Elon – at least Tesla's still winning EV races in Scandinavia

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The logo marks the showroom and service center for the US automotive and energy company Tesla in Amsterdam on October 23, 2019
Tesla has faced strikes in Sweden that have subsequently spread to Norway.

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