Iran

The Iran national football team, known as “Team Melli” (The National Team), represents Iran in international association football and is one of Asia’s most successful sides. Controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), the team has qualified for six FIFA World Cups and has won the AFC Asian Cup three…

Skanska Introduces Salary Supplementation for Employees in Sweden’s Total Defence Swedish construction and development giant Skanska has rolled out a new salary supplementation program for employees who participate in the country’s total defence initiative, reinforcing its commitment to both national security and workforce welfare. The announcement, made on June 23, 2026, highlights the company’s proactive…

Google Breaks Ground on New Sweden Data Center with EUR 5 Million Skills Fund In a significant boost to Sweden’s growing tech infrastructure, Google has officially broken ground on a new data center in the Nordic nation, accompanied by a EUR 5 million investment in local skills development. The announcement, made in early June 2026,…

Sweden is taking a firm stance on autonomous driving technology, with the country’s transport authorities urging the European Union to reject Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system unless the company removes its controversial speeding feature. The move highlights growing European concerns about the safety implications of supervised self-driving technologies and their compliance with strict EU road…

Google has officially broken ground on its first owned and operated data centre in Sweden, marking a significant expansion of the tech giant’s infrastructure footprint in the Nordic region. The facility, located in Horndal in central Sweden, represents a major investment in the country’s growing digital economy. The new data centre is part of Google’s…

The H&M Foundation has announced the winners of its prestigious Global Change Award (GCA) 2026, spotlighting breakthrough innovations that could transform the fashion and textile industry’s environmental footprint. Often called the “Nobel Prize of fashion,” the annual competition awards €200,000 in grants to early-stage technologies that promise to make fashion more sustainable — from textile-to-textile…

Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz AB — better known as H&M — delivered a standout third-quarter earnings report for 2026, with profits surging approximately 40% year-over-year and beating analyst expectations. The results mark a dramatic turnaround for the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, which has been aggressively restructuring its brand, closing underperforming stores, and investing…