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World affairs2024-12-20 – 2025-06-30

Zuuvch-Ovoo: thirty years of uranium under the Gobi

Orano — then called Areva — has run exploration and mining in Mongolia without a break since 1997, 27 years by the time the agreement was signed.

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Q:What problem is this uranium agreement presented as solving?Mongolian side6/11Mongolian-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Mongolia.A deposit left idle since explorationDivergenceFrench side5/8French-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in France.The supply lost in Niger

Q:What does Mongolia actually get from this deal?Q:What does the coverage say should happen next?Q:Why is Orano doing this now — what reason does the coverage give?Q:Whose voices are quoted in the coverage of this agreement?

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World affairs2024-12-20 – 2025-06-30

Zuuvch-Ovoo: thirty years of uranium under the Gobi

Orano — then called Areva — has run exploration and mining in Mongolia without a break since 1997, 27 years by the time the agreement was signed.

Q:What problem is this uranium agreement presented as solving?Mongolian side6/11Mongolian-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Mongolia.A deposit left idle since explorationDivergenceFrench side5/8French-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in France.The supply lost in Niger

32 independent reports5 anglesRead

World affairs2024-10-01 – 2024-12-06

Sado mine: the memorials of November 24 and 25

South Korea agreed to the Sado mine's World Heritage registration after Japan promised to hold a memorial for workers each year.

Q:What did each side treat as the central dispute?Japan side10/20Japanese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Japan.The representative choiceDivergenceKorea side19/27Korean-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in South Korea.Historical recognition

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Economy & industry2024-04-24 – 2025-10-15

Who gets to define a döner

In 2022 the Istanbul-based International Döner Federation asked the European Union to register döner as a guaranteed traditional speciality.

Q:What is the problem here — that döner is unprotected, or that a rule would break the döner people eat?Germany side20/28German-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Germany.A rule that would break the local dönerDivergenceTürkiye side11/28Turkish-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Türkiye.Someone else claiming a Turkish dish

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World affairs2026-05-01 – 2026-08-19

F-1 visas capped at four years, ending duration of status

A new US rule sets a foreign student's F-1 visa to last four years or until the end date of their academic program, whichever is shorter.

Q:Do the new visa rules target Chinese students, or international students in general?China side9/10Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.International students in generalAgreementUS side32/40English-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in the United States.International students in general

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World affairs2026-02-01 – 2026-08-20

Chinese visitors to Japan fell 56.4% in the first half of 2026

In the first half of 2026 the number of Chinese visitors to Japan was 56.4% lower than a year earlier.

Q:Who or what is held responsible for the fall?China side13/15Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in mainland China.The prime minister's Taiwan remarksDivergenceJapan side49/69Japanese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Japan.China's call to refrain from travel

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History & culture2005-01-01 – 2025-12-31

The giraffe the Yongle court received as a qilin

A live giraffe reached the Ming court in 1414, and a second animal reached China the following year, in 1415.

Q:How did the giraffe make the journey to China?China side9/14Chinese-language reporting or feature writing substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.Envoys brought it to courtDivergenceOutside side7/9English- or Swahili-language reporting or feature writing substantially produced by a newsroom based outside China, in any country.The fleet carried it home

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Economy & industry2025-12-23 – 2026-08-19

Indonesia's nickel quota: 379 million tonnes down to 250–260

Indonesia's energy and mineral resources ministry set the 2026 nickel-ore production quota — the RKAB — at 250 to 260 million tonnes, down from 379 million.

Q:Who or what gets the blame for the industry's trouble?China side13/17Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.The government's quota decisionAgreementIndonesia side36/66Indonesian-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Indonesia.The government's quota decision

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History & culture2005-03-01 – 2025-12-31

Mwamaka Sharifu, Siyu's shipwreck story, and a scholarship to China

Mwamaka Sharifu's family lives in Siyu, a village on Pate Island off the Kenyan coast, where an account has been handed down that a Chinese ship struck a reef nearby and its sailors swam ashore.

Q:What is the story really about?China side7/11Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.A chance at an educationDivergenceAfrica side4/6Swahili- or English-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in an African country; imported foreign copy without local reporting is excluded.A history still to be recovered

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