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Biden signs same-sex marriage protection law

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US President Joe Biden has signed a law that strengthens protections for same-sex marriage in the country, reports CNN.

– Today is a good day. A day when the United States takes an important step towards equality, freedom and justice. Not just for some, but for everyone, he says according to ABC News.

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  • Tried to steal cash through drive-in hatch

    A man tried to steal a cash drawer in the drive-in window of a fast food restaurant in Tyresö.

    Several police patrols were called to the scene at 8.40pm on Tuesday evening.

    The suspected thief had failed in his attempt and ran away from the scene without any money.

    The police are searching the surrounding area for perpetrators and have started a preliminary investigation into attempted theft.

  • Fondstrul at Nordea – wrong value is displayed

    Nordea has problems with displaying funds.

    “Right now, there may be errors in the value of your funds. We are sorry if this affects you and are working as quickly as we can to resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience!”, the bank writes in an internal message in its app.

  • Police action after a serious crime

    The police in Luleå are investigating a serious crime in a residential area.

    Shortly before 7 p.m., the police were alerted and a person was arrested.

    The police are tight-lipped about the matter and consider it to be an isolated incident with no danger to the public.

    – I cannot release any details at the moment due to the early stage of the investigation. We will provide more information as soon as we can, says Kristina Lantto, press spokesperson at the police region North.

  • Frederiksen ready to form a government

    Mette Frederiksen. Photo: Liselotte Sabroe

    The Danish Social Democracy forms a government with the bourgeois parties Venstre and Moderaterne.

    On Tuesday evening, S leader Mette Frederiksen visited Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen to inform Queen Margrethe of the announcement.

    The three parties gathered 50.1 percent of the votes in the election and with the help of mandates from Greenland and the Faroe Islands can scrape together a majority, write Ekstra Bladet.

    The announcement comes six weeks after the election.

    – It will be a politically capable government. We have set high ambitions both in terms of higher employment, high climate ambitions and a comprehensive reform programme, says Frederiksen to Danish TV2.

  • Clear: New Zealand bans smoking

    New Zealand has put its foot down and decided to crack down on smoking.

    On Tuesday, a bill was hammered out that means that no one born after 2008 will be able to buy cigarettes or other tobacco products – ever.

    The attention-grabbing proposal means that the age limit for the purchase of tobacco is raised with each passing year, reports BBC.

    For example, a 40-year-old will be too young to buy cigarettes in 2050.

    – Thousands of people will live longer and healthier lives, says Health Minister Ayesha Verrall.

    In addition, the nicotine content of cigarettes will be reduced and the number of tobacco retailers will be limited.

  • 72-year-old sentenced in historic tax mess

    The so-called Cum-ex scandal is considered the biggest tax fraud in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.

    Today, the protagonist, 72-year-old Hanno Berger, was sentenced to eight years in prison, writes Die Zeit.

    Former tax advisor Berger has been involved in what is known as cum-ex trading.

    The fraud involved investors “getting back” tax on dividends on shares, even though they did not own the shares when the tax was deducted, writes TT.

    Berger, together with a former business partner, must repay SEK 293 million to the state.

    In addition to today’s verdict in Bonn, Berger is a suspect in a number of other legal cases in Germany.

  • Danske Bank is fined for money laundering

    Danske Bank agrees to fine $2 billion, the US Department of Justice says Reuters.

    The bank allegedly admitted to defrauding American banks between 2008 and 2016.

    According to the Justice Department, the bank’s employees hid illegal transactions through shell companies that allowed Russian and other high-risk clients to gain access to American banks.

    The bank’s office in Estonia has attracted customers by allowing them to transfer large sums of money with little transparency.

  • Top US politicians want to ban Tiktok in the US

    Republican Senator Marco Rubio, his party colleague Mike Gallagher and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi have submitted a bill to ban the social media site Tiktok in the United States, writes VG.

    Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi both sit in the House of Representatives.

    The background to the bill is a fear that the Chinese authorities, which own Tiktok, will collect data about the users.

  • All eight defendants are sentenced after the terrorist attack in Nice in 2016

    The eight people charged with aiding and abetting the terrorist attack in Nice, France in 2016 have been convicted in court, reports New York Times.

    The sentences vary from two to 18 years in prison.

    86 people died after Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove his truck through a crowd in the French city.

    He was shot dead by police.

  • Linda Staaf will remain at Noa

    Linda Staaf. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT

    After the turn of the year, Noa’s (National Operative Department) head of intelligence, Linda Staaf, would move to a position in the police unit at the Ministry of Justice.

    But it won’t happen, reports The Express.

    According to police press officer Christer Jansson, she will remain at Noa.

    – I don’t know the tasks she will get at Noa, he tells the newspaper.

    Read more about Mats Löfving and Linda Staaf here.

  • Major fire in the NY police evidence warehouse

    A massive fire has broken out in Brooklyn, New York in a warehouse where the NYPD stores evidence and paraphernalia. This is stated by the emergency services in New York on Twitter.

    A huge column of smoke is visible from the scene, reports NBC New York who films from his helicopter and flames shoot out from the roof. The rescue service is trying to contain the fire, among other things, by spraying water from ships. There are five different warehouses in the property, including one where New York police officers defend impounded vehicles, according to ABC7.

    The public in the immediate area is asked to avoid the smoke and close windows.

    There are no reports of personal injuries.

    The text is updated.

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  • Hey!

    How is the train traffic going now that the Swedish Transport Agency switched to its new system?

    Do you dare to book a train journey in between days?

    Amanda

    Hey! According to the Swedish Transport Administration, the system change has worked well and it should not affect train traffic.

    On the other hand, trains can be canceled for other reasons, but it does not seem at the moment that the IT change affects that.

  • How is it going in the Vetlanda case? The two women who are in custody for murder?

    Anna

    Hi Anna! The women are still in custody for the same suspicions – kidnapping, murder and breach of the peace of mind.

    On Thursday, the prosecutor will request whether the detention period should be extended or not. At the moment, it does not seem that a possible prosecution will be brought until the beginning of next year.

  • Hey!

    Is it a new person in the north who has been suspected of murder, or is it the same one you wrote about yesterday?

    Anonymous

    Hey! It’s a new suspected murder.

  • But why do they choose to do this always on the second weekend in December just before the Christmas and New Year holidays. Why not the second weekend in January?

    No

    Hi Inga! How it is that it always happens on the second weekend in December, I actually don’t know. At 16.20 we will have a chat with the Swedish Transport Administration’s press manager Bengt Olsson, so then you can ask him your question!

  • Why don’t you write anything about protesting yesterday against high prices?

    Sigvard Holmberg

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