The clean energy transition that the Biden administration touted as the focus of its industrial policy required large amounts of mineral inputs. Batteries for electric vehicles depend on lithium, solar panels contain gallium and molybdenum, and powerful magnets in wind turbines can’t be built without rare earth elements. Biden’s landmark legislation, such as the 2022...
BBC A “number of people have been killed” after a car was driven into a crowd in the Canadian city of Vancouver, local police have said. Vancouver Police said “multiple others” were injured during an incident at a street festival on Saturday evening. The force said the driver is in custody. It is not yet...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool Jonny Humphries/BBC Police are investigating the crash in Liverpool Bystanders begged a dying man to “please stay with us” after he was “deliberately” struck with a car outside a party, witnesses have said. Emergency services were called to Stonyhurst Road in the Woolton area of Liverpool after the 47-year-old was...
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service BBC Carpet weaving is one of few professions open to women since the Taliban government took power in 2021 At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling. Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. “We...