China is doubling down on DR Congo just as Washington tries to up its own bets on one of the world’s most lucrative critical minerals hubs. Kinshasa and Beijing inked a new deal covering geological data sharing, investment protections, and local processing, after the Trump administration struck a minerals-for-security partnership ...
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NASA crew plans moon orbitNASA crew plans moon orbit
The crew of NASA’s Artemis spacecraft entered quarantine ahead of a planned launch as soon as Wednesday. All going well, the four crewmembers will be in space for 10 days, traveling around the moon — the first crewed trip there, and the first time humans have left low Earth orbit, ...
Houthi strikes mark key expansion of warHouthi strikes mark key expansion of war
Missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthis against Israel over the weekend underscored how the war is likely to further escalate before any near-term truce is reached, analysts warned. The head of a Washington, DC, think tank noted that the group’s entry into the conflict was just one of a number of ...
South Africa Sibanye sees limits to EU strategic statusSouth Africa Sibanye sees limits to EU strategic status
The News South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater has warned that the European Union’s “strategic project” label for its $870 million lithium operation falls short of necessary protections to survive global price shocks leaving Europe’s nascent lithium supply chain exposed to aggressive competition from low-cost Chinese refiners. Sibanye, a global top three ...
Iran war fuels global coal rushIran war fuels global coal rush
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz is driving a return to coal — the dirtiest of the fossil fuels — with many countries rushing to secure supplies. Shares of Yancoal, one of Australia’s biggest coal producers, have surged by 40% since the start of the war, while Pennsylvania-based Core ...
Pakistan emerges as unlikely war interlocutorPakistan emerges as unlikely war interlocutor
Pakistan is assuming a surprisingly key diplomatic role in pushing Iran and the US toward ending their war. Islamabad was isolated by Washington following its role harboring Osama bin Laden, but Pakistan is now out of the wilderness. A recent US peace proposal reached Tehran via a Pakistani-facilitated back channel, ...
Substack rival Beehiiv makes a push into podcastingSubstack rival Beehiiv makes a push into podcasting
The News Newsletter and creator startup Beehiiv is making a push into podcasting, and wants to peel off talent from Substack and Patreon. Beehiiv has privately been reaching out to independent podcasters on Substack and other platforms, hoping to convince them to become founding members of the publishing platform’s podcast ...
Axel Springer’s Döpfner courts UK conservative elitesAxel Springer’s Döpfner courts UK conservative elites
The Scoop A successful media pressure campaign from the right torpedoed Jeff Zucker’s attempt to buy the Telegraph. Axel Springer’s Mathias Döpfner is making sure that doesn’t happen again by personally courting regulators and the country’s influential conservative political figures as he attempts to get his bid to buy the ...
Politico taps a new top editorPolitico taps a new top editor
Politico tapped a current executive vice president, Jonathan Greenberger, to be the publication’s new editor-in-chief. Greenberger, who garnered internal support from outgoing editor John Harris and CEO Goli Sheikholeslami, convinced Axel Springer’s Mathias Döpfner and others at the company that Politico needed to lean into its status as a dominant ...
CBS News expands its investigative teamCBS News expands its investigative team
The Scoop CBS News is expanding its investigative journalism efforts as editor-in-chief Bari Weiss continues to reshape the network. On Monday, the company plans to announce the growth of CBS News’ Investigative Unit, Semafor has learned, an attempt to grow the network’s original reporting and get more attention by publishing ...