Sala

A series of violent assaults against elderly individuals across Sweden, the UK, and the United States has drawn police attention, while Volkswagen reported a sharp drop in operating profit and plans to cut tens of thousands of jobs in Germany.

Sweden secured a 34-23 victory over Ukraine in a European Championship handball qualifier in Sala, Slovakia, but the match was marked by a contentious penalty incident involving Ukrainian player Bohdan Panchenko.

A family living simply on an old mining estate in Sala, Sweden, heats with wood and grows food for household needs, yet their electricity bill sometimes spikes with high power charges they cannot explain. In February, they paid nearly 900 kronor in power charge alone.