Sweden needs more immigrants to counter ageing population: employment agency

Migrants, mainly from Syria, prepare to board a train headed for Sweden, at Padborg station in southern DenmarkBy Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden needs more immigrants not fewer to sustain its cradle-to-grave welfare system and care for an ageing population, a senior official at the state employment service told Reuters in an interview. In 2015, a record 163,000 people sought asylum in Sweden, the highest per capita in Europe, part of an influx of more than a million people who entered the continent fleeing war and poverty. The pace of migration has worried some Swedes – the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats party has seen its support surge – leading the country to introduce tough asylum laws.

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Teva to pay U.S. government $519 million over foreign bribery charges

Teva plant is seen in JerusalemThe settlement with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission relates to conduct in Ukraine, Mexico and a guilty plea by a subsidiary in Russia, and followed a voluntary investigation, Teva said. Details of the misconduct, which Teva said ended several years ago, were not disclosed. The deal includes a deferred prosecution agreement and the implementation of a temporary independent compliance monitor for Teva, whose shares are listed on the New York and in Tel Aviv stock exchanges.

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Norway slightly eases mass killer Breivik’s jail isolation

FILE PHOTO: Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik raises his arm in a Nazi salute as he enters the court room in Skien prisonBy Alister Doyle and Stine Jacobsen OSLO (Reuters) – Norway has slightly relaxed the jail isolation of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik since an April court ruling that it had violated his human rights by keeping him in a "locked world", legal documents showed on Wednesday. The Norwegian state, preparing an appeal against the ruling starting on Jan. 10, said Breivik&;s still-draconian jail conditions were fully justified. The April ruling that Norway violated Breivik&039;s human rights by keeping him isolated stunned survivors and relatives of the dead.

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Syrian government allows U.N. to beef up monitoring in Aleppo

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian government has authorized the United Nations to send an additional 20 staff to east Aleppo, where they will monitor the ongoing evacuation of thousands of people, a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday. “The task is to monitor and observe the evacuations,” Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva. The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously called for U.N. officials and others to observe the evacuation of people from the last rebel-held enclave in Aleppo and monitor the safety of civilians who remain in the Syrian city.
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Acadia says Alzheimer’s psychosis drug clears mid-stage study

(Reuters) – Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday its drug to treat psychosis in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease met its main goal in a mid-stage study. Acadia shares rose as much as 18.5 percent to $30.14 in early trading on Tuesday. The company said the drug, pimavanserin, showed a statistically significant reduction in psychosis with a 3.76 point improvement in the sixth week, compared with 1.93 for placebo. …
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