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- China, Commodities, Donald Trump, Europe, Manufacturing sector, Ukraine, US news, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, World news
What is the Ukraine minerals deal – and why does Trump want it signed?
Zelenskyy is likely to visit the US this week to sign a deal on Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, according to Tr…
- Business, Commodities, Culture, Documentary films, Energy, Environment, Film, Fossil fuels, Myanmar, Oil, South and Central Asia, World news
A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells
Documentary shows the gruelling labour put in by a married couple wringing out drops of black gold as their so…
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Finland recovers ship’s anchor close to damaged Baltic Sea pipeline
Investigators seeking to establish whether it came from a Chinese container vessel and have not ruled out sabo…
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Chinese ship is focus of investigation into damaged pipeline, Finland says
Police focusing on Newnew Polar Bear cargo ship that was in the area when gas pipeline was damagedFinnish poli…
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Gold bars used to lure Chinese homebuyers amid market slowdown
Property developers struggle to rebuild confidence in housing market after three years of economic painGold ba…
- Business, Commodities, Employment, Food, Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tea, World news
‘We give our blood so they live comfortably’: Sri Lanka’s tea pickers say they go hungry and live in squalor
Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Commodities, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Marine life, Oil, Oil spills, Philippines, Wildlife, World news
Philippines oil tanker spill prompts fears for protected marine areas
Authorities scramble to contain leak from sunken tanker that was carrying about 800,000 litres of oilAuthoriti…
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Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens
Ban on sales to everything except essential services comes as nation tries to conserve fuel supplies that are …
- Access to energy, Asia Pacific, Business, Commodities, Energy industry, Europe, Global development, Oil, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine, World news
Philippines considers four-day working week to combat rising costs
Economist calls for compressed working hours with 10-hour days in response to higher fuel pricesUkraine-Russia…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Commodities, Energy, Energy industry, Environment, Europe, European Union, Gas, India, Russia, South and Central Asia, US news, World news
Global energy crisis: how key countries are responding
As demand increases amid the pandemic, there is a shortage of supply – and prices are rising rapidlyGlobal ene…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Americas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Commodities, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Europe, European Union, Gaza, Global development, Home Office, Human rights, Immigration and asylum, Inequality, Israel, Law, Media, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Mining, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Palestinian territories, Peru, Press freedom, Protest, Refugees, RIO DE JANEIRO, Scotland, South and Central Asia, Spain, Sudan, Taliban, UK news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Gaza damage and Glasgow raids: human rights this fortnight in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Peru Continue reading...
- Asia Pacific, Commodities, Cook Islands, Iran, Oil, Oil and gas companies, Pacific islands, World news
Cook Islands-flagged tankers scrubbed for alleged sanctions-busting
Two tankers flying the flag of the remote Pacific archipelago are alleged to have been involved in subterfuge …
- Asia Pacific, China, Commodities, Donald Trump, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Oil, US news, World news
Why is China hiding its oil tankers from US trackers?
Signs Beijing may be importing Iranian oil as Trump’s two biggest foreign policy headaches convergeIn early Ju…