One month before the election, Prime Minister Kristersson's trailing centre-right coalition announced a committee to review state operations and curb fiscal waste. Chaired by Director‑General Nordland, the panel will identify savings, propose optimised fund use and recommend revocable activities; an interim report is due March next year and a final report in January 2028. Backed in parliament by the far‑right Sweden Democrats, the government says it could reallocate up to SEK 50 billion within t

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova on the ministry website on the 13th rejected comments by Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi and Foreign Minister Motegi protesting President Putin’s landing on Iturup Island (Japan: Etorofu). She called their remarks politically meaningless, “insulting” and legally ineffective, citing WWII outcomes, allied agreements and the UN Charter to assert the Southern Kurils (Japan: Northern Territories/Northern Four Islands) belong to Russia and that Iturup is part of Russia’s “indivisible territory.” Zakharova described Takaichi’s and Motegi’s statements as “outrageous, completely unacceptable,” accused them of “revanchism,” and said they damage Japan’s neighbors and the wider Asia‑Pacific.

馬來西亞央行：厄爾尼諾的影響通常有滯後效應，預計明年會看到更多影響。