Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT for Military and Mining Use
Mining materials to make cement, gravel and a host of other common products require an explosive that is becoming more expensive and limited in supply. Source link
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Sophie Cunningham Avenged Caitlin Clark. Now Sponsors (and the Right) Love Her.
The W.N.B.A.’s Sophie Cunningham is riding her viral moment to endorsements and brand deals. But she doesn’t want to talk politics. Source link
How Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Residency is Boosting the Economy
Bad Bunny’s three-month concert series in San Juan is spurring a short-term surge in Puerto Rico’s economy. Source link
Dan Rather Is Still Chasing the News
He’s 93, and 20 years removed from signing off as a CBS anchor. But he’s still tapping out stories. “As Popeye used to say, I am what I am.” Source link
India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That.
A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy. Source link
‘There Was a Death’: A Mother Fights for Justice in the Age of Fentanyl
Don’t come downstairs, the police told her. You don’t want to see him this way. Serena Fallon did as the officers said and stayed upstairs while her son lay dead on the basement floor of her Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, home. Connor, 25, had returned the night before from Florida, where he had recently attended a…
Chevron’s Boss Says the World Will Need Oil for a ‘Long, Long Time’
Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.” Source link
How Trump Could Overhaul the Fed
The president wants to pack the central bank’s Board of Governors with loyalists, which would grant him greater sway over an institution that is supposed to be independent from the White House. Source link
America Closed Malls, but China Kept Building Them. Now It Has Too Many.
There’s nothing China can’t make in abundance and often in excess — even shopping malls. Across the United States, one in six shopping malls has closed since the sector peaked in 2013. But China has been on a frenetic construction boom, with its number of malls doubling since 2013 to 6,700. Many retailers in China…
Carol Saline, 86, Dies; Journalist With a Story to Tell, About Her Dying
Terminally ill, she contacted obituary reporters looking to be interviewed about her life and imminent death — to be “at her own wake,” a colleague said. Source link