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BALKAN NATIONS CONSIDER HYDROGEN AMID EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS QUICKLY

Baki Bajraktari, who works at the Bulqize chrome mine in northeastern Albania, never thought that the presence of hydrogen there could be positive, especially after a tragic explosion in 2011 due to a gas pocket. However, his perspective shifted when a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Science in January revealed a reservoir containing between […]

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ADDRESSING TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION FROM COAL MINING: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY THE U.S., CANADA AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS

Glances / Deanne N. E.

On Monday, a joint proposal was unveiled by the United States, Canada, and various Indigenous groups to tackle the longstanding issue of pollution stemming from coal mining activities in British Columbia. This pollution has been identified as a significant contributor to waterway contamination and detrimental effects on fisheries along both sides of the U.S.-Canada border

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AZERBAIJAN-IRAQ RELATIONS HAVE POTENTIAL TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS WITH COUNTRIES IN THE GULF AND THE MIDDLE EAST, ENSURING A BROADER REGIONAL NETWORK

Insights / Deanne N. E.

The recent official visit of Iraqi President Abdullatif Jamal Rashid to Azerbaijan serves as a promising precursor to heightened economic cooperation between these two nations. Despite possessing considerable potential for collaboration, historical challenges, particularly stemming from the aftermath of the Iraq invasion and persistent regional instability, have impeded the transformation of this potential into tangible

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WHO RECEIVES A $1 MILLION FUND FROM THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK TO SUPPORT ETHIOPIA’S PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Insights / Deanne N. E.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has received €1 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a technical support operation that would improve Ethiopia’s primary healthcare system. By 2024, the Ethiopian government hopes to have achieved universal health coverage and built the health system’s resilience through a solid primary healthcare foundation. The WHO and EIB

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SPAIN AND GERMANY COMPETE FOR $4.8 BILLION INDIAN SUBMARINE DEAL

Glances / Deanne N. E.

In order to offset China’s growing naval presence in the Indo-Pacific area, India is looking to bolster its navy, therefore the South Asian country is competing for a 400 billion rupee ($4.8 billion) deal to build submarines there. According to senior Indian officials aware of the developments who declined to be named since the

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BOLIVIA’S HAS LITHIUM RESERVES WHICH ARE LARGER THAN IT PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED

Glances / Deanne N. E.

President of the nation Luis Arce claims that Bolivia has the largest lithium deposits in the world. Arce announced yesterday (July 20th) that following thorough geological research of the Coipassa and Pasto Grandes salt flats, Bolivia’s reserves of the priceless metal climbed from 2 million tonnes to 23 million tonnes. The economic landscape of

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NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES A 1,000 KM LONG-RANGE MISSILE

Glances / Deanne N. E.

On Wednesday, days after threatening to shoot down US spy aircraft it said were invading its airspace, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the oceans between the Korean peninsula and Japan. The missile was launched at around 10 a.m. from a location close to Pyongyang and flew a distance of around 1,000 miles

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U.S. PRESIDENT VISITS EUROPE FOR NATO MEETING; UKRAINE IS SHOWN SUPPORT BUT STILL NO MEMBERSHIP

Glances / Deanne N. E.

On Sunday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Britain to begin a three-nation trip that will be dominated by a NATO meeting in Lithuania intended to show support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia while delaying Kyiv’s admission to the alliance. Prior to this week’s NATO meeting in Lithuania, Biden and Turkish

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UK LOOKING TO REVIVE RICH MINING PAST TO COUNTER CHINA’S MINERALS DOMINANCE

Glances / Deanne N. E.

South Crofty is a part of a surge of mining activity sweeping the southwest of England that aims to revive a sector that, up until recently, appeared to be all but dead. Companies looking to profit from the spike in demand for the raw materials essential to the transition to clean energy are concentrating on

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JAPAN’S UPDATED SPACE SECURITY PLAN TAKES INTO ACCOUNT COUNTERSTRIKE CAPABILITY

Glances / Deanne N. E.

The Japanese government established its first official space security strategy on Tuesday, and it is expected to include counterstrike capabilities. “The new Basic Plan for Space Policy presents a vision of the future of security, disaster prevention and mitigation, innovation, civil sectors such as space science and exploration, and rockets that support these space activities,

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