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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives in the United States has launched an investigation into the coronavirus.

“This investigation must begin with where and how this virus originated so we can try to predict, prepare or prevent it from happening again,” said Rep. Brad Wenstrup, chairman of the virus subcommittee, in a statement.

Among other things, the infection control expert Anthony Fauci has received questions about the origin of the spread. (TT)

At least 20 people have died and 68 have been injured after a bus accident in South Africa.

According to the emergency services, the bus must have gone off a bridge after a head-on collision.

After last week’s gloomy faces, there was a much cheerier mood on the US stock markets on Monday.

The broad index S&P 500 increased by 1.2 percent, the Dow Jones rose 1.1 percent and the technology-heavy Nasdaq rose 1.5 percent.

On Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m. Swedish time, the important inflation figure for January will be released. Michelle Bowman, a member of the board of the Fed, has previously repeated that the inflation target is some way off and that she expects continued rising interest rates.

Even in Sweden it was a Monday with the corners of the mouth raised.

After six trading days in the minor, the broad index OXMSPI rose by 1.5 percent. The index of the 30 largest companies, OMXS30, rose by the same amount.

New Zealand declares a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle moved in over the country, TT reports.

Tens of thousands of homes have been left without electricity after heavy rain and stormy winds.

Schools have been closed and residents are being asked to stay indoors. Trains and flights to and from the city have also been cancelled.

According to media in the country, it may take upwards of a week before the power works again in some areas.

Almost a hundred thousand people gathered outside Israel’s parliament on Monday to protest against a change in the law, TT reports.

The change in the law would mean that the government would be allowed to appoint judges in the country’s courts, and the Supreme Court’s ability to review legislative proposals would be reduced.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that the legislation is necessary. Opposition leader Yair Lapir, and the demonstrators, believe that it would threaten democracy in the country.

The bill was approved by the justice committee after a turbulent vote, and will next be considered in parliament.

The police have found several items in a wooded area in Ronna that are suspected of being connected to recent violent crime in the Stockholm area.

The bomb disposal unit was called to the scene when it was initially suspected that it could be a dangerous object.

Something that could then be written off.

Snapchat has been hit by technical issues, according to Downdetector.

At 8 p.m., the number of notifications skyrocketed on the social media app.

Two people have been arrested after the suspected murder in Malå in Västerbotten on the night of Monday, the police say.

According to the police, it is a man aged 25-30 who died. Relatives have been notified.

According to Aftonbladet’s information, it was the man who alerted the police himself.

The two arrested persons will be questioned during the evening.

“The investigation is in an intensive phase and more information cannot be provided at this time,” the police write on their website.

An outbreak of the Marburg virus has been confirmed in Equatorial Guinea. The virus is in the same family as Ebola, according to the WHO.

“Marburg is very contagious. Thanks to the swift and decisive action of the Equatorial Guinean authorities when they confirmed the disease, the emergency response can be quickly put into full swing so that we can save lives and stop the virus as soon as possible,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa in a press release.

The virus is spread from fruit bats and spreads between people through body contact and the exchange of body fluids, according to the WHO. There are no approved vaccines or antiviral treatments against the virus.

So far, nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms such as fever, fatigue and bloody vomiting and diarrhea have been reported in the country.

The “Space Count” Johan Benzelstierna von Engeström and the meteorite hunters Anders Zetterqvist and Andreas Forsberg will go to the Court of Appeal, which has just granted permission for the trial of the high-profile case of the meteorite found on the Refvelsta estate outside Enköping in 2021.

The stone went to the meteorite hunters because the district court considered it to be an object that accidentally ended up on Benzelstierna von Engeström’s land, and thus movable property. Benzelstierna von Engeström, on the other hand, considers the stone to be immovable property and can now pursue its case in the Court of Appeal.

The Svea Court of Appeal gives leave to appeal the high-profile case regarding a meteorite found in Enköping in 2021, writes ATL.

A painting by August Strindberg is expected to fetch between SEK 7 and 11 million when it goes under the hammer at Christie’s auction house in London, writes TT.

The painting is called “The flower on the heath” and was painted between 1901 and 1902. He gave it as a gift to his housekeeper. Since then, it has only changed hands once.

But it is significantly cheaper than the last painting by Strindberg that was sold. “Vågen V” was sold this summer at Sotheby’s, and buyers had to shell out as much as SEK 84 million.