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France's leading efforts to push for European sanctions on fellow NATO member Turkey has picked up steam, with Paris expected to propose the punitive action…
In what appears to be a continuing spillover from Tesla's recent contested recall of its Model S and Model X vehicles in China due to…
With just weeks to go until President-Elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20, Axios reports that Israel is preparing for the possibility that Trump…
In what could mark the beginning of another era of the "space race", China has officially launched an unmanned spacecraft to the moon with plans…
On Thursday morning, Tropical Storm Eta made landfall over North Florida and has become the 12th named storm to make landfall out of a record-breaking…
A weaker U.S. dollar, rising inflation risks and demand driven by additional fiscal and monetary stimulus from major central banks will spur a bull market…
While Joe Biden has been busy speaking out of both sides of his mouth about what his position on fracking would be, if elected, another…
Natural-gas futures soared to levels not seen in more than seven quarters this week, as colder weather in the latest round of forecast data suggests…
Crude future prices spiked on Thursday after OPEC said Thursday that the "worst is over" for the oil market. Front month crude contracts were up…
A significant cooldown has arrived, with the jet stream from Canada plunging this weekend, which will allow the eastern United States to experience its first…
Tesla, which we have long suspected to be getting awfully comfortable with China (see this piece and this one), isn't exactly going out of its way to prove us wrong.…
On Monday, Airbus revealed three visual concepts for "zero-emission" commercial airliners powered by hydrogen, which could enter service by 2035. The planemaker's push for the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft…
Over the past 6 months, special attention has been paid to Tesla and - more specifically - euphoric call-buying in the name that undoubtedly helped…
As the price of oil begins to falter, Saudi Arabia has stepped up its rhetoric, even going as far as to warn short sellers not…
Like an elderly man wobbling into a party and trying to fit in with young kids by using "hip new lingo", General Motors - days…
Bill Gates better hurry up and build those "homegrown" nuclear reactors across the Pacific Northwest, because China is already on track to outpace the US…
President Trump just announced a "historic" deal that will see Israel and the UAE open full diplomatic relations and Israel suspend its annexation plans in the West Bank.…
While over a week ago it was looking as if Turkey might back down on its ambitious oil and gas exploration aims in the eastern…
When it comes to America's allies in the Middle East, Washington has long "looked the other way" while they recklessly pursue questionable weapons technology. Think…
A series of measures have been announced aimed at making the economy more environmentally friendly such as a ban on outdoor heaters at bars and…