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Energy giant Shell is in talks with Venezuela to develop gas fields off the country’s coast, the latest sign of increased investor appetite in the country. Venezuela’s oil production remains far below its 1990s peak despite having the world’s biggest crude reserves. Still, investors are feeling bullish as the country ...

Hungary goes to the polls next week, with the country deeply doubtful over the trustworthiness of the electoral process. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seeking a fifth consecutive term, but a majority of voters believe the elections will be dishonest. Whereas people in most countries rank the economy as their ...

India began a yearlong effort to count the world’s (presumably) largest population. A 2011 headcount recorded 1.21 billion. COVID-19 delayed the 2021 edition, but estimates now place the figure at 1.47 billion. That probably isn’t too far off the mark, but any errors could starkly affect parliamentary seat allocations if ...

The News During his first primetime address to the nation to discuss the war with Iran, President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to reassure — and convince — Americans that the operation is necessary and will soon wrap up, as gas prices rise and foreign leaders grapple with the war’s ...

Europe’s hard-right parties are breaking ranks with US President Donald Trump over the Iran war. Populist groups across the continent have broadly aligned themselves with Trump’s MAGA movement. But the partnership has been weakened by the US campaign against Iran, which undermines Trump’s isolationist “America First” vision and has pushed ...

US Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump’s efforts to end automatic birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants or temporary residents. Trump signed the sweeping executive order on his first day back in the White House, aiming to unwind a cornerstone of US immigration law with implications ...

A crew of astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — prepared to journey around the Moon for the first time in 50 years on Wednesday, traveling the furthest ever from Earth and heralding a new era of space competition. The much-delayed Artemis II mission comes 53 years after NASA’s ...

SpaceX on Wednesday filed confidentially to go public, according to reports, setting up what could be the largest IPO ever. The Elon Musk-founded rocket and satellite maker is aiming to hit the stock market in June, with the goal of raising $50-75 billion from going public, per The New York ...

US regulators on Wednesday approved Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill for sale in the country, opening up a new phase in weight-loss medication. The drug, which will be sold under the brand name Foundayo, will compete with the pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, approved in December. But Lilly’s pill is ...

A new AI-powered tool is helping track restitution work underway across Africa. Launched this week by pan-African research organization Open Restitution Africa, the platform helps to collate and narrativize the often-fragmented research and bureaucracy involved in the return of artifacts to Africa, many of which were stolen by Europeans during ...