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People dialling "The Swedish Number" have got a surprise after their call was answered: "Hello, this is Sweden. I'm the Swedish prime minister, Stefan Lofven."

If you fancy chatting to a random Swede about Scandinavia or Flight of the Conchords, Olly, Magnus and Sofia await your call. Audio

A man held on terrorism charges in Belgium has admitted to being the "man in a hat" seen on security camera footage at Brussels airport, prosecutors say.

An American student has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour in North Korea for crimes against the state.

The Wanaka freeskier Jossi Wells has won bronze at the penultimate slopestyle World Cup event of the season in Korea.

Novak Djokovic crushed Andy Murray in straight sets to match Roy Emerson's record of six Australian Open titles and leave the Scot heartbroken again at Melbourne Park.

American amateur Bryson DeChambeau stole the limelight from golf's big guns on his European Tour debut, seizing a first-round lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship.

England's Andy Sullivan claimed the clubhouse lead in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after fog left 60 players unable to complete 18 holes.

More work needs to be done to find out how toxic herbicide tolerant swedes are to sheep, beef cattle and deer, a Southland vet says.

The group investigating killer swedes in Southland has issued one last warning to farmers not to feed herbicide tolerant swedes to cows in the spring.

Ana Ivanovic has shown she's no slouch at doubles on the opening day of the Auckland Classic women's tennis tournament.

Europe's been warned it's in a "race against time" to save its system of passport-free travel and must move fast to tighten control of migration over its external borders.

Jordan Spieth fired two late birdies to overtake Henrik Stenson and grab a one-stroke lead after the third round of the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship.

The golf world number one Jason Day is losing his grip on the PGA Tour's $16 million play-off bonus as Henrik Stenson took command at the Tour Championship.

Swedish golfer Henrik Stenson put himself in pole position for a $18 million jackpot by firing a 63 for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Tour Championship.

The Minister for Primary Industries has downplayed the dangers of herbicide tolerant swedes which killed hundreds of cows in Southland last year.

New Zealand golfer Danny Lee's latest achievement on the PGA Tour will see him join a 12-man international team in South Korea in October.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is defending DairyNZ's investigation into toxic swedes which killed hundreds of cattle in Southland last spring.

DairyNZ has released new test results confirming high levels of toxins in herbicide-tolerant swedes that killed hundreds of cows in Southland last spring.

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is to meet one of his former clubs in the Champions League group stages after the draw was made on Friday.

An in-depth scientific report into herbicide tolerant swedes that were linked to the deaths of hundreds of cattle in Southland is due out this week.