Back in 2009, Jim Kennedy, a consultant and entrepreneur of rare earths — a group of 17 metallic elements, including 15 lanthanides, crucial for modern technology — met with a top official at the Pentagon to discuss the future of these precious minerals.

The Trump administration and its allies moved to tighten control of the U.S. Agency for International Development over the weekend, signaling an intent to act forcefully to bring the U.S. foreign policy apparatus in line with the president’s “America ...

Iran's U.N. Ambassador said ⁠on ⁠Thursday Tehran was ⁠not going to close the Strait of Hormuz, ​but added that it was Iran's right to preserve the ‌security of the key shipping ‌route. Amir Saeid Iravani made his comments to reporters ⁠at the ⁠United Nations when asked about remarks by new Iranian ​supreme leader,

This past Monday, President Trump signed an executive order banning “dangerous gain-of-function biological research in the United States and around the world.” With this directive, Trump added muscle to his previous decision to withdraw the United ...

Stocks fell and global oil prices settled at $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022 as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz continued to roil markets.