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Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg plans to take her message to the United States - but instead of flying, she's going to set sail across the Atlantic after shunning planes. The Swedish teenager, who inspired tens of thousands of school students across the world to skip class for a day to protest for faster action against climate change, said she spent months trying to figure out how to travel to the US without flying on a plane. She said she has ruled out using them due to their high greenhouse gas emissions. The 16-year-old tweeted that she plans to...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy brand of eco-activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, said Monday that she plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. The 16-year-old tweeted that she'll sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing yacht, leaving Britain next month to attend U.N. climate summits in New York in September and Santiago, Chile, in December. Thunberg told The Associated Press ahead of her announcement that she spent months trying to figure out...

In today’s Britain, a rare public figure can bring together Brexiteers and Remainers, Conservatives and Labour. Yet the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg did just that on a visit to London in April, when she was feted by British politicians from across the political spectrum. In an address to Parliament, Thunberg said she spoke for the children who had been betrayed by politicians and voters who had failed to prevent climate change. She also claimed to speak for the unborn billions of people who will bear the brunt of a rapidly warming world. “I am 16 years old,” she said....

Sweden: Muslim migrants violently rape girl, ask why she didn’t run away down fire escape if she didn’t want it JUL 24, 2019 12:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER This is in line with the assumption in Islamic law that it is the woman’s sole and whole responsibility to prevent rape by veiling herself. If she is raped, it is her fault for not doing all she could have and should have done to keep the attacker from being tempted. “Ali’s questioning: Why didn’t the girl escape down the fire escape if she didn’t want to be raped by us?” translated...

An Eritrean migrant claiming to be 16 has been sentenced to seven years in prison followed by deportation for the murder of a 15-year-old Swedish schoolmate. The murder took place in February and saw the “underage” migrant get into a fight with the victim who had previously been his friend, and during the altercation he strangled the 15-year-old and killed him — although the migrant claims he did not kill the teen on purpose, Nyheter Idag reports. Following the death of the teen, the migrant emptied the victim’s pockets and took photographs of the body on his mobile phone that...

President Donald Trump said on July 20 that he had spoken on the phone with the Swedish Prime Minister about rapper A$AP Rocky, adding that he had offered to “personally vouch” for the New York artist’s bail. Trump said during the call, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven assured him that the rapper will be treated fairly. “Just had a very good call with SwedishPM Stefan Löfven who assured me that American citizen A$AP Rocky will be treated fairly. Likewise, I assured him that A$AP was not a flight risk and offered to personally vouch for his bail, or an alternative....

Iranian media report that a British flagged oil tanker has been seized by Iranian forces. Iran claiming that the tanker was seized for violating maritime regulations.... Iran stated its intention in recent days to respond to the seizure of one of its tankers by the UK. Earlier Friday the Supreme Court in Gibraltar granted a 30-day extension for detention of the Iranian oil tanker.... The Pentagon making it official Friday that US forces are going to Saudi Arabia.... Amidst all the controversy surrounding them, its been almost forgotten that Congresswoman Ihan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan are...

Do you think you could tell if you’re eating real or fake meat? Burger King is so confident about its new plant-based offerings that as a part of a promotional campaign in Sweden, the fast-food chain is daring their customers to order from its new “50/50 menu,” meaning that Burger King will randomly select whether they get actual meat or plant-based patties in their sandwiches. “We are really proud of how hard it is to tell our plant-based burgers apart from real meat,” said Daniel Schröder, marketing director for Burger King Sweden, in a press release.

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Video: Muslim migrant says he moved to Sweden to work for Islamic takeover, lives on welfare as jizya JUL 6, 2019 2:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER This is no surprise. Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (Qur’an 9:29). The caliph Umar said the...

England and Sweden face off on Saturday in their last action at the 2019 Women's World Cup, battling in the third-place game. The English made back-to-back semifinals but fell 2-1 to favorite the United States, missing out on the final just barely. Sweden looked like the favorite to make the final but lost 1-0 to the Netherlands in extra time.

The second spot in the 2019 Women's World Cup final is up for grabs Wednesday when surprising Netherlands takes on in-form Sweden. The winner will go up against the United States on Sunday after the reigning champs knocked out England on Tuesday. The Dutch have cruised through the tournament with a 5-0-0 record. They started off the round of 16 with a 2-1 win over Japan before beating Italy 2-0 in the quarters, and they are currently in the middle of their greatest World Cup in history. Sweden, meanwhile, has as much confidence as anyone. After being Canada 1-0 in...

Instead of the honest and realistic public discussion about the compatibility of Sharia with Western secular norms that Sweden and all Western countries need to have, this will likely lead to a great deal of public handwringing about “Islamophobia,” and new initiatives against the freedom of speech and the resistance to Islamization. “Over 90 Percent of Swedes think Islam is incompatible with human rights,” Voice of Europe, June 30, 2019: The University of Gävle in Sweden every year releases a “Diverity barometer” where people in Sweden are asked about their attitudes towards diversity. In the latest barometer they conclude that...

I wrote five years ago about the growing threat of a wealth tax. Some friends at the time told me I was being paranoid. The crowd in Washington, they assured me, would never be foolish enough to impose such a levy, especially when other nations such as Sweden have repealed wealth taxes because of their harmful impact. But, to paraphrase H.L. Mencken, nobody ever went broke underestimating the foolishness of politicians. I already wrote this year about how folks on the left are demonizing wealth in hopes of creating a receptive environment for this extra layer of tax. And some...

SWEDEN: Malmo’s Jewish community on verge of extinction, the direct result of virulent Muslim antisemitism JUNE 28, 2019 BY BARENAKEDISLAM This is the first time in decades that European Jewish communities have had to flee their country due to security concerns. It is estimated that there are 20,000 Jews presently living in Sweden. Most live in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo. World Israel News (h/t Maurice) Though Sweden’s Parliament gave official recognition, in 2000, to its Jewish citizens as one of five minorities in the country, and also recognized Yiddish as an official minority language, Sweden is not known for its...

The British Conservative Party has set July 23rd as the day a new leader and a new Prime Minister for the UK will be announced..... In a series of tweets Tuesday President Trump blasted Iran... President Trump warning that attacks on "anything American" will be met with "great and overwhelming force".... A frank assessment of the situation regarding Iran from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday.... The summit meeting in Israel between national security advisers from Israel, Russia and the United States produced a frank exchange of differing views.... The meeting is underway in Bahrain discussing the 50 billion dollar...

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Rising support for socialism in the United States comes at a time when politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., promise a great many “free” services, to be provided or guaranteed by the government. Supporters often point to nations with large social programs, such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Scandinavian states, particularly when it comes to health care. Never mind that these are not true socialist countries, but highly taxed market economies with large welfare states. That aside, they do offer a government-guaranteed health service that many in America wish to emulate. The problem for their argument is that,...

Unlike its neighbor Sweden, Finland is not welcoming to Muslim migrant wannabes In fact, in recent Finnish national Parliamentary elections in April, the Finns Party, an anti-Muslim immigrant, Eurosceptic party previously known as the ‘True Finns,’ surged in the final weeks and took 17.5% of the vote, just a whisker behind the winning Social Democrats at 17.7%. The Social Democrats will probably now form a centre-left government, but as in so much of Europe, the far right’s strength will make things complicated. Finland’s strong warning to EU: Right wing populist party makes HUGE GAINS in SHOCK election result Economist The...