Like oil in the twentieth century, lithium is the ‘white gold’ of the twenty-first. Demand for this key element is driving economic growth based on the ‘renewable’ energy provided by lithium-ion batteries.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has filed criminal complaints against subsidiaries of Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using minerals allegedly “looted” from conflict regions in
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Editor’s Note: This week’s dispatches provide insight into pivotal global events. In Bangladesh, the arrest of Workers Party leader Rashed Khan Menon amid quota reform unrest raises allegations of political revenge. In
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