Sources: Cease fire closer in Lebanon

Leftist candidate victorious in Uruguay

The leftist alliance Frente Amplio’s candidate Yamandú Orsi is victorious in Uruguay’s presidential election after five years of conservative rule.

– With sadness, but without guilt, we can congratulate the winner, says Álvaro Delgado, the presidential candidate for the country’s ruling conservative coalition.

Orsi’s election campaign was boosted by the support of popular ex-president Jose “Pepe” Mujica, who during his 2010-2015 rule was referred to as “the world’s poorest president”.

Many cows burned inside Norway

Many cows have burned in a heavy fire on a farm in Levanger, Norway, Norwegian media reports.

According to the police, there were around 450 cows in the barn when the fire started, several of which were evacuated. Veterinarians and emergency butchers are working on the scene and evacuated animals are being transported to nearby farms, NTB reports.

– It is unknown how many have died, but it is many, says the police’s operations leader at the scene Tonje Våden to Trønder-Avisa.

No ban on adoptions

The adoption commission appointed by the previous government will not propose a ban on international adoptions, reports SVT Nyheter.

It was in October that Expressen learned of an unpublished report which showed that the commission was discussing such a ban – which raised concerns among adoptees, adoptive parents and organisations.

Instead, there are discussions about transferring adoption mediation to state management.

The death drinks in Laos: Everyone stayed in the same hostel

Six people died of suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos.

The suspicion is that their drinks contained methanol.

Now it is confirmed that all the victims lived in the same hostel, writes BBC.

It is already known that three of the dead, two Australian 19-year-olds and a British 28-year-old woman, were staying at the Nana Backpackers Hostel.

According to the BBC, a 57-year-old American man was also found dead in his room on November 13. That same morning, two young Danish women were found unconscious. They later died in hospital.

The hostel is now closed, and the owner has been taken in for questioning. He and nearby bar owners have denied serving homemade or illegal alcohol.

Many dead in bus accident in Brazil

At least 23 people have died in a bus accident in Brazil.

The bus drove off a mountain into a ravine in a remote forest area in the state of Alagoas, state governor Paulo Dantas said on X.

The location is said to be difficult to reach for the emergency services.

The bus was carrying local tourists, who were on their way to a park up on the mountain.

Dantas has declared three days of mourning in the state.

Northvolt opens for reconstruction

Northvolt has applied for reconstruction in the US. The company’s outgoing CEO, Peter Carlsson, tells SVT’s “Agenda” that reconstruction may also be relevant in Sweden.

– It would perhaps happen in one or a couple of months, he says to SVT.

He adds that no decision has yet been made about it.

Peter Carlsson also says that they should have slowed down earlier, when production at the company’s facility in Skellefteå did not go according to plan.

– I have to take it upon myself, he says.

Shot with air weapons at windows

At around 10 p.m., the police received an alarm about explosions in Husby in northwest Stockholm.

At the scene, a hole was discovered in a window caused by a soft air gun.

– There have been people at home who alerted the police, says Rebecka Landberg, the police’s press spokesperson.

The incident is being investigated as vandalism. The police have an operation at the scene there but are looking for suspects.

Zambia without power

All of Zambia is without power.

The reason is a “disturbance in the supply system”, announces the state electricity company Zesco on X.

“We apologize for this unplanned power outage and ask for the patience of our customers,” the company writes.

Details: Netanyahu to discuss ceasefire in Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have gathered his most important associates and ministers to discuss a possible ceasefire in Lebanon.

It reports CNN and refers to sources.

The information has so far not been confirmed by either party.

Turkish airport closed after fire

A Russian passenger plane caught fire after it landed at the airport in Turkey’s Antalya on Sunday evening, Reuters reports.

Flames and smoke were reportedly seen coming from the engine of the plane, which belongs to a Russian company.

Now the airport has been closed, reports Turkey’s Ministry of Transport.

No one is said to have been injured.

Hundreds of new Nasca lines discovered – with AI

Thanks to new technology, researchers have managed to find hundreds of new geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert, The New York Times reports.

The findings mean that the total number of figures at the site has almost doubled, the newspaper writes.

The so-called Nasca Lines in southwestern Peru constitute one of archaeology’s greatest mysteries. The World Heritage site consists of figures carved into the ground, some of them several hundred meters long – including a 285 meter long pelican.

The lines are at least 2,000 years old, but were only discovered in 1920 by a Peruvian researcher. Since then, a total of just over 300 figures have been found – until now.

In the last six months, researchers have been able to identify a total of 303 new geoglyphs, representing snakes, monkeys and llamas, among other things, in the area. Most of the finds were found with the help of AI and drones.

The Nasca Lines were created by the Nasca people between 500 BC and 500 AD. Despite extensive studies, why they were created remains shrouded in obscurity.

Election victory for crypto in the United States Congress

Cryptocurrency companies poured money into the US election campaign – and it paid off. Now, nearly 300 of the total 535 seats in the legislative Congress will be occupied by members who are sympathetic to cryptocurrencies, reports CNBC.

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump signaled softer regulation of the sector and flagged for the US to invest in a reserve of cryptocurrencies.

Before the election, the crypto sector also invested heavily and poured in $245 million (just over SEK 2.7 billion) in support of various candidates, according to federal authorities. The industry thus accounted for almost half of all the dollars that various companies bet on the election, according to the consumer organization Public Citizen.

Now the sector is looking brightly at the future. After the election, for example, the cryptocurrency bitcoin has surged more than 40 percent and is dancing just below a dream limit of $100,000.

Aircraft from Norwegian had to turn around

Two Norwegian planes had to turn around today due to severe weather in Norway.

This is reported by Expressen.

According to the newspaper, it will be about a plane between Kastrup and Oslo and one between Oslo and Trondheim.

– As for the plane from Copenhagen, we will try to fly a little later. If it doesn’t work, it will happen tomorrow, says Eivind Hammer Myhre, press communicator at the airline, to Aftonbladet.

Regarding the plane between Oslo and Trondheim, it is more difficult to predict, says Hammer Myhre.

– We’ll see if it’s possible to fly. Otherwise we have to wait there too.

Earthquake in Värmland

An earthquake has occurred in Karlstad on Sunday, according to the European Seismological Center EMSC.

The magnitude of the quake was 2.9. It is considered a weak earthquake.