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Clean energy minerals concentrated in few countries: report
Bundles of copper cables sit at a plant that produces parts for large electric vehicles in Mexico City, on April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
FRANKFURT, Germany — The world’s sources of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a fe…
Latvia, Congo: India outreach to members of UNSC, now and future
India’s multi-party outreach to rally global support for its war against terror emanating from Pakistan is not just aimed at major countries and the West Asian region, but also at countries that will be members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) next ye…
Limited self sufficiency threatens global access to healthy and sustainable diets
Growing emphasis on self-reliance and trade barriers could impair the ability of people to consume healthy and sustainable diets around the world. Research teams from the University of Göttingen and the University of Edinburgh investigated the extent t…
What the last Trump presidency can teach us about fighting back
As Donald Trump abandons any pretense of promoting human rights abroad, he has sparked concern about the future of the human rights movement. The US government has never been a consistent promoter of human rights, but when it applied itself, it was cer…
The US is reportedly encouraging countries to adopt Musk’s Starlink in tariff trade talks
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The US government is bringing up Starlink adoption in the midst of tariff trade talks with other countri…
Congo and Rwanda to sign agreement in Washington on peace, economic development: sources
Open this photo in gallery: A member of the M23 armed group holds position behind barbed wire as civilians fleeing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda at the La Corniche Border Post in Gisenyi on Jan.…
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Experts say Canada must leverage mineral wealth amid U.S. pressure
An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects
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What should we do with them?
A stream runs along the outskirts of Neskantaga First Nation, which is part of northern Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Canada has the critical minerals Donald Trump wants. So what should we do with them?
An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects.&#…
The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Congo deal: mineral riches for protection
“The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resources in Heart of Darkness.…
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