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Musk hits back at suicide prevention claims
During the day Reuters has reported that the suicide prevention feature disappeared from Twitter.
According to two sources to the news agency, the decision must have been made by Elon Musk himself.
Now Elon Musk hits back after the reporting and refers to the news as incorrect.
“False, it’s still there,” he writes in response to Reuters’ link to the article on social media.
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Germany’s coal consumption is increasing sharply
German coal consumption is increasing, and is now the largest in six years, reports Echo.
Germany is restarting coal-fired power plants that had previously been effectively shut down, and coal imports are expected to increase next year.
The increased consumption is mainly due to the restricted supply of Russian gas and reduced imports of French nuclear electricity.
Lack of electricity in Ukraine on Christmas Eve – power plants are stopped
There is a major electricity shortage in Ukraine on Christmas Eve as a result of attacks from Russia.
Ukraine’s national energy company Ukrenergo writes on Telegram that an important power plant has had to be stopped due to damage.
“On December 24, there is a significant lack of electricity in the electricity system,” writes the company.
Kyiv is the hardest hit due to a drone attack on Monday.
Ukrenergo writes that everything is being done to improve the situation in the country.
Man shot by police in Vimmerby has died
The man who was shot in connection with the police firing his service weapon has died from his injuries.
Relatives have been notified, the police write on their website.
The incident is said to have occurred after the police were called to an apartment due to a fight during the Friday evening.
A policeman was injured during the intervention but has been able to leave hospital.
Read more about it here.
Shanghai urges people to celebrate Christmas at home
The authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai are urging residents to stay at home during the Christmas holiday due to the serious spread of infection in the country, writes NBC News and refers to Reuters.
The channel writes that Christmas is not celebrated in China, but that it is common for young couples and some families to spend the big weekend together.
Many restaurants in the city have canceled Christmas parties and hotels have been forced to limit bookings due to staff shortages.
Aircraft alert in 13 Ukrainian regions
The aircraft alarm sounds in several parts of Ukraine, Kyiv Independent reports on its Twitter.
The alarm should have gone off in 13 of the country’s regions, including in the capital, Kyiv.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia could go on the offensive during the Christmas holidays in his nightly speech.
– The Russian terrorists may become active again. They defy Christian values and all values in general. Therefore, be ready for alarm signals, help each other and always take care of each other, said the president.
Birds have stomachs full of plastic
Petrels on Svalbard have stomachs full of plastic debris, reports Swedens radio.
This is because plastic waste from Europe has traveled north with the ocean currents and has now reached the Arctic.
– Of the animals we have autopsied, it is now more than 90 percent that have plastic in their stomachs to the extent that we believe it affects their nutrient absorption, says Kim Holmén at the Norwegian Polar Institute, to the radio.
Man shot – no one arrested yet
A man was shot in a townhouse area in Bohus near Kungälv on Thursday. The victim is 35 years old.
According to information to TV4 Nyheterna the shooter should have knocked on the victim’s home. Then he is said to have been shot with a larger number of shots in front of the eyes of at least one relative, according to TV4’s information.
The police are working on the theory that the shot man was not the target and that it was a so-called “erroneous shooting”, according to information to the channel.
Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson for the police in the West region, says that they are working on the investigation. No one has yet been arrested.
– We have worked with door knocking in the area and carried out a technical investigation. We are working with internal and external reconnaissance to locate this perpetrator or perpetrators, we cannot rule out that it is more than one.
The police do not rule out that it could be organized crime.
– It is too early to comment on that at the moment, but we do not dismiss such investigative thoughts, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler.
Grain harvest in Ukraine 40 percent less
The agricultural industry in Ukraine has been hit hard by the Russian invasion. Compared to last year, this year’s grain harvest in the country is 40 percent less this year, TT reports.
– We expect a grain harvest of around 65-66 million tons, says Sergiy Ivashchenko, who heads Ukraine’s trade association for grain farmers.
Last year’s harvest in Ukraine was 106 million tons.
The world’s trash has reached the Arctic
Large amounts of plastic have reached the Arctic, according to a new study by the Norwegian Polar Institute, reports Swedens radio.
The trash travels from Europe and with the ocean currents, the air and ships to the north.
The petrels on Svalbard have their stomachs largely filled with plastic and many animals come into contact with the rubbish, writes the Norwegian Polar Institute on its website.
– Of the animals we have autopsied, it is now more than 90 percent that have plastic in their stomachs to the extent that we believe it affects their nutrient intake, says Kim Holmén at the Norwegian Polar Institute, to Sveriges Radio.
Several dead after tanker explodes
At least ten people have died and at least 27 have been injured after a gas tank exploded in Boksburg in South Africa, reports the news agency BNO News.
The Citizen newspaper has spoken to councilor Simon Lapping who says the accident is devastating.
– I have never seen anything like this before and I cannot believe the trauma that happened like this the day before Christmas, he says.
According to the newspaper, children are said to have died in the accident that occurred when a tanker drove into a railway bridge.
Videos are circulating on social media showing a violent explosion followed by flames rising into the sky.
Person walked through the ice at Årsta holmar
The police and rescue services were alerted that a person had walked through the ice at Årsta holmar on Saturday morning.
– The person who alerted us was out for a walk and saw that this person was lying some way out in the water. But after an operation with divers, they got the person up quickly, says Carina Andersson, officer on duty at the police in Stockholm.
The person has been taken to hospital.
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Merry Christmas!
Harald
Here at the editorial office, there is someone who works every day, all year round! Merry Christmas, Harald! ?
Are price increases on food habits reasonable in relation to inflation or are the stores salting the prices to make more profit? Think, for example, butter prices!
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Hey! The Norwegian Institute of Economic Research has investigated this, and concluded that prices did not rise unreasonably much. However, I don’t know how it is with butter, and of course there can be exceptions.
What is happening in Vetlanda – the case?
New tasks? Are both women still in custody?
Bert ove
Hey! Yes, they are still in custody.
In our last article about the case, we wrote that one of them wanted to change lawyers. Here you can take part in our entire reporting.
Finished with electricity support for Norrland?
Frozen
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The government has not yet given any clear information about it. In an interview with The Express however, says Oscar Sjöstedt, economic policy spokesperson for SD, that an electricity subsidy should also be given to Norrland.
– It must be done and we are working together with the government there, he tells the newspaper.
However, when that will happen is unclear.
Read that they were convicted of the hairdresser’s murder (execution) in Gothenburg.
Why aren’t both sentenced to life in prison?
Is it because they were young when the crime happened?
Is this the District Court’s judgment, and will it be appealed?
Hasse Gustafsson
Hey! The penalty value is assessed to be life imprisonment for the murder. However, the court has decided that the shooter was 18 when the murder was committed, which thus led to a lighter sentence.
The other person is convicted of aiding and abetting.
The penalty value for his act is considered lower than for the two shooters, but the assessment is still that it is equivalent to life imprisonment. There, too, age is taken into account, according to GP.
It is the district court’s verdict and the newspaper writes that it will be appealed.
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