Caravan has exploded in Mariehamn

Study: So many boycotts American

About one in five people choose already chooses US brands and a majority are open to doing so.

This shows a recent study from the School of Economics at Lund University.

For Swedish and European companies that want to win new customers, it is important to act quickly because consumer commitment is often short -lived, says Professor Johan Anselmsson in a press release from the university.

“Making visible countries and offering strong European alternatives can be crucial for this trend to hold up and actually gain momentum,” he says.

Missile to Airport in Israel – shot down

A missile fired from Yemen was shot down by Israel’s air defense during the night towards Thursday. Alarm sounded in large parts of the country, states the Times of Israel.

No persons were hit by fallen parts, but several have received care due to acute concerns or injuries when they fled to shelters.

The Iran -backed Huthi rebels in Yemen quickly took on the attack and said in a statement that the missile was Ben Gurion Airport.

According to the Israeli military, it was shot down before it reached the country’s airspace.

Several dead in new Israeli attacks

At least ten people have been killed in new Israeli attacks against Gaza during the night towards Thursday, says Gaza’s civil defense. Another dozens must have been injured.

The attacks take place after the Hamas -controlled Civil Defense Authority on Wednesday updated the death speech since Israel resumed the attacks to 470 people.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously warned that the ongoing wave of attacks “is just the beginning”.

Soldiers killed in jihadist attack

13 soldiers have been killed in attacks from jihadist groups in Niger.

According to the country’s military, nine of them were killed in conjunction with battles against IS-allied jihadists at a gold mine in the western region Tilaberi on Saturday.

The second attack took place two days later on the other side of the country, when four soldiers were killed in battles with a group that will be part of Boko Haram.

Ukraine: Several injured in attack

Several people, including one child, have been injured in a comprehensive drone attack against the city of Kropyvnytskyj in central Ukraine, says the regional military leadership.

Multi -family houses have suffered injuries in connection with the attack that began late Wednesday evening.

Villa in flames

A two -storey villa outside Torsby in Värmland began to burn strongly during the night towards Thursday. Rescue services and police were alerted a few minutes after midnight by a witness who saw that the house was over.

– It’s a summer home and no one was there. We have talked to the owner, says police officer Olle Lund.

Survived seven hours buried under the snow

A man buried by an avalanche in the North Norwegian Lyngen was miraculously rescued after spending seven hours under the snow.

The man, who is in his fifty years, was found at consciousness for about 1.5 meters of snow shortly after midnight, the night of Wednesday. He was rescued by an air pocket from which he could call the police.

– People who are drawn by an avalanche are usually suffocated within ten minutes if they are buried under the snow. Some survive longer, but seven hours are almost unique in history, says Audun Hetland, avalanche researcher from Tromsö University, to the magazine ITROMSO.

The man was part of a group of three foreign tourists who were skiing despite the avalanche danger. One of them, a Slovenian woman in her 50s, is still missing and feared to be dead.

Wide rise in the stock exchanges in New York

The courses rose broadly on the US stock exchanges on Wednesday after the central bank Federal Reserve expected a message that the policy rate remains unchanged in the coming months.

At the same time, the Fed announced changes to the system of government bonds, which is expected to keep interest rates on ten -year bonds. It benefits the stock market.

Among the winners, the index -heavy chip giant Nvidia, up 1.8 percent. Electric car manufacturer Tesla, who has backed two days in a row, now lifted 4.7 percent.

The Dow Jones industrial index rose 1.2 percent, broad S&P 500 index 1.4 percent and technology-heavy Nasdaq’s composite index 1.8 percent.

Shots fired at apartment door

Shots have fired at an apartment door in Brandbergen south of Stockholm.

Police were alerted about the incident at 20.30 on Wednesday evening.

“No person seems to have been home in the apartment in question,” says Per Fahlström, press spokesman at the police.

The crime classification is attempted murder and serious weapons crime.

– At present, no one is arrested, but we have an ongoing effort. We work with special search dogs and door knocking in the area.

Stop in commuter train traffic

A suspected collision has caused major disruptions in Stockholm’s commuter train traffic during the evening.

All traffic between Knivsta and Märsta was stopped and the commuter trains between Södertälje center and Märsta/Uppsala C were also affected.

After a major search effort, there is nothing to indicate any collision and the traffic stop was lifted at 20.30, the police say on their website.

Man arrested in case of protection objects

A man has been arrested at a protection object in Malmö.

The incident occurred at 17.20.

According to police, the man at the age of 25 and a foreign citizen is.

The man is suspected of illegal depiction of protection objects.

Fed leaves the policy rate unchanged

The US central bank leaves as expected the policy rate unchanged.

It is now at 4.25 – 4.50 percent.

Joy message: Pope on the road of improvement

Pope Francis, 88, is about to recover.

According to the Vatican, he no longer needs breathing assistance at night.

Fully developed villa fire

It burns in a villa in Friggesund outside Hudiksvall.

The rescue service and several police patrols have been alerted to the fire, which is described as “fully developed”, police say.

No person must have been in the home. The alarm arrived at 17.30.