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Norway's King Transferred to Oslo Hospital after Getting Pacemaker in Malaysia

The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)
The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)
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Norway's King Transferred to Oslo Hospital after Getting Pacemaker in Malaysia

The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)
The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)

King Harald V transferred Monday to an Oslo university hospital, with the palace saying he was hospitalized for medical examinations and his health was improving.
The 87-year-old monarch returned to Norway aboard a medical airplane late Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker while on holiday in Malaysia.
Harald arrived at Oslo's Rikshospital in a vehicle marked “intensive ambulance” under police escort. According to The Associated Press, the palace said he will be on sick leave for two weeks during which his son, Crown Prince Haakon, will assume the monarch’s duties.
Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized for an infection during a vacation on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.
He underwent surgery at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on Saturday to implant a temporary pacemaker due to a low heart rate, according to the royal house.
Harald had traveled to Malaysia with his wife, Queen Sonja, reportedly to celebrate his 87th birthday.

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Ukraine Stages Drone Attack on Russia’s Saratov Region, Causing Big Fire

In this photo released by Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, firefighters and rescuers work at the industrial side damaged after Ukrainian drones' attack in Saratov, Russia. (Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel via AP)
In this photo released by Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, firefighters and rescuers work at the industrial side damaged after Ukrainian drones' attack in Saratov, Russia. (Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel via AP)
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Ukraine Stages Drone Attack on Russia’s Saratov Region, Causing Big Fire

In this photo released by Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, firefighters and rescuers work at the industrial side damaged after Ukrainian drones' attack in Saratov, Russia. (Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel via AP)
In this photo released by Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, firefighters and rescuers work at the industrial side damaged after Ukrainian drones' attack in Saratov, Russia. (Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin telegram channel via AP)

Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia overnight and attacked the Saratov region, causing a major fire in the city of Engels, the local governor said on Wednesday.

The region hosts a major air base for strategic bomber planes that form part of Russia's nuclear forces. Ukraine has attacked the base with drones before, but there was no word on whether it had been targeted on this occasion.

Russian news reports said the fire was at an oil facility. Unverified videos and photos published on social media showed a large fire burning with orange flames, sending thick clouds of smoke into the night sky.

Regional governor Roman Busargin said the cities of Saratov and Engels, on opposite sides of the Volga river, had been subject to a "mass drone attack" and there was a fire at an industrial site, but that there were no known casualties.

"There are sufficient forces and resources to localize the fire," he posted on Telegram.

Russia's defense ministry said in a statement that 11 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed overnight over the Saratov region, and 21 over other parts of Russia and the Azov Sea. It did not mention any damage.

The Engels air base is located about 730 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow and hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border. In December 2022, three Russian air force personnel were killed when a drone was shot down there.

Independent news outlet Astra said the oil depot where the fire was burning provided fuel for the air base. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm that.