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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Music streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday that first-quarter revenue rose as its number of monthly active users reached 761...
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12 time record holder Duplantis increases pole vault world record
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Sweden criminalises purchases of custom-made porn videos
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- Swedish football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who coached England from 2001 to 2006, died Monday at the age of 76 after a b...
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