Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen looks on during a "Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030" press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 16, 2025. Yves Herman/ReutersThe European Commission’s new European Democracy Shield claims it will “counter information manipulation...
The United States and its allies are weighing the rapid reopening of long-abandoned mines to rebuild secure supply chains.Illustration by The Epoch Times|November 16, 2025Updated:November 16, 2025Boarded-up mines across the world are rusting symbols of how China seized the world’s critical minerals supply chain.Now,...