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CPEC 2.0: new green hope or new China debt trap for Pakistan?

Walk into any mid-sized factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on a summer afternoon, and you’ll hear the same sound: loud, diesel-fueled power generators running because the electricity grid is down. For factory workers and owners, the heavy hum of the backup unit is a constant audible

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes southern Italy

The strong tremor was felt across much of southern Italy, with its epicentre offshore. According to Italy's INGV, the area is prone to frequent deep seismic activity and has previously recorded quakes above magnitude 5.

Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns

UN agency predicts phenomenon that supercharges weather extremes has 80% chance of forming before September The world must prepare for the imminent return of El Niño and the supercharged weather extremes it brings, the UN has warned. The powerful natural weather pattern, which

Houthis and Al-Shabaab conspiring to choke Red Sea routes

In a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together. United Nations and American intelligence reports suggest that Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and the Somali group Al-Shabaab — considered Al-Qaeda’s strongest affiliate — are exchanging logistical

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Energy use in the industry sector continues to decline

In 2024, the EU’s industry sector used 8 835 petajoules (PJ) of energy, an 8.1% decrease compared with 2014. The final energy consumption has been steadily declining since 1990. Most of the energy consumed by industry came from electricity (2 945 PJ; 33.3%) and natural gas (2

Desert shield: China hardening nuclear forces for a Taiwan war

China’s buildup at its remote Hami nuclear silo field reflects a broader effort to transform a historically vulnerable nuclear force into a resilient deterrent capable of surviving attack, constraining US intervention and reinforcing its position in a Taiwan contingency. Last

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