London warns of sleepwalking into war with China
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Miscalculation and Beijing’s “disdain” for arms control may lead to a global conflict, the UK’s national security adviser said

Western powers and China are at risk of sleepwalking into nuclear war due to a miscalculation, the UK’s national security adviser warned on Wednesday.

Speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, Stephen Lovegrove noted that during the Cold War the West and the US benefited from a series of negotiations with the Soviet Union, which meant that the two sides could understand each other relatively well, thus reducing the risk of a direct clash....

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Austria warns of citizens fighting in Ukraine
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“Anyone who has lived through violence poses a risk” after returning home, an intelligence chief warns

A small number of Austrian citizens are now fighting in Ukraine, but their return to the country still poses a security risk, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, who heads the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN), has said.

The security services are “aware of a low, two-digit number” of Austrians now taking part in the conflict between Kiev and Moscow, Haijawi-Pirchner said in an interview with Kronen Zeitung on Thursday.

However, the DSN, which was established in early 2021 in response t...

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Russia fines US-based online dating service
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Tinder, along with WhatsApp and Snapchat, has been ordered to pay millions of rubles for refusing to comply with Russia’s data localization law

A Moscow court has fined the entities owning popular social media platforms Snapchat, Tinder and WhatsApp for refusing to localize the data of Russian users in the country, according to reports from the courtroom on Thursday. All three platforms are owned by companies based in the US state of California.



Tinder has been ordered to pay 2 million rubles ($33,300) and Snapchat has been fined 1 million rubles ($16,000) for their refusal to foll...

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Cow dung gas can’t replace Russian fossil fuel, expert says
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Energy generated from organic waste won’t cover even half the gas Germany gets from Russia, a trade group expert says

Despite some hopes, the gas produced from manure cannot alone rid Germany of Russian fossil fuels, a leading biogas expert has explained.

Berlin has been rushing to find ways to replace Russian natural gas after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its military operation in Ukraine.

Biogas - gas produced from organic waste, such as manure, corn or grass - has been discussed in German media as an alternative to the natural gas delivered through pipelines from Russia.

There are around 9,50...

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At least 17 dead in rare clash­es in Syr­ia’s Swei­da
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Ten gov­ern­ment loy­al­ists and sev­en lo­cal fight­ers died in fight­ing in Druze-ma­jor­i­ty province in south­ern Syr­ia.
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Pink di­a­mond found in An­go­la be­lieved to be largest in 300 years
The 170-carat ‘Lulo Rose’ was found at the Lulo di­a­mond mine.
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Wealthy dentist accused of killing his wife to be with his girlfriend
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A wealthy dentist testified on Wednesday (July 18), that an unfamiliar shotgun they brought with them to hunt a leopard accidentally went off and w

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Millions develop long-lasting problems with sense of smell or taste after COVID-19: Study
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Rare July rain in Qatar as storms hit Gulf
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Heavy down­pours hit Qatar and oth­er parts of the Gulf in un­usu­al July weath­er.
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Debt shad­ow clouds Kenya’s forth­com­ing pres­i­den­tial polls
Kenya’s econ­o­my is now Africa’s sixth biggest but its debt is up to two-thirds of GDP.
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Democrat Senator Joe Manchin takes a volta-face; supports Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan
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West Virginia Democrat senator Joe Manchin III has taken a volta-face on his earlier policy of not supporting US President Joe Biden's ambitious 'B

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Fueling recession fears, the US economy shrank again in second quarter
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The US economy has contracted for the second consecutive quarter, a development that in many other nations would be regarded as an economic recessi

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US carrier strike group returns to South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions
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A US aircraft carrier and its strike group have returned to the South China Sea after a port call in Singapore, deploying in the disputed region as

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UK gas major Centrica's profits soar amid sky-high energy prices
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Sky-high energy prices and historic inflation may have caused financial woes to ordinary Britishers but the multinational oil and gas companies are

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