Tokyo Japan’s whaling fleet has returned from a four-month expedition to the Antarctic during which it killed 333 whales. Officials say that the hunt was for ecological research and have lobbied to overturn a ban by the International Court of Justice, which ruled that it was not for scientific purposes as claimed. Opponents say that it is a cover for commercial whaling because the meat is sold. (AP)
Swedish readers can’t see the joke
Stockholm Newspapers in Norway and Sweden are not running any April Fool’s Day stories today because they might help to spread fake news. Magnus Karlsson, of Smalandsposten, a Swedish tabloid, said that he did not want the newspaper’s brand “to be spread with a potentially viral and erroneous story”. He