confidence vote. The decisive move that avoided a major political crisis came from Amineh Kakabaveh, an

After Kakabaveh abstained, there were still 174 votes against Justice Minister Mogan Johansson

“ There is something symbolic in this decision, ” she added.... Andersson likely will form a two-party, minority government with her Social Democrats and the Green Party. Andersson, 54, sought to secure the backing of the two smaller parties that supported Sweden’s previous center-left, minority government led by Lofven — the Left Party and the Center Party.... Both abstained from voting against Andersson. After days of talks, Andersson and the Left Party reached a deal to win the latter’s sup

STOCKHOLM( AFP)-Sweden's Parliament on Wednesday( July 7) voted to reinstate Social Democrat party leader Stefan Lofven as Prime Minister, only weeks after he was ousted in a historic vote of no confidence.Mr Lofven's nomination was passed with a vote of 116 for, 173 against and 60 abstaining. Under the Swedish system, a prime minister can be confirmed as long as a majority does not vote against them." Since less than half of the members of Parliament have voted no, the chamber has approved the

The Delta variant crept into Americans’ consciousness through a distant haze of funeral pyres.... In some places, particularly in the Midwest and upper mountain states, it has almost completely overtaken other coronavirus strains in just two months. That’s quite a feat for a virus that arrived here around mid-March.... Mike Ryan, who leads the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, called it “ faster ” and “ fitter ” than any strain that has come before it, and it’s now fuelin