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One in ten Americans has had a family member shot to death
A new study shows that approximately one in ten Americans has a family member shot dead, reports TT.
Every fifth person has at some point been threatened with a weapon and every sixth person has witnessed an injury from a shooting.
The study comes from The Kaiser Family Foundation. Half of the gun-related deaths are said to be suicides, according to the report.
The king and crown princess depart from tradition – attend the coronation
The King and Crown Princess will depart from tradition – and attend King Charles’ coronation. The Swedish royals’ decision is unusual, to say the least.
The custom is that sitting regents do not attend coronations because they do not want to take the focus away from the regent who is being crowned.
Prince Albert of Monaco has also announced that he will come to London for the coronation on May 6.
Thousands evacuated after fire
Over 2,000 people living in the state of Indiana in the United States must be evacuated after a massive fire broke out at a recycling facility, reports ABC News.
– The smoke is definitely toxic, says Stephen Jones at the rescue service, at a press conference.
It is still unclear what caused the fire to break out at 2pm on Tuesday local time. According to CNN, it is expected to burn for several days.
The facility, located near the Indiana-Ohio border, processes recyclable materials including plastics.
– There are a variety of chemicals that plastics give off when they burn, so it’s worrying, says Jones.
Three vehicles in collision – one person to hospital
The police have been alerted to an accident in Huddinge municipality outside Stockholm. There are three vehicles involved in the accident. A passenger car, a light truck and a truck.
The driver of one of them had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. There is no information on the state of the damage.
Powder alarm at Postnord terminal
The police have been alerted to Postnord’s premises in Karlstad due to employees discovering a shipment which is “perceived to contain a powder-like substance”.
The police state that precautionary measures have been taken. Among other things, the building has been partially evacuated and the rescue service is on its way.
– There is no impact on the people who handled the letter, but we have isolated them and will evacuate the parts of the building where the letter is located, says Anders Dahlman, press spokesperson at the Bergslagen police region, to New Wermlands-Tidningen.
Visa trouble for Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has not yet been granted a visa to the United States in connection with the meeting with the UN Security Council. This is written by the Russian, state-owned news agency Tass.
The meeting will be held in New York in April.
– No visa has been issued yet. Not a single visa has been issued, says Lavrov.
Lavrov was recently elected head of the UN Security Council. The presidency of the Council rotates, and this time the presidency fell to Russia.
Information: SAS may be delisted this autumn
The airline SAS can be delisted from the stock exchange. This is written by the Danish newspaper Berlingske with reference to anonymous sources.
According to the informants, it would be surprising if SAS is still listed on the stock exchange in the autumn.
After a delisting, according to the newspaper, the airline’s majority owner would become Apollo Global Management, which plans to increase its holding to 70 percent. The Danish state will own the remaining 30 percent.
SAS’s press manager in Denmark, Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji, tells Berlingske that it is too early to speculate on a possible delisting.
ISW: The Wagner Group decapitates Ukrainian soldiers
The Wagner group continues to commit war crimes in Ukraine by beheading Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut, writes the American think tank ISW in its latest report.
Images purported to show a severed head impaled have been posted on Russian social media.
One person arrested for attempted murder
During Tuesday evening, the police were alerted to a knife attack in Mjölby municipality.
At the scene, a man was found seriously injured who had allegedly been attacked with a sharp knife. The man was taken to hospital by ambulance.
– He is still badly injured, says Marcus Anefur, inspector and press spokesperson at the police.
Two people were arrested, including a man in his 20s, suspected of involvement in the knife attack. Later, one of the people was released while the other was detained.
– Right now it is a sensitive investigative situation. I cannot share more information about the case, says Marcus Anefur.
Apoteket shares information about customers to Facebook
Over 100 online pharmacies around Europe share information about their customers with Facebook, an audit from Echo.
Among other things, information is shared about customers who turn to the pharmacy for potency problems, bowel problems and to buy HIV and pregnancy tests.
“I am shocked. This is data that the pharmacies are not allowed to share with anyone,” says Social Democratic EU Member of Parliament Paul Tang.
The details of the purchases, as well as the customers’ names and phone numbers, are shared via a tracking tool called a pixel. According to the radio, the pharmacy uses the tool without the customers’ approval. And that the motive behind it may be to be able to direct advertising in social media to the same customers.
To Ekot, Facebook’s ownership company Meta refers to the rules that the company has written and that they use a filter to catch and prevent the spread of sensitive information. However, Meta states that they “can’t catch everything all the time”.
Marketing cosmetic procedures may be illegal
Several of the beauty clinics’ advertising for injection treatments may be illegal, reports say P4 Värmland.
It could, for example, be about misleading before and after pictures where no information is given about the risks of the procedure, according to a review carried out by the Swedish Consumer Agency together with the Swedish Medicines Agency.
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Do diplomats also need visas?
Johan
In the case of the US, it seems that even diplomats need visas. There are special visas that can be issued to them.
Why 5 arrested in Eskilstuna
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Nothing about a malfunction on the ikan obsnk?
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Hello! It’s nothing major that we’ve seen anyway, but according to Downdetector some people seem to be experiencing glitches with Ikano Bank right now.
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