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Russia banned the export of diesel following Ukrainian strikes on refineries that have led to the worst fuel shortages since the fall of the Soviet Union. Kyiv’s increased offensive capabilities — some refineries as deep as Siberia have been struck — have forced Russia, the world’s third-biggest oil producer, to ...

Argentina announced the construction of a new nuclear reactor and the UK extended the life of one of its existing ones, part of a worldwide revival of atomic energy. The Buenos Aires project is backed by $1.2 billion in US money; Britain’s Sizewell B will now run until 2055 rather ...

Maine Democrat Graham Platner suspended his Senate campaign on Wednesday night, denying new allegations of sexual assault but conceding that he couldn’t keep running after his party abandoned him. “The corporate media system and the political establishment got to act as judge, jury, and executioner,” Platner said in an 11 ...

The percentage of US citizens currently taking GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy for weight loss has almost quadrupled to 11% from 3% in 2024. A further 4% of Americans say they’ve used the drugs in the past, Gallup polling found. Meanwhile, US obesity rates, which peaked in 2022 at 39.9%, ...

Commercial space ventures in the US and China are tapping broader pools of capital as the superpowers vie for dominance in a fierce space race. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is seeking its first outside capital, aiming to raise $10 billion at a valuation of about $130 billion, The New York ...

President Donald Trump offered both sticks and carrots to NATO, threatening to cut off trade with Spain before offering rare praise for the alliance. At the summit on Wednesday, Trump reignited his feud with Madrid over the Iran war, made renewed claims on Greenland, and rehashed his grievances with NATO. ...

President Donald Trump agreed to supply licenses for Ukraine to build Patriot missile interceptors during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday at the NATO summit in Türkiye. The move stops short of the immediate transfer of Patriots to Ukraine that Kyiv would have preferred, but nevertheless is ...

The global economy will grow at a slower rate in 2026, the IMF said Wednesday, as high energy prices resulting from the Iran conflict drag on growth and drive inflation. The fund lowered its global forecast to 3%, down from April and below the last two years’ averages, but noted ...

Copenhagen topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most livable cities for the second year in a row, though Chinese metropolises made the largest gains. Tokyo was the world’s only megacity to break into the top 10 of the ranking, which uses criteria such as healthcare, culture and ...

In closed-door discussions with quantum industry leaders at a White House event on Tuesday, government officials pushed the importance of domestic supply chain security, according to a person in attendance. The tone of the Trump administration was “sober” and “serious,” they said. While officials highlighted actions taken by the White ...