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Living next to the Chinese-owned Zijin mines, villagers near Bor in eastern Serbia and Panjakent in western Tajikistan face the same threat: poisoned air, degraded farmland, and no recourse. At the same time their governments deepen ties with Beijing. As both countries embrace Chinese investment under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, villagers say they’re paying…
Last month, the newly-rebranded Tank 77 Museum in Taber hired a new manager, Taia DeBona. She immediately got to work sorting through old boxes in the archives — a daunting task for such a small organization. “We have a lot in collections and because I’m new, I’m not really familiar with everything that we have…
Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at how Iran is pushing to maintain its uranium enrichment capabilities and what analysts say this means for nuclear talks moving forward. What You…
Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and José María Aznar, the prime minister of Spain: the pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general manager of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, that he wanted to visit it. True to his word, Robinson walked…
When the European Commission started briefing EU states last month on the next sanctions package expected to be imposed on Russia, the 27 member nations expected concrete written proposals to follow. They’re still waiting. Normally these sorts of documents — in this case the potential 18th round of restrictive measures since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion…
Bulgarian authorities expect to get the green light this week from the European Commission and the European Central Bank to introduce the euro from January 1, 2026. Such an indication comes in the face of anti-euro protests with angry young Bulgarians carrying national and Russian flags, and even an arson attack on the European Commission…
For months after a Russian missile strike on the center of the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya killed Roman Oleksiv’s mother and left the 7-year-old boy with massive burns, he would recount the horrific experience to his father every morning. “He would get up around 5 a.m. and start telling stories about what happened: how they…
IT is the biggest reunion in rock – but Oasis’s comeback may not have happened at all if it hadn’t been for some delicate, behind-the-scenes diplomacy by one particular person. Step forward Anais Gallagher, Noel’s eldest daughter, who has been revealed as the gutsy go-between who has seemingly pulled off what years of fan pleading…
WASHINGTON — So far, Russia has resisted Western calls for a cease-fire in its war on Ukraine. And so far, US President Donald Trump has resisted calls by Kyiv and European countries to impose additional sanctions on Moscow in response. Trump has threatened to use “devastating” measures against Russia if he feels the time is…
THE Government is looking at removing the legal rights for children with additional needs to have extra support in school. As a mum of two autistic youngsters, I ask Keir Starmer to stop and listen to families — because this idea will cause havoc and end up costing the country more. 6 Mum Lisa Lloyd…
