Morning news 19 January

Morning news 19 January

The Swede’s first words from space: “Pure happiness”

After a little more than an hour in orbit around the earth, the first words came from the Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt on the Dragon spacecraft.

Here you can read more about Marcus Wandt’s journey in space.

North Korea claims underwater weapons test

North Korea has tested an underwater weapons system that it claims can be armed with nuclear weapons, state news agency KCNA said.

Here you can read more about North Korea’s nuclear weapons tests.

They are the winners of inflation

The wage earners are the losers of inflation. The winners are the companies and their owners, benefiting from rising profits, statistics from Konjunkturinstitutet (KI) show.

Here you can read more about inflation’s winners and losers.

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