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China's foreign ministry has issued a statement within hours after Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi touched down in Moscow for an official visit: China’s foreign minister said…
Despite the hotter-than-expected CPI report, the mainstream still seems convinced that the Federal Reserve can get inflation under control and bring the economy to a…
This article provides a look at my latest research, revealing how it came to be that a 2022 Cambridge Centre For Alternative Finance’s (CCAF) study…
Inspectors from the UN atomic agency discovered uranium enriched to 84% purity in Iran last week, a level just below that needed for nuclear weapons,…
China is the largest market for electric vehicles in the world. Germany was the second until the US just displaced Europe's largest economy as EV…
Amazon's autonomous vehicle venture Zoox announced on Monday that it's now testing self-driving robotaxis on California public roads with passengers on board. The vehicles, which…
Electrek's Fred Lambert was correct one month ago when he said Tesla price cuts by up to 20% stoked "unprecedented demand" in the US. He's…
In the year 2025, countries in Asia will use half of the electricity in the world. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, according to the International…
The Pentagon has revealed that on Tuesday US forces fired on and took down an alleged 'Iranian-made' drone that was threating a base in Syria…
China imported 1,343 tons of gold in 2022, the highest import level since 2018. Total gold imports for the year were up 64% over 2021.…
Clean product tanker rates soared last week after the European Union and G-7 nations targeted Russia's petroleum sales. Restrictions on Russian crude exports began in…
Energy and electricity supply have become vital for nearly every European nation over the past year, as the region shifts away from its dependence on…
Sales in Germany plunged after subsidies were reduced... Think Twice About Electric Vehicles The Wall Street Journal reports Germans Think Twice About Electric Vehicles Sales…
Central banks closed out 2022 with reported net purchases of 28 tons of gold in December. Including large unreported purchases, this brought total central bank…
The global nickel trading market is once again in the spotlight. Having been at the epicenter of a massive short-squeeze that almost shuttered the London…
Exxon Mobil shares are rebounding back towards record highs this morning after The Wall Street Journal reports that the giant energy company will be combining…
After promising preliminary numbers, it now appears final that Tesla deliveries in China continued to buck the larger national trend of sales for January. The…
Did you know that EVs need up to six times more minerals than conventional cars? EVs are mineral-intensive and are pushing up demand for critical…
The French nationwide strike over proposed pension reform (Macron is seeking to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64; the French say "non") which…
The Russia-Ukraine war highlighted how geopolitical risk can up-end supply chains and weaponize trade. More precisely, the war led to trade sanctions, a food crisis,…