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Russia doesn't want a conflict with NATO as it would "lose quickly" the UK's armed forces chief said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't really want a conflict with NATO because in that scenario Russia would quickly lose, the head of the UK's armed forces said on Tuesday.

He said that "the biggest reason that Putin doesn't want a conflict with NATO is because Russia will lose.

Radakin, speaking at a defense conference in London's Chatham House, said the UK is "not on the cusp of war with Russia.

"And it is the more dangerous Russia that we and NATO are responding to," he said. »

Arctic doomsday vault gets record batch of crop seeds

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Arctic doomsday vault gets record batch of crop seeds.

OSLO (Reuters) – A frozen Arctic vault built to preserve global agricultural crops from extinction received seeds on Tuesday from the largest number of new contributors yet, a custodian of the remote facility said.

First-time depositors included seed banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria and Zambia, Crop Trust said. »

Florida man faces 50-year prison sentence over turtle-smuggling scheme

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WASHINGTON, DC – A Florida man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accusations that he tried to “illegally export thousands of turtles” to other countries, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

DOJ officials said that between 2015 and 2021, the man — John Kreatsoulas, 36, of Alva — was the owner of Omni Reptiles, an unregistered Florida business in Lee County.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 17 at 1:30 p.m. Kreatsoulas faces up to five years in prison for each count — a maximum total of 50 years. »