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Australian authorities are searching for a tiny radioactive capsule along a desert highway after it went missing while being transported from a mine in the country's remote west. The 8mm by 6mm silver capsule, which is used in mining operations, has been unaccounted for since mid-January, and contains the radioactive substance Caesium-137. It is believed to have fallen off a truck while being moved to a storage facility.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said on Tuesday that the Serbian government would not make any decisions without consulting the local communities first.
“This project is a danger for our waters, our land, and our future,” said Nebojsa Zelenovic of NGO Action.
Strategic metals are key for the European Union as it looks to reduce its dependence on Chinese or Russian raw materials. However, a flagship mining project in Bosnia and Herzegovina is stirring anger among some residents.
Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), apologises for kissing star player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain's win in the Women's World Cup. Rubiales, 45, says it happened "without any ill intention in a moment of the highest exuberance". He kissed Hermoso after she collected her medal, provoking an immediate global reaction.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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