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Spotify and Tencent announce cross-shareholding deal

Stockholm - Muslimchronicle

The world's biggest music streaming platform Spotify of Sweden and China's Tencent said on Friday they had agreed to take minority stakes in each other. With the deal both companies would seek to "explore collaboration opportunities", they said in a joint statement source: AFPRead more

World's largest whales are mostly 'right-handed': study

Miami - AFP

Blue whales, the world's largest animals, usually favor their right side when they lunge to catch food -- a preference similar to right-handedness in people, researchers said Monday. But on certain occasions while moving upward in shallow water, these righties will almost always shift to their left to keep a good eye on their favored prey -- tiny crustaceans knownRead more

'Apocalypse' now as Italy face World Cup humiliation

MILAN - Muslimchronicle

Four-time champions Italy face missing out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958, a potential national humiliation likened to the "apocalypse" by the team's fanatical supporters. Italy need to overturn a 1-0 play-off first-leg defeat against Sweden at the San Siro on Monday. National coach Gian Piero Ventura insists his team will not falter butRead more

'We're Italy, we'll qualify', insists Ventura

Milan - Muslimchronicle

"We're Italy and if we qualify it will be by playing football," coach Gian Piero Ventura insisted on Sunday on the eve of their crunch World Cup play-off against Sweden. Four-time world champions Italy need to overturn a 1-0 first-leg defeat to avoid missing out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958 when Sweden hosted the tournament.Read more

Stenson out of European Tour finish after freak 'Superman' injury

Antalya - Muslimchronicle

Sweden's top-ranked Henrik Stenson will miss the remainder of the European Tour season with a freak "Superman" injury. Stenson suffered a bruised rib in a promotion on the eve of the WGC–HSBC Champions in Shanghai last month before bravely finishing joint runner-up behind England's Justin Rose. The Swede, however, aggravated the injury during this week's Turkish Airlines Open won againRead more

Sweden to train female Saudi entrepreneurs

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Sweden will train female Saudi entrepreneurs under a new agreement signed on the sidelines of the first Saudi-Swedish Joint Committee meeting in Riyadh early this week. The agreement was inked by Ghassan Ahmed Al-Sulaiman, governor of the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and Annika Rembe, director general of the Swedish Institute in the presence of Commerce andRead more

Robots under Swedish forest breathe life into ancient mines

Sweden - Muslimchronicle

Hundreds of meters below the lush forests of rural Sweden, one of the world’s most ancient mines has been transformed into one of the most modern. Sensors linked to robotic equipment in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine – which has been in operation since the 13th century — feed data to operators above ground as screens blink and flash in aRead more

Half of UN Security Council ask Guterres to publicly brief on Myanmar

New York - Muslimchronicle

Seven members of the United Nations Security Council, including the United States and Britain, on Friday asked UN chief Antonio Guterres to publicly brief the 15-member body next week on the violence in Myanmar that he has described as ethnic cleansing. Sweden, the United States, Britain, France, Egypt, Senegal, and Kazakhstan want Ethiopia, president of the council for September, toRead more