Iceland’s parliament is examining a bill that would require companies to prove they offer equal pay to employees. The law, which is set to become a world first, aims to close the wage gap between...
Internet giant Amazon on Tuesday said it would build three data centres across Sweden, the first in the Nordic region, bringing the number of its "cloud" storage facilities in Europe to ten. The...
Being overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy has been linked to a higher risk of bearing a child with epilepsy, researchers said Monday. The study was based on data from 1.4 million...
Some Jewish parents in Umea were said to be too scared to send their children to school A Jewish community association in northern Sweden has decided to close following a series of far-right threats,...
After months of controversy, Bob Dylan is in Stockholm to finally grab his Nobel literature prize in a meeting with the Swedish Academy, which awarded him for his poetry. The first songwriter to...
South Korea's Kang Sung, seeking a win to reach his first Masters, birdied four holes in a row before a closing bogey left him one adrift of leader Rickie Fowler after the first round of the Houston...
The first works by Nobel laureates following the prize inevitably draw extra attention. For Bob Dylan, his release is as unorthodox as his selection for literature's top award. On the heels of the...
Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion who bungled a repeat bid, begin play Thursday at the PGA Houston Open with the Masters looming next week. Also in...
EU regulators have blocked London Stock Exchange's £21bn merger with German stock exchange Deutsche Boerse. The European Commission said the deal would have created a "de facto monopoly" for certain...
The Swedish Academy has warned that Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan has until June 10 to deliver the traditional Nobel lecture, in order to receive the eight million kronor (840,000 euros,...
A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not "realistic", the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject. The US, Britain and France were among the...
The twenty biggest banks in the eurozone booked over a quarter of their 2015 profits in tax havens, with Luxembourg and Ireland the favourite destinations, a report by Oxfam said on Monday. The...
More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers. Some 123 UN members announced in October that...
The Dutch football federation confirmed on Sunday evening that they had dismissed Danny Blind from his position as manager. Blind had been under increasing pressure, with the Netherlands facing the...
A quarter-century of impressive human development progress continues to leave many people behind, with systemic, often unmeasured, barriers to catching up. A stronger focus on those excluded and on...
Russia made history as they beat Sweden to reach the World Women's Curling Championship final for the first time. Taking to the ice for Saturday evening's sole semi-final at the Capital Gymnasium in...
Emma Thompson revealed in an interview with Sweden’s SVT this week that she turned down a date with Donald Trump while filming 1998’s “Primary Colors.” Bullet, dodged. Or maybe not. Joking...
Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson advanced to the knockout rounds of the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship with a 6-and-5 rout of fellow American J. B. Holmes on Friday. Mickelson...
US President Donald Trump has defended making unsubstantiated claims about wiretapping and election fraud that have damaged his credibility, saying in a new interview he "predicted a lot of things."...
Ukraine has barred Russia's Eurovision contestant because she performed in Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014. Julia Samoilova was banned from entering Ukraine for three years because of her "illegal"...
