Johnny Kääpä has a special connection with squirrels. The 57-year-old photographer from Gothenburg, Sweden, takes magical close-up pictures showing the emotions of the little creatures. Birds just don’t do it for Mr. Kääpä. “Squirrels have some kind of personality that I feel birds don’t have,” he told The Epoch Times. (Courtesy of Johnny Kääpä) “Behold,…
Squirrels With Personalities: Cheeky Photos Reveal the Fun Side of Squirrels—It’s All Too Relatable
Turkey to Start ‘New Process’ With US, Erdogan Tells Biden at NATO Summit
Turkey hopes to begin a “new process” with the United States, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said during a meeting with his U.S. counterpart at a landmark NATO summit in Lithuania. Speaking on the summit’s sidelines on July 11, Mr. Erdogan said it was “high time for the [U.S. and Turkish] heads of state to get…
Biden to Move Forward With Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey After Erdogan Greenlights Sweden’s NATO Bid
The United States will move forward with its plan to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, the White House said on July 11, shortly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew his objection to Sweden joining NATO. “President [Joe] Biden has been clear and unequivocal for months that he supported the transfer of F-16s to Turkey,” U.S….
Turkey Agrees to Admit Sweden into NATO, Says Alliance Secretary General
Sweden is set to join NATO as the military alliance’s 32nd member following its acceptance by Turkey. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on July 10 that a meeting between Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson resulted in an understanding being reached between the two powers. Sweden initially requested membership in…
Turkey Agrees to Admit Sweden to NATO, Secretary-General Says
Sweden is set to join NATO as the military alliance’s 32nd member following its acceptance by Turkey. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on July 10 that a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson resulted in an understanding being reached between the two nations. Sweden initially requested membership in NATO…
Biden Meets Sweden’s Prime Minister at White House to Back Nordic Country’s Bid to Join NATO
President Joe Biden welcomed Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to the White House on July 5 to voice support for the Nordic country’s NATO membership ahead of the military alliance’s historic summit next week. Sweden has expressed a strong desire to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), citing increased security concerns following Russia’s invasion of…
Biden to Host Sweden’s Prime Minister at White House as Nordic Country Struggles to Join NATO
President Joe Biden will host Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday at the White House, as the Nordic country’s path to NATO membership remains up in the air. Sweden has expressed a strong desire to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), citing heightened security concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. NATO…
Transgender People More Likely to Die of Suicide Than General Population, Danish Study Finds
Shedding new light on the question of whether “gender-affirming” treatment reduces suicide risks among people suffering from gender dysphoria, a new study found that transgender individuals in Denmark are at significantly higher risk of suicide compared to the northern European country’s general population. For their study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical…
Riders Plunge From a Derailed Roller Coaster in Sweden, Killing One and Injuring Several Others
STOCKHOLM—A roller coaster train derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, sending some passengers plunging to the ground in an amusement park accident that left one dead and nine injured, police and park officials said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Gröna Lund park as the front of the train appeared to jump off the tracks…
Turkey Won’t Back Swedish NATO Bid Unless It Stops Anti-Turkish Protests: Erdogan
ANKARA—Sweden should not expect a green light from Ankara on its NATO membership bid at the Western alliance’s summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Turkey cannot approach Sweden’s NATO bid positively while “terrorists” were protesting in Stockholm, and Turkey’s position would…
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