Our daily tour around the world

🇰🇿🐴 The last remaining “true” species of wild horse was reintroduced to Kazakhstan. The species, named Przewalski's horse, is thought to be the only wild horse breed alive today that doesn’t originate from domesticated horses who later escaped. Przewalski's horses roamed the grasslands of Central Asia for thousands of years prior to the 1960s, when hunting and industrialization drove them to near-extinction. This month, seven Przewalski’s horses were flown in and released in Kazakhstan as part of a wider reintroduction plan.

🇳🇴 Norway discovered Europe’s largest proven deposit of rare earth metals. The deposit contains ~8.8 million metric tons of total rare earth oxides used across a range of industrial applications, including ~1.5 million metric tons of magnet-related metals used in EVs and wind turbines. Norway says the deposits will advance the EU’s goal of breaking China's dominance in the rare earth market, where Beijing currently accounts for ~70% of global production.

💥 Israel-Hamas war: Israeli officials are claiming Hamas has rejected Israel’s proposal for a ceasefire deal that would result in the phased release of hostages captured by Hamas on October 7, according to multiple reports. Hamas officials yesterday confirmed that the group responded to the deal, and said their leaders requested certain “amendments.” The news comes one day after the UN Security Council voted to support the Israeli-backed ceasefire plan, joining the G7 and other major world governments in backing the deal.