Ukraine anti-corruption agencies uncover major drone procurement graft scheme
Europe • Aug 3, 2025, 9:59 AM
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A Ukrainian lawmaker and a pair of local officials, as well as an unspecified number of National Guard personnel, have been caught in a major graft scheme that involved using state funds to buy drones and other military hardware at deliberately inflated prices in return for bribes, the country's anti-corruption agencies said Saturday (August 2).
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Unexpected Nordic heatwave catch tourists off guard
Europe • 4:11 PM
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Nordic countries are emerging from an unprecedented July heatwave that disrupted tourism and shattered local climate records, with temperatures soaring above 30°C for weeks, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said in a statement on Monday.
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Plastic-clogged 'Thinker' sculpture highlights pollution crisis as UN treaty talks begin
Europe • 3:05 PM
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A towering replica of Rodin's "The Thinker" will gradually be engulfed in plastic waste outside the UN headquarters as global talks begin on Monday to finalise the world's first treaty on plastic pollution. The installation aims to highlight the growing
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US envoy Witkoff is expected to visit Russia
Europe • 2:12 PM
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Donald Trump confirmed his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia, ahead of a deadline the US president has set for Russia to agree to end the Ukraine war or face new sanctions. Witkoff is expected in Moscow in the middle of this week.
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Russia downplays Trump's submarine move, calls for caution on nuclear rhetoric
Europe • 10:22 AM
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Moscow on Monday urged restraint in nuclear-related statements following US President Donald Trump's statement that he ordered a repositioning of US nuclear submarines. While downplaying the significance of the move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
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Russia to start trial of suspects in Moscow concert hall attack
Europe • 9:40 AM
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The trial opens in Moscow on Monday (August 3) of 19 people accused of involvement in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last year that killed 149 people.
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The Bright Side: Ireland's giant kite project aims to revolutionise wind energy
Europe • 3:57 AM
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Researchers in Ireland are testing a giant kite that generates electricity by capturing the wind. The mobile, low-impact system could help power remote areas and revolutionise wind energy with fewer barriers than traditional turbines.
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