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US and Ukraine sign deal giving US access to country’s valuable mineral wealth
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US and Ukraine sign deal giving US access to country’s valuable mineral wealth

1 May 2025
The United States and Ukraine have signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid. Ukraine said it secured key interests after protracted negotiations, including full sovereignty over its own rare earths, which are vital for new technologies and largely untapped. Trump had initially demanded rights to Ukraine's mineral wealth as compensation for US weapons sent under former president Joe Biden after Russia invaded just over three years ago.
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US threatens to give up mediation efforts unless Russia and Ukraine put forward "concrete proposals”
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US threatens to give up mediation efforts unless Russia and Ukraine put forward "concrete proposals”

30 April 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned on Tuesday that the United States would give up on mediation unless Russia and Ukraine put forward "concrete proposals," as US patience wanes on an early priority for Donald Trump. The US president had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours back in the White House but, as Trump celebrates 100 days in office, Rubio has suggested the administration could soon turn attention to other issues.
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Commentary: The debate about the “Corridors War” is not based on reality
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Commentary: The debate about the “Corridors War” is not based on reality

8 November 2021
The "corridors war", currently being hotly debated among experts, pundits, and policy-making circles in the South Caucasus, is largely based on wishful thinking rather than hard facts. In reality the options are rather limited, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.
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European Parliament sends first official delegation to Taiwan
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European Parliament sends first official delegation to Taiwan

3 November 2021
Despite strong warnings from China of possible consequences, the first official delegation of European Parliament arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday (3 November). The group MPs from the special committee on foreign interference will meet high-level political leaders, including President Tsai Ing-wen and Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, during the three-day visit in Taiwan.
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World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
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World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030

2 November 2021
More than 100 countries have reached an agreement at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow to stop deforestation and land degradation by 2030. It is the first significant pledge during the UN climate summit that started on Sunday. Forest-rich countries such as Brazil, Russia, Canada and Indonesia also support the plan.
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Europe will become first climate-neutral continent according to Von der Leyen
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Europe will become first climate-neutral continent according to Von der Leyen

2 November 2021
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in her speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow that the European Union will do everything in its power to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent. She therefore stressed that there must be a global price for greenhouse gas emissions. She said there must be a clear price for carbon dioxide emissions, "because nature can no longer pay it".
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Iran said to be ready to resume nuclear talks
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Iran said to be ready to resume nuclear talks

18 October 2021
Diplomatic and political sources in various capitals in Europe and the Middle East suggest that Iran may be ready to resume  talks on the "nuclear file" in the coming days. A senior Iranian diplomat is expected in Brussels later this week for further discussions ahead of the resumption of the official negotiations in Vienna.
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