Demand is deteriorating: European cocoa grindings fell to the lowest quarterly level since 2013, Asia also... 

Developers are increasingly targeting unconventional sites, from abandoned hotels to former coal mines and landfills, to secure planning approval...

The effort comes as the Trump administration has already taken aggressive steps to weaken China’s control over materials vital to high-tech products, electric vehicles, and advanced weapons systems.

...the municipality has rejected calls to shutter the facility early and plans to run the project until its scheduled end in April 2028.

The reduction follows CEO Elon Musk’s April 2024 announcement that Tesla would cut more than 10% of its global workforce to curb costs and boost productivity.

Pakistan’s reported indirect arming of Ukraine through Poland might expand into direct military cooperation between them that could then also elicit concern from Russia...

The Trump administration awards government contracts on the basis of race and sex. It needs to stop.

One of the most dangerous biolabs in the country...

"Not only is Canada losing its biggest crude customer, but it’s also losing its only real leverage in trade talks with the United States..."

"It will certainly engulf the wider region and have an impact on ordinary people around the globe."

Cheating is considered rational, expected, and even applauded.

If successful, the petition could trigger a referendum vote as early as October and increase tensions between Canada and the US...

Just like that, US military support for the Syrian Kurds is over...

Whatever it takes?

Gov. Mikie Sherrill also ordered regulators to study how to “modernize” the traditional electric utility business model, including by making utility profits “less dependent on capital spending.”

"The U.S. dollar seems to be the ⁠one place where I think the U.S. administration is going to get what it wants, which ‍is a weaker dollar."