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Russia will not pay membership fees to the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency this year, instead transferring more than 61 million rubles to Rosatom. Photo: AFP

Russia continues to stop paying fees to OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

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Russia decided to stop paying fees to the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and allocate this budget to Rosatom.

Oil recovered from the wreck of the Ilmarinen warship transferred from the multi-purpose ship Louhi to a tanker at the Finnish Navy base in Pansio on July 25, 2026. Photo: Finnish Institute of Environment

Finland pumps 60,000 liters of oil from World War II shipwrecks under the Baltic Sea

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Finland has pumped about 60,000 liters of oil from the sinking Ilmarinen warship from World War II, in order to reduce the risk of environmental pollution in the Baltic Sea.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. Photo: Xinhua

Italy restores passenger control from Spain within 30 days

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Italy has notified the European Commission about temporarily restoring border control over Spain for a maximum of 30 days.

Rescuers are extinguishing a fire in a building after Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's capital Kiev in the early morning of July 19. Photo: AFP

Series of explosions shake Kiev capital

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Many explosions continue to occur in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

Russian artillery attacks Ukrainian stronghold. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense

Russia controls 12 more Ukrainian settlements in just 1 week

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Russia on July 31 announced that its forces controlled 12 settlements in the Sumy, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk regions during the week of July 25-31.