The European Commission has unveiled 13 new strategic raw material projects outside the EU to boost supplies of critical metals and minerals vital for energy, defense, and aerospace sectors amid growing global supply tensions.
In response to China’s recent export restrictions on rare earth magnets, the European Commission announced 13 new projects outside the bloc aimed at securing essential raw materials like lithium, cobalt, manganese, and graphite. These materials are crucial for electric vehicle batteries, renewable energy, and defense industries.
This move supports the EU’s Critical Raw Material Act, which targets mining 10%, processing 40%, and recycling 25% of its material needs by 2030. The projects, located in countries including the UK, Canada, Greenland, and Ukraine, will receive financial backing totaling approximately €5.5 billion. This expansion raises the total number of strategic raw material projects to 60, strengthening the EU’s resilience amid global supply challenges.
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The Iranian Health Ministry said at least 18 people were killed and 142 others injured in U.S. airstrikes carried out between 30 August and 2 September.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow for peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, two people familiar with the matter said. They were met by Russian Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
U.S. efforts to squeeze Iran’s economy through an oil blockade and sanctions are becoming increasingly difficult for Tehran to withstand, according to three senior Iranian sources. Washington is escalating pressure in hopes of securing concessions in future negotiations.
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A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving more than 5,600 missing.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow for peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, two people familiar with the matter said. They were met by Russian Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
Spanish authorities are preparing a new site in Ceuta to accommodate hundreds of migrants who remain on the streets following large-scale arrivals in July, local media reported Saturday.
At least two people were killed and dozens injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km (20 miles) from La Paz, Defence Minister Ernesto Justiniano said.
The resolution, sponsored by African countries and led by Togo, passed by 164 votes to one, with six abstentions. The United States was the only country to vote against it.
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