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Will Zimbabwe’s lithium strategy help it break into the value-adding game? automated-news
Will Zimbabwe’s lithium strategy help it break into the value-adding game?

Zimbabwe is betting that its move into lithium processing will finally break the cycle of digging and shipping ore that has defined its mining sector for decades. This follows the export of the continent’s first consignment of lithium sulphate by Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of China’s Zh

24 May 2026 🔒
Will Military Tech Firms Spark a Revolution in American Defense? automated-news
Will Military Tech Firms Spark a Revolution in American Defense?

Can military tech firms revolutionize America's defense capabilities? That outcome is by no means guaranteed, and it will depend on factors far beyond technology alone.

24 May 2026 🔒
War in Ukraine: Russian strikes hit a school killing one person automated-news
War in Ukraine: Russian strikes hit a school killing one person

Gulliver Cragg is live from Ukraine.

24 May 2026 🔒
War in the Middle East: Trump says Iran deal 'largely negociated' automated-news
War in the Middle East: Trump says Iran deal 'largely negociated'

Fraser Jackson has more.

24 May 2026 🔒
France bans Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after 'unspeakable' behavior automated-news
France bans Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after 'unspeakable' behavior

France on Saturday banned Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behavior targeting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force.

24 May 2026 🔒
Marco Rubio says ‘significant progress’ made in US-Iran talks to end war automated-news
Marco Rubio says ‘significant progress’ made in US-Iran talks to end war

Iranian news agency says deal could see shipping levels through Strait of Hormuz return to pre-war levels within weeks.

24 May 2026 🔒
Ten African countries at risk from Ebola virus Africa CDC warns automated-news
Ten African countries at risk from Ebola virus Africa CDC warns

Emmet Livingstone is live from Kinshasa, DR Congo.

24 May 2026 🔒
Trump says Iran deal 'largely negotiated', would reopen Strait of Hormuz automated-news
Trump says Iran deal 'largely negotiated', would reopen Strait of Hormuz

A "largely negotiated" memorandum of understanding on an Iran peace ​deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday, as expectations rose that a turning point might be imminent in the three-month-old war.

24 May 2026 🔒
Pakistan attack kills at least 24 as explosive-laden car hits train automated-news
Pakistan attack kills at least 24 as explosive-laden car hits train

A blast targeting a train carrying military personnel killed at least 24 people on Sunday in Pakistan’s turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, a senior official said. Army servicemen were among the victims of the attack in the provincial capital Quetta, which wounded more than 50 people, th

24 May 2026 🔒
Iran war day 86: Trump announces potential deal amid ‘cloud of mistrust’ automated-news
Iran war day 86: Trump announces potential deal amid ‘cloud of mistrust’

Trump announces progress on Iran peace deal, signalling the Strait of Hormuz, vital for global trade, could reopen soon.

24 May 2026 🔒
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