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The Trump administration is advancing its critical minerals agenda into a region known as America's 'forgotten wildlife corridor', according to reporting by Inside Climate News. The push for domestic mining of minerals deemed essential to national security and clean energy technologies is raising concerns that expanded extraction could fragment habitat and disrupt wildlife movement in an ecologically significant stretch of the country.

Washington is pressing for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, but Moscow shows little interest, continuing to bet on gains on the battlefield. As US diplomacy intensifies, Russian officials and analysts argue their military strategy is working and see no reason to compromise, leaving the prospects for peace talks uncertain.

Dramatic footage has emerged showing the moment a Panama-flagged bulk carrier collided with a Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Singapore. The clip captures the impact between the two ships in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Details on casualties, damage or the cause of the collision have not yet been reported, and authorities have not issued a full statement.

CERN's Large Hadron Collider is beginning its disconnection process, marking a pause in operations at the world's largest particle accelerator. The shutdown is part of the collider's planned cycle of maintenance and upgrades between experimental runs, allowing scientists to improve the machine before the next round of particle collisions. Observers are watching what the pause means for physics research.

Brazil's CNPEM research centre is working with CERN on magnet technology for a proposed 91-kilometre collider, a scale of machine far beyond today's accelerators. The collaboration ties Brazilian superconducting research into the Future Circular Collider effort, and physicists are watching how magnet development for such a huge ring progresses.

The Chinese-flagged Luqing Yuanyu 108 reportedly collided with a cargo vessel near Singapore. Details remain unverified: the identity of the other ship, the timing, and the exact location of the incident have not been independently confirmed. It is not yet clear whether there are casualties or environmental damage. Authorities have not issued a detailed statement, and questions about the safety of crews aboard both vessels remain unanswered pending official confirmation.

A sequel to a little-remembered video game featuring a star of the television series 'Prison Break' is now officially available on Netflix. The news, reported by Collider, has drawn attention from gaming and TV fans curious about the unusual crossover between the actor and the franchise, and about how the title fits into Netflix's growing games catalog.