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Father of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen charged with abusing 1 of his other children
The father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other children, police said Monday, escalating an ongoing conflict involving one of Norway's most prominent sporting families.
Police investigating Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen's claim that father/coach was violent
Norwegian police launched an investigation Thursday into allegations by the three Ingebrigtsen brothers that their father, who had been their track coach at the Olympics and other events, was violent and abusive when they were growing up.
Stranded luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer has been pulled free at high tide in Greenland
The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free in Greenland on Thursday, three days after running aground with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship's owner said.
Right-wing bloc wins narrow majority in Sweden, marking major political shift
A right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist anti-immigration party won a narrow majority in Sweden's parliament on Wednesday. It was a major political shift in the Scandinavian country that had a decades-long history of welcoming refugees but is grappling with a crime wave linked with immigration.
Acting legend Max von Sydow dead at 90
Max von Sydow, the self-described "shy boy"-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the priest in the horror classic The Exorcist, has died at the age of 90.
Swedish Academy to announce 2 Nobel Prize in literature winners in October
The winners of the 2019 and the delayed 2018 editions of the prestigious award will both be announced in October by the Swedish Academy.
Bob Dylan likely to visit Stockholm in 2017 for Nobel Prize, lecture
Bob Dylan, who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature but won't be attending the prize ceremony, likely will travel to Stockholm next year and might give his Nobel Lecture then, the Swedish Academy said Friday.