Japanese Self-Defense Forces soldiers take part in an annual military exercise at the Gotenba training ground, beneath Mount Fuji, on June 8, 2025, in Gotenba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. (David ...

China imposed controls on exports to Japan with any military use, intensifying a dispute between Asia’s top economies over remarks Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made last year on Taiwan. All ...

China shipped 13% more rare-earth products in November than in the preceding month, a sign that a more relaxed export regime is restoring flows of the critical minerals used in electric vehicles, ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

The price of silver set a new record this month. Silver's price has more than doubled this year. It continues to outperform other precious metals year to date. The price of silver broke a record this ...

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...

A worker checks the printed book cover of Taiwan's civil defence handbook at a printing house in Taoyuan, Taiwan, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan will tighten its export ...

Reinsurer Swiss Re streams near-real-time flood maps into its catastrophe-risk services, accelerating its claims processing and disaster response. Cargill, the Minnesota-based agribusiness company, ...

As the race to make ever-faster semiconductors intensifies, China has once again notched up export controls on rare-earth minerals, as well as related mining and refining technology. The country’s ...

The industry believes AI will work its way into every corner of our lives, and so needs to build sufficient capacity to address that anticipated demand. But the hardware used to make AI work is so ...

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...