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  • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference

    A decade on from the Fukushima disaster, Japan may return to nuclear power amid soaring energy costs

    By Stephen Stapczynski, David Stringer, and others
  • Prices for gas and diesel fuel, over $5 a gallon, are displayed at the pump of a petrol station in Monterey Park, Calif., on March 4, 2022. Californians filling up their cars on March 4 winced at the spiraling cost of gasoline, but largely shrugged as residents of the state that has long had the highest gas prices in the United States.

    Gasoline soars above $4 a gallon for most U.S. drivers, highest price since 2008

    By David Stringer and Bloomberg
  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton is seen during top of meeting remarks ahead of Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) talks at Admiralty House on January 21, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Australian and British defence and foreign affairs ministers will come together for the first time since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Bianca De Marchi-Pool/Getty Images)International

    Australia to unveil more nuclear submarine plans within months

    By David Stringer and Bloomberg
  • A member of a Territorial Defence unit guards a barricade close to the eastern frontline on March 05, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, more than a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)International

    Putin: Sanctions ‘akin to a declaration of war’

    By Daryna Krasnolutska, Peter Martin, and others
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. “If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!” Zelensky said at a press conference. “If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next,” he said, adding: “Believe me.” (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of ‘the end of Europe’ as Russia attacks and captures Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

    By Daniel Ten Kate, David Stringer, and others
  • Workers at Controlled Thermal Resources’ (CTR) Hells Kitchen Lithium and Power project in Calipatria, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around the Salton Sea in California’s Imperial Valley. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Tesla shares have soared—but the companies that make EV materials are trouncing Elon Musk’s creation

    By Heejin Kim, David Stringer, and others
  • Tech

    Tesla is trying to mine its own lithium

    By David Stringer, Yvonne Yue Li, and others
  • Jean-Sebastien Jacques, chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Ltd., pictured here in February, 2020, will step down amid an investor backlash over the destruction of ancient Aboriginal heritage sites in Australia.International

    The CEO of mining giant Rio Tinto is forced out following the destruction of an ancient archeological site

    By Thomas Biesheuvel, David Stringer, and others