The competition for Africa’s critical minerals between China and the West presents an opportunity.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2025.
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Drones have added a new dimension to Russia’s military strategy.
To determine repairability scores for smartphones and tablets, researchers identified key components, necessary tools, availability of spare parts, and other factors.
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The Moldovan election result will be noted with significant relief not only in Chișinău, but also in other European capitals.
Protesters push a fence as police use tear gas and stun grenades to disperse anti-government protesters in Novi Sad, Serbia, on Sept. 5, 2025.
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Threats to impose tariffs in retaliation for digital regulation are a line crossed.
Firefighters gather on a destroyed roof in Wyryki, Poland, to inspect a damaged house after multiple Russian drones struck.
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Throughout its war with Russia, Ukraine is providing lessons to the West on what’s required to win a modern-day war. Will European and other states heed those lessons?
The beans that created this cup of coffee had a long journey.
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Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Small farms will have the hardest time meeting the rules, giving big producers an edge. One potential solution: agroforestry, growing coffee plants among the trees.
A person wears traditional clothing made seal hides watching a seal hunting competition in Nuuk, Greenland, in June 2025..
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Emerging migration trends will shape the future of African migration flows.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the Ukrainian leader arrives at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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Given Donald Trump’s unwillingness to make firm commitments at the meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, Russia has come out on top.
EU countries typically provide irregular migrants with a small set of legal rights. In this photo, protesters demonstrate to support regularisation of undocumented immigrants (les sans-papiers) on June 20, 2020, in Paris, France.
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There are various social and labour rights for irregular migrants in the different EU member states and the UK. But the costs of enjoying these rights can be daunting.
Students from an art school in Mumbai, India, created posters in response to Trump’s latest tariff announcement.
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When keeping score, you aren’t supposed to add ‘own goals’ to your own tally.
Trump agreed what he styled the ‘biggest deal ever’ with president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Ayrshire.
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This time around, Brussels was not negotiating from a position of strength.
From left to right: António Costa (President of the European Council), Xi Jinping (President of the People’s Republic of China) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) at the opening of the 25th EU-China summit in Beijing, China.
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The China-EU summit yielded more results than expected, but longstanding tensions remain.
As the latest EU non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations come into force, they are being applied to companies’ full value chains. This photograph of the Eramine lithium extraction plant, which is linked to the French mining group Eramet, was taken in Salta province, Argentina on July 4, 2024.
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Regulations on sustainability reporting must be crafted with stakeholders across value chains to minimise harm to vulnerable communities.
Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, attends a news conference with EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell in Tehran on June 25, 2022.
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Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
After more than two decades of hard-nosed diplomacy on Iran’s nuclear program, European negotiators are finding themselves beset by challenges.
High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas at the European Parlament Plenary Session ‘Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions’.
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