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- We have fewer diagnosed cancer cases during the six months that the corona pandemic has ravaged Sweden, says Johan Ahlgren, operations manager at the Uppsala Örebro Regional Cancer Center. It is every eighth cancer case for the period March to August this year that is judged to be undetected as a result of the pandemic, according to the report. This corresponds to just over 3,500 cancer cases, and may therefore be due to, among other things, canceled screening and the fact that some patients withdraw to seek care. What…

There are major questions about how the labor market will function in the future as unions and employers in the private sector are now trying to solve. What rules should apply in the event of dismissals, what help should employees and the dismissed be able to find new work through a strengthened system for adjustment and what should the support for the unemployed look like in the form of a collectively agreed unemployment insurance fund? In the last week, both the employers' side and the unions have concretized their…

The year he was elected president, ie 2016, Trump paid the equivalent of approximately SEK 7,000 in income tax. This is reported by the New York Times and states that they have read more than 20 years of Trump's declaration information. The low or non-existent tax payments are said to be due to Trump, among other things, making very large loss carryforwards. The New York Times also writes that Trump currently has major disputes with the US tax authorities as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. It is customary…

"A small group of politicians is about to overthrow their country and its people," said a furious Macron as he taught the Lebanese politicians who let their special interests take precedence over Lebanon, a collective betrayal, as he called it. But it was against Shia Muslim Hezbollah that he directed his most outspoken criticism. Hezbollah, which together with Shia Muslim Amal sabotaged attempts to form a technocrat government by demanding continued control of the important finance ministry. "Hezbollah cannot be both…

On a sidewalk, hundreds of people hold on to each other so as not to be caught when a group of police officers throw themselves forward and spray tear gas on them straight in the face. People crouch and hold together despite coughing and breathing problems. Police have disrupted the demonstrations and arrested people in several cities in Belarus. Sunday's big demonstrations in Belarus are a protest against the fact that Alexander Lukashenko was swiftly and secretly sworn in as president this week. Despite a rainy…

One who survived the disease was firefighter Kent Östling from Luleå. He was called "sickest in Sweden" by the care staff who cared for him for covid-19. One Saturday night at the end of March, he became tired and lethargic. The next day he woke up with a fever. Kent was bedridden for nine days before finally receiving care when he could no longer eat or drink. Kent Östling was on a respirator for over two months, and in total he was in hospital for almost three months. Now he is struggling with rehabilitation.

"We are still at war with terrorism," Interior Minister Gerald Darman told French media this morning when he paid a symbolically important visit to one of Paris' synagogues. At the same time, Darmanin assured the French that he had asked the Paris police to strengthen security in a number of places considered possible terrorist targets. Following the attack on Friday, the French authorities were criticized for not strengthening security in such places now in connection with the trial of a number of suspects for aiding and…

- We may think we see a certain marginal increase in, for example, drug trafficking, where young people occur in drug trafficking. We can also see certain behavioral patterns downwards in age, what norms there are and how to treat people, says Magnus Nordahl, head of the children and family section in Falun. The social services in 26 municipalities in Sweden today receive more reports of concern about children and young people who are suspected of being involved in gang crime compared with five years ago. This is shown by…

A man in blue jeans is dragged by police on the paving in the square in the town of Grodna. People shout "What are you doing?" Others grab another man's legs and manage to pull him out of the police grip. They throw things at the police and a man punches a policeman who has to withdraw.It is one of the huge amount of film clips on arrests in Belarus. One by one, group after group, day after day, people are taken away from the demonstrations to waiting minibuses and taken to the jail.Today's big demonstrations in Belarus…

Stock Photography.Listen: The National Board of Health and Welfare APPTomorrow, the National Board of Health and Welfare is expected to present the rules that will be in place when the restraining order on nursing homes is lifted on Wednesday. But the regulations are criticized by important consultative bodies, such as Sweden's municipalities and regions, for implying unnecessary repetitions. Greger Bengtsson is the coordinator for elderly care at SKR.For example, there are already rules that say that you must do risk…