POLITICS & POLICY

Greenland's Mining Bonanza Still A Distant Promise

Greenland is very reliant on fisheries and has drawn various red lines on mining -- such as no uranium, no oil and gas and no deep sea mining.
Before it could cast its first gold bar, Amaroq had to build a port and housing, repair a road, and ship over equipment -- a logistical nightmare highlighting the complexities of mining in inhospitable Greenland.
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Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports

China Vows To Fight US Trade War 'To The End'

China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States "to the end" on Thursday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing's lagging growth.
The dramatic collapse of Kyiv and Washington's wartime alliance has played out in the open since the televised dispute in the Oval Office

Trump Says Zelensky Ready For Russia Talks, Mineral Deal

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky has told him Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia and the finalization of a US minerals deal, days after the pair's explosive White House meeting.
Hong Kong is suffering an exodus of companies and high-paid workers after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020

Well-off Hong Kong Daunted By Record Deficits

Hong Kong is facing its toughest fiscal test in three decades following a painful run of mammoth deficits, with experts urging the government to make careful cuts as the economy wobbles.

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