Dan Eliasson was photographed in the Canary Islands and defended his actions saying he had"given up a lot of travel during this pandemic".
Chinese telco Huawei is calling on the Australian government to begin talking with the company about how to roll out a new generation of mobile technology called 6G,to avoid a repeat of the ban on its equipment in 5G mobile networks.
Sweden,which has stubbornly resisted lockdowns during the pandemic,is now recommending people wear masks on public transport and is closing non-essential public workplaces.
The country’s unorthodox approach to the pandemic made it a lightning rod for those who support and oppose lockdowns.
The Scandinavian country had stood out among European and other nations for choosing to rely on"civic duty"over harsh lockdowns.
Police in Stockholm are investigating a woman in her 70s suspected of having kept her son locked up – reportedly for 28 years – in an apartment south of the Swedish capital.
More than 200 MPs from 19 countries are telling their citizens to drink Aussie wine in December in a solidarity campaign that vows'Australia is not alone'.
Australia should expand the number of countries it offers working holiday visas to lift the eligibility for tourists aged up to 35,a new parliamentary report recommends.
The epidemiologist who led no-lockdown strategy appears to have been sidelined by government.
The number of people testing positive in Sweden hit a new daily record on Friday,with the number of positive diagnoses rising by about 50 per cent a week.
With even"In Tegnell we trust"t-shirts to his name,Swedish Chief Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell is not going to change the country's soft-touch approach.