Getty Images Rare earths are notoriously difficult to extract and refine Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to invest A$1.2bn (£580m) in a strategic reserve for critical minerals if he wins next month’s election, as trade tensions escalate. The announcement came after China imposed export restrictions on seven rare earth elements, essential to the

Russian troops attacked the city of Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with drones on April 25, killing three people, including a child, and injuring at least 14 others, Governor Serhii Lysak said. A five-story building in Pavlohrad came under attack and several fires were reported in the city. The drone strike also damaged infrastructure and partially

The passage of the Social Security Fairness Act earlier this year brought a surprise benefit increase for 3.2 million Americans. If you weren’t among them, your next opportunity for a benefit boost will come with the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). We still have a while until the official announcement in mid-October, but that hasn’t stopped

CNN  —  Moscow has inflicted another round of deadly strikes on Ukraine despite US President Donald Trump’s plea for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “STOP!” attacking its neighbor. At least eight people were killed in drone strikes across the country, a night after Russia launched its deadliest bombardment of Ukraine since the middle of last

Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images The Indus river flows through parts of India and Pakistan Will India be able to stop the Indus river and two of its tributaries from flowing into Pakistan? That’s the question on many minds, after India suspended a major treaty governing water sharing of six

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is launching a drive to raise funds from wealthy offshore donors in low-tax jurisdictions including Monaco, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, taking advantage of Britain’s lax funding rules to bolster its coffers. The rightwing populist party is looking to raise money from British expatriates who can donate in their

CNN  —  Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media. The 597-meter-tall (1,959-foot) Goldin Finance 117, which topped out in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin but has stood unfinished since 2015 amid major

Carrie King and Ben Morris BBC News Getty Images The Unitree G1 has been charming people at trade shows It’s a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I’m on my way to meet a robot. I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot built by Chinese firm, Unitree, at the Hannover

President Donald Trump on April 24 described Russia’s failure to seize all of Ukraine as a “pretty big concession,” a comment that has sparked renewed criticism of his approach to the war. During a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that Moscow’s inability to fully occupy

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Liudmyla Kapatsii, 75, and her daughter lingered in their apartment for a couple of extra minutes, doubting whether to go to the shelter after the air raid alarm woke them up around 1 a.m. on April 24, warning of a potential Russian missile attack. Though they were tired of near-everyday shelter runs, Kapatsii’s daughter insisted