President Donald Trump has floated several — at times contradictory — ways for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iran’s blockade is already driving up prices and squeezing economies amid an uncertain future.

This year's Free Land protest is opposing what Indigenous people see as infringements of their land rights by corporations advancing farming, logging and mining projects.

Weak rainfall in one of the world’s major producers of rice, wheat, sugar and cotton can lead to water shortages, lower yields and higher imports of staples.

CATL has been expanding its mining footprint for much of the last decade, taking stakes in several overseas operations and expanding its own lithium projects at home.