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At least 37 dead in earthquake in Nepal - feared to rise 

At least 37 people have died and dozens have been injured in an earthquake in the Nepalese regions of Jajarkot and Rukum. The death toll is feared to rise, according to local authorities according to AFP.  

An official in Jajarkot says that the rescue work is made difficult by the fact that the affected area is difficult to access and that the earthquake occurred in the middle of the night. 

The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 and was felt as far away as India's capital, New Delhi, which is about 60 miles away. 

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Research-based sex crimes in Antarctica to be investigated  

Investigators are sent to Antarctica after researchers sounded the alarm that sexual violence occurred at the American agency NSF's McMurdo research base, AP reports.  

The news agency was able to reveal this summer that several women raised the alarm about sexual crimes on the base and that their reports and complaints were downplayed.  

The special investigator Renée Ferranti will be there on November 17 and will investigate crimes such as sexual exploitation, sexual violations and stalking. 

- I hope to be able to contribute to a positive development within NSF's work with sexual violence, says Ferranti in a statement.  

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The strike call has been called off - Klarna has signed an agreement

Klarna has signed a collective agreement with the Financial Association and Sweden's Engineers as well as Akavia, according to a press release. The strike notice given has thus been called off. - We welcome Klarna into the Swedish model and look forward to a good collaboration, says Sweden's engineers' head of negotiations, Camilla Frankelius.  

- It is a victory and we should all celebrate. I'm very happy that we didn't have to strike, says Sen Kanner, chairman of the Union's club at Klarna, to TT. The fintech company's founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski believes that the agreement "combines Klarna's speed with the clarity of the Swedish model".

Sexbrott på forskningsbas i Antarktis ska utredas

Utredare skickas till Antarktis efter att forskare slagit larm om att sexuellt våld förekommit på den amerikanska myndigheten NSF:s forskningsbas McMurdo, rapporterar AP.

Nyhetsbyrån kunde i somras avslöja att flera kvinnor slagit larm om sexualbrott på basen och att deras anmälningar och klagomål förringats.

Den särskilda utredaren Renée Ferranti ska vara på plats den 17 november och ska utreda brott som sexuellt utnyttjande, sexuella kränkningar och stalking.

– Jag hoppas kunna bidra till en positiv utveckling inom NSF:s arbete med sexuellt våld, säger Ferranti i ett uttalande.

Strejkvarslet avblåst – Klarna har tecknat avtal

Klarna har tecknat ett kollektivavtal med Finansförbundet och Sveriges Ingenjörer samt Akavia, enligt ett pressmeddelande. Det lagda strejkvarslet är därmed avblåst.

– Vi välkomnar Klarna in i den svenska modellen och ser fram emot ett gott samarbete, säger Sveriges ingenjörers förhandlingschef Camilla Frankelius.

– Det är en seger och vi borde alla fira. Jag är mycket glad över att vi inte behövde strejka, säger Sen Kanner, ordförande för Unionens klubb på Klarna, till TT.

Fintechbolagets grundare och vd Sebastian Siemiatkowski menar att avtalet ”kombinerar Klarnas snabbrörlighet med den svenska modellens tydlighet”.