About 80 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast, 100,000 tons of steel are floating in the Gulf of Mexico, a symbol of the hopes of oil and gas companies. This metal giant, a deep-sea platform called Appomattox owned by Shell, collects the oil and gas that drilling rigs tap from reservoirs thousands of feet below…
Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are seen following Navalny’s death as people gather near the Russian embassy in Paris, France, on February 16, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters The White House plans to announce new sanctions against Russia in response to the death of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny…
In December 2022, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the major maker of the world’s most advanced chips, announced that it planned to spend $40 billion in Arizona for its first major U.S. semiconductor production center. The much-touted Phoenix project — with two new factories, including one with more advanced technology — became symbolic of President Biden’s…
