China’s export curbs have forced the U.S. to find critical minerals elsewhere. Can Latin America keep up the supply?

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After years of investing in Europe, Chinese EV and battery firms are turning to Asia, Africa, and Latin America ...

In an industry studded with megastars like BTS and Blackpink, virtual idols are building powerful new fandoms even while ...

Four of the world’s 10 busiest spaceports are in the U.S. Russia and China each operate two. There are no commercial ...

Few countries have the political stability and geography necessary for a good spaceport. Oman is often called the ...

“China’s complaint has legal merit. India’s EV incentives clearly favor domestic content, which runs counter to WTO rules ...

Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in ...

Hazel Gandhi is an intern at Rest of World. She has a master's degree in data journalism from Columbia University. She was ...

As generative AI becomes more skilled at video and text, it is being used by artists in Indonesia to work more efficiently. They can now aspire to make movies that approach the ambition of Hollywood ...

Automation in Dhaka’s garment factories is leading to job cuts, especially for women. Smart surveillance devices monitor workers as factories struggle to compete globally. Brands are “pleased” by ...

When Paola, 35, heard she and her cellmates would be allowed mobile phones in their prison cell at the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she celebrated ecstatically. “It felt like ...