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The Volkswagen Group announced its brands, VW, Audi, and Porsche, will be integrating Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) plug into electric vehicles beginning in…
Guyana, located on the north-eastern coast of South America, is emerging as a significant economic force. As Statista's Martin Armstrong reports, according to the International…
It's now widely perceived that Turkey will continue holding up final formal approval for Sweden's entry into NATO as retaliation for the West's support for…
A volcano in the southwestern region of Iceland erupted on Monday, sending geysers of hot lava as high as 330 feet. The eruption was located…
Oil isn't the only commodity at the center of tensions between the U.S. and Russia... Now Russian state-owned uranium company Tenex is telling American customers…
Authored by Jack Spencer via RealClear Politics, The silver lining of this month’s United Nations COP28 global warming conference is the growing consensus that nuclear…
The number of major shipping firms halting all commercial sailings through the highly trafficked Red Sea strait has increased to seven in response to missile…
The weather blog Severe Weather Europe provides an in-depth analysis of "cold anomalies across much of the central, southern, and eastern United States" after the start of the new…
There's been yet another Houthi attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, in at least the third serious incident this week, prompting container shipping giant…
On the heels of Christine Lagarde's more-hawkish-than-The-Fed comments yesterday, the European Union's economy appears to be deteriorating faster than anticipated. The Euro area composite flash PMI…
The world is sliding into a copper deficit over the next couple of years as one of the world's largest copper mines was forced to…
Sales of EVs and plug in hybrids were up 20% globally in November, according to market research firm Rho Motion. The boost in sales was…
There's been a fresh attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea on Wednesday, which reportedly resulted in a US warship intervening and firing on…
The latest report from the American Automobile Association forecasts a record number of Americans will be flying during the upcoming 10-day holiday stretch spanning from…
The Dubai conference on climate change, or COP28, is currently underway, running from November 30 to December 12, 2023. The international conference will bring together representatives from…
The green energy subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) have been justified by the Biden Administration as a booster of U.S. economic growth and…
With oil plunging an (almost) unprecedented 7 weeks in a row, the longest such stretch since 2018... ... and many momentum chasing experts - the…
The International Air Transport Association released new profitability forecasts for global airlines, indicating that despite high interest rates slowing down developed and emerging market economies, carriers are…
For those who are confused why the US has spent tens of billions to keep the Ukraine-Russia war going on and on (setting aside of…
Recent conversations about climate change, emissions, and health have put a spotlight on the world’s energy sources. As of 2021, nearly 90% of global CO?…