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Copper prices fell to a 10-day low as traders locked in gains after a recent rally, while easing concerns over mine disruptions reduced the market’s risk premium. The pullback came amid broader pressure across metals, with investor unease over inflation, interest rates and a sharp sell-off in Asian technology shares weighing on sentiment.
The Trump administration is allowing cheaper, dyed diesel to be used on highways in an effort to blunt a historic surge in fuel costs that has pushed the U.S. national average above $6 a gallon. The move comes as transportation and freight expenses climb sharply, adding pressure on consumers, businesses and policymakers ahead of the midterm elections.
India and Chile are racing to narrow differences in their proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, but talks remain stuck on how to handle critical minerals such as copper and lithium. New Delhi wants preferential access to strategic raw materials, while Santiago is pressing for broader supply-chain cooperation and greater value-added trade, complicating efforts to meet a year-end target.
India’s toy shops have become an unlikely indicator of the country’s deepening dependence on Chinese manufacturing, even as New Delhi seeks to reduce exposure to its strategic rival. The trade pattern underscores a broader vulnerability: India remains reliant on Chinese components, finished goods, and supply chains across consumer sectors despite political tensions and repeated calls for self-reliance.
Scientists have developed a new computational benchmark to measure how closely lab-grown human embryo models resemble real embryonic development, adding a more rigorous standard to a fast-moving field. The work is being framed as a reality check: these models are increasingly sophisticated, but researchers say important biological features are still missing.
A recall of frozen berries sold in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana has been expanded amid concerns over possible E. coli contamination, broadening a food-safety alert that has already reached dozens of states. The move adds urgency for consumers and retailers alike as investigators work to determine the source of the outbreak and the scope of affected products.
NASA is working through a technical issue affecting a transporter used to position the International Space Station’s robotic arm, a problem that could complicate routine station operations and maintenance. While the agency has not indicated an immediate safety threat, the malfunction underscores how tightly linked ground-controlled mobility systems are to the station’s long-running science and upkeep mission.
Polls have closed in Brazil in a tightly contested national election that has left former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro effectively tied in the early count. With neither side able to claim a decisive lead, the race is now poised to hinge on whether any candidate clears the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off on 25 October.
As investors continue to chase the artificial intelligence trade, attention is widening beyond chipmakers to the infrastructure companies that make large-scale AI deployment possible. A new wave of market commentary is highlighting two growth stocks positioned to benefit from the relentless expansion of AI data centers, where power, cooling, connectivity, and physical security are becoming just as critical as processors.
The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to reopen a criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to confirmation following an internal Fed watchdog review. The move comes after the Federal Reserve’s inspector general found no grounds for a criminal referral over the mismanaged renovation of the central bank’s headquarters in Washington.
One of the world’s driest places is now blanketed in wildflowers, a striking natural event that has drawn global attention to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The bloom is a reminder that even the most arid ecosystems can respond dramatically to unusual rainfall patterns, while also underscoring the fragility of climate-sensitive landscapes.
Scientists in the United States and Chile say they have identified a new penguin species, a rare taxonomic breakthrough that reshapes understanding of one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most studied bird groups. The finding, the first new penguin species described in more than 100 years, underscores how modern genetics is still redrawing the map of biodiversity even in familiar wildlife.
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