Ukraine’s biggest energy company is moving renewables to the forefront of its plan to rebuild a more secure grid after four years of devastating attacks. In DTEK’s first energy transition plan, published this week, the company committed to entirely closing down its fleet of coal-fired power plants and coal mines ...
Europe’s missed energy transition opportunitiesEurope’s missed energy transition opportunities
EU authorities risk curbing investments in the continent’s energy transition because of a combination of a failure to integrate its capital markets and regulatory shortcomings, multiple bankers said during London Climate Action Week. European and UK regulations are too prescriptive about favored technologies in the energy storage sector, and officials ...
Ancient Mayan city discovered in Mexican jungleAncient Mayan city discovered in Mexican jungle
A Mayan city was discovered in the Mexican jungle after being hidden for more than 1,000 years. Airborne laser mapping allowed researchers to peer through the dense canopy to detect the 37-acre settlement on the Yucatán peninsula; the team then hacked a three-mile path through the jungle with machetes to ...
WHO plans Ebola vaccine trialsWHO plans Ebola vaccine trials
The WHO announced two trials of experimental anti-Ebola drugs to combat the fast-moving outbreak. The US will provide one of the new drugs, a shift in stance after previously saying it would only be available for at-risk Americans. More than 1,000 cases and 277 deaths have so far been confirmed, ...
AI data center boom to drive inflationAI data center boom to drive inflation
The AI data center boom is causing a new wave of inflation, data suggested. As oil prices drop with the Iran war quiescent, US consumers might hope price rises could level off. But demand for chips and energy is driving up costs for everything from smartphones to electricity. The inflationary ...
To protect the Iran peace talks, will Trump finally restrain Netanyahu? | Mohamad BazziTo protect the Iran peace talks, will Trump finally restrain Netanyahu? | Mohamad Bazzi
As long as Israel continues its attacks on Lebanon, any deal between the US and Iran will be at risk On 18 June, JD Vance stood in the White House press briefing room and tore into Israeli critics of the Iran deal that his boss, Donald Trump, had signed the ...
JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?
Vice-president, leading a foundering peace deal to end the kind of war he’s opposed in the past, is left holding the bag JD Vance has taken the greatest gamble of his vice-presidency by making himself the face of the Iran ceasefire deal – a shaky agreement that already seems to ...
Oil price falls to pre-Iran war levels as more tankers exit strait of HormuzOil price falls to pre-Iran war levels as more tankers exit strait of Hormuz
Fears of long-lasting energy crunch ‘slinking away’ as vessel traffic doubled in 24 hours to highest level since late February Business live – latest updates Oil prices have fallen below levels last seen before the Iran war started in late February as more oil tankers exited the strait of Hormuz. ...
‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England?‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England?
Jacob Wulfson’s fellow airmen decided his fate after a court martial at RAF Lakenheath – a distressing week for Sarah Steele, the academic he assaulted Explainer: how the US bypasses British courts to try its military over crimes in the UK When Sarah Steele woke up on the morning of ...
Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse?Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse?
In a chilling new book, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says we’re back on the brink – and this time, leaders chronically lack the nous of Kennedy and Khrushchev. So why is he against rearming? Should European members of Nato be rearming in the face of the Russian threat? And if ...