Author: Michelle Mooney
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Trump says Iran’s key nuclear sites were ‘obliterated’ by US air strikes
On 21st June 2025, US President Donald Trump made a national address where he confirmed that the ‘three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime’ had been destroyed. Trump called the strikes a ‘spectacular military success’, and added that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ The three sites, Fordo, Netanz, and…
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Widespread environmental and human rights violations in Myanmar linked to ‘green’ energy industry
A policy brief from EarthRights International brings to light the impact of environmental destruction and human rights violations resulting from the mining of heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) in Kachin State, Myanmar. Two key HREEs, dysprosium and terbium are main constituents needed to produce NdFeB magnets which are used in a variety of renewable energy…
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Uncomfortable bond: China and Taiwan
Officially known as the Republic of China, Taiwan is an island separated from the mainland of China by the Taiwan Strait and has been independently governed by ROC since 1949. Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have since then been fraught with tension, as China asserts that any recognition of Taiwan as a separate state…
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Toxic waste: How overconsumption is killing our world
We are approaching a critical point at which we must ask ourselves what there is left to sacrifice. Over the past few decades, instances of climate change atrocities have rung in the ears of governments across the globe, yet we are still teetering dangerously close to irrevocable rising temperatures. The United Nations determined in its…
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Venezuela: Petrostate rise and fall
A recent vote in Venezuela to annex part of Guyana has stirred further tension and fear within the already tense South American country. According to the Venezuelan Government, the nation has approved a referendum which was called by President Nicolás Maduro Moros to claim sovereignty over the disputed Essequibo region of Guyana. The National Electoral…
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