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- Some stories for tonight:
- Sweden election: Result could take days as vote too close to call
- More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size
- More than 20 people die in Nigeria after bus crash
- Russian nationalists rage after Ukraine setback
- How the Russian invasion is changing Ukrainian farmers' crops
Switzerland plans controversial nuclear waste storage facility near German border
Ethereum blockchain set for ‘monumental’ overhaul
‘Very Dire’: Devastated by Floods, Pakistan Faces Looming Food Crisis
Sweden election: Result could take days as vote too close to call
Sweden's election was too close to call on Sunday night, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said.
Exit polls at first predicted victory for the incumbent left-wing coalition, but results later suggested the right-wing bloc could narrowly win.
Immigration and crime were major issues in the campaign, and the far-right Sweden Democrats look set to become the second-largest party.
It could take until Wednesday for all votes to be counted.
Soon after polls closed, an early exit poll by Sweden's public broadcaster suggested Ms Andersson's coalition of four left-wing parties would narrowly win, with 49.8% of the vote compared to 49.2%.
But the left's celebrations were perhaps premature, as later partial results put the right-wing group ahead, with a projected 175 of 349 seats in parliament.
NPR
More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size
A wildfire in Oregon has quadrupled in size since late last week, threatening thousands of homes and draping the Interstate 5 corridor, including the Portland metropolitan area, in heavy smoke.
The Cedar Creek fire began during a lightning storm on August 1st. As of Sunday, it had grown to nearly 86,000 acres, officials said, and the fire "breached existing lines," meaning containment dropped to 0%.
The fire threatens more than 2,200 homes and hundreds of commercial buildings, officials said, mostly in the nearby towns of Oakridge and Westfir, which have a combined population of about 3,500 residents. Officials ordered evacuations on Friday.
Gusty winds, high temperatures and dry conditions late last week and into Saturday exacerbated the fire, fueling its growth from about 18,000 acres on Wednesday to more than four times that number by Sunday.
