Sweden becomes NATO's 32nd member after longtime neutrality

Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the transatlantic alliance's 32nd member, departing from more than 200 years of neutrality and military nonalignment, at a time of heightened fears over Russia as its invasion of Ukraine enters a third year.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson deposited the final documentation at the U.S. State Department in Washington after Hungary's parliament approved late last month the Nordic country's long-delayed bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization."Today is a truly historic day," Kristersson said at the department alongside Secretary of Sta…READ FULL ARTICLE