In the self-proclaimed cobalt capital of the world, Kolwezi, a contentious narrative unfolds as the demand for critical minerals surges amid the global clean energy transition. The Gécamines neighborhood, historically tied to the Congolese state company Société Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), is witnessing a significant upheaval due to cobalt and copper mining […]
This month, the Qatari prime minister met in private with the Taliban supreme commander to discuss easing tension with the outside world, according to a source briefed on the conversation. This encounter appeared to indicate a new openness on the part of the Afghan government to talk about methods to break their isolation. The meeting
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The foreign ministers of the European Union sanctioned Iran for the fourth time, talked about imposing sanctions on Russia for the tenth time, and approved $540 million in additional military funding for Ukraine. The overall military expenditure by the European Union and its member states for Kiev since the conflict there began almost a year
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There has never been a greater pressing need for the world to go net zero. At the COP27 climate meetings in Egypt last month, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said this in stark words. The switch to green energy has been gaining momentum globally to help alleviate the crisis. There has been a sharp increase in
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The European Union (EU) is prepared to extend penalties against Chinese officials for an additional year after accusing them of committing “severe human rights breaches” in the western region of Xinjiang. According to several diplomats with knowledge of the issue, the sanctions, which were first imposed on four people and one entity in March 2019,
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The German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, hosted the Group of Seven (G7) last week for two days in the ancient city of Münster. The situation in China and the Indo-Pacific area, in light of the results of the most recent 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, was one of the topics of debate.
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