The Sudden Surge In Gas Prices Didn’t Happen Overnight. Here’s Why.

Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar HOUSTON, TEXAS – JUNE 09: A gas pump is seen at a Chevron gas station on June 09, 2022 in Houston, … [+] Texas. Gas prices are breaching record highs as d...

Ukraine’s American-Made Rockets Are Blowing Up Russia’s Ammo Dumps

Ukrainian HIMARS target a Russian ammo dump in Melitopol on July 3, 2022. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army systematically is demolishing Russian ammunition supplies. The strategy co...

The Russians Scramble To Protect A Juicy Target—The Bridge Connecting Russia to The Crimean Peninsula

Smoke obscures the Crimean Bridge on July 1, 2022. Social media capture A new 11-mile bridge connects Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has occupied since 2014, to mainland Russia. It’s an obv...

Donetsk Governor Calls For Immediate Evacuation Amid Russian Advance

Topline Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk, urged the 350,000 remaining people to leave the province just one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in Luhansk, a separatist reg...

Sanctions Threaten Russia’s Next Huge Oil Field

These are boom times for the Russian oil-and-gas industry. High energy prices are keeping the country’s economy afloat and funding the war in Ukraine. How long it lasts will depend in part on a massiv...

Putin Will Kill Russia’s Oil And Gas Economy And Ukraine Will Eventually Emerge Stronger

TOPSHOT – The mother of Ukrainian soldier Lubomyr Hudzeliak, who was killed during Russia’s invasion … [+] of Ukraine, mourns over his flag-draped coffin during his funeral at the Ly...

The Ukrainian Army Retreats In The East, Advances In The South

Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian forces have retreated from Lysychansk, the last free city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. The retreat comes weeks after the Ukrainians ...

Video Shows First Kill By Ukraine’s Anti-Tank Artillery Round

A video shared on social media on Saturday shows an unusual weapon taking out a Russian vehicle, striking downwards at incredible speed and triggering an explosion inside. Close examination suggests t...

Why Russia Should Fear Being Declared A State Sponsor Of Terrorism

Buckets of flowers offered as memorial for the civilian victims are seen in a shopping mall targeted … [+] by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, June 28th, 2022. (Photo by Narciso ...

Coal Makes a Comeback as the World Thirsts for Energy

An energy-starved world is turning to coal as natural-gas and oil shortages exacerbated by Russia’s war against Ukraine lead countries back to the dirtiest fossil fuel. From the U.S. to Europe to Chin...

Russia Claims To Control Entire Luhansk Region After Ukraine Withdraws From Key City

Topline Ukraine’s military said Sunday it has withdrawn from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk after Russian forces claimed to take control of the city, which was the last major population cent...

Russia Claims To Control Entire Luhansk Region After Capturing Key Ukrainian City—But Ukraine Denies It

Topline Russia claimed Sunday it had captured the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, which would give the Russian military full control of eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region—a major victory four months into ...

How Uvalde and Buffalo spurred push for first gun law in decades

After two horrific mass shootings in Texas and New York, Congress just passed the most meaningful gun legislation in decades. The Safer Communities Act will expand background checks in some cases, clo...

Here Are The Three Russian Oligarchs Who Have Spoken Out Against The War In Ukraine

Topline While most of Russia’s billionaires and oligarchs have chosen to remain silent or tacitly support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a deluge of Western sanctions ...

Russia Takes Control of International LNG Project

Russia took control of the international consortium behind the giant Sakhalin-2 oil-and-natural-gas project, handing it to a new Russian entity that will effectively give the Kremlin say over which fo...

NBC Steps Up To Help Those Affected By The Ukrainian Crisis With Special Broadcast

BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 24: A woman wears make up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag protesting … [+] against Russian invasion of Ukraine in front of Brandenburg gate on February 24, 2...

Ukraine’s Weirdest Howitzer Drove Russian Troops Off Snake Island

The 2S22 in action on the coast. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army’s rarest artillery played a pivotal role in finally driving Russian troops off strategic Snake Island in the wester...

How Ukraine Won The Battle

LVIV, UKRAINE – MAY 09: Limited edition “Snake Island” stamps, commemorating the moment when a … [+] Ukrainian soldier defiantly replied “Russian warship, go f*ck yoursel...

Energy Crushes Tech In First Half

385757 10: A winter sunrise surrounds an oil well in the South Cuyama Oil Field February 16, 2001, … [+] near New Cuyama, CA in Santa Barbara County. In recent months, the state Coastal Commissi...

What Is This Transgender Journalist Doing In Ukraine? Covering A War

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo reports from Ukraine. Sarah Ashton-Cirillo On Feb. 2, the U.S. State Department warned Americans in Ukraine to “depart now” and also issued a travel advisory warning against going...

U.S. And Allies Have Frozen $30 Billion Of Sanctioned Russians’ Assets, DOJ Says

Topline The U.S. and its allies have frozen more than $30 billion worth of sanctioned Russians’ funds and other financial assets since the invasion of Ukraine, the Department of Justice announced Wedn...

Zelensky Urges NATO For Security Guarantees As Sweden And Finland Invited To Join Alliance

Topline In what appears to be a shift in diplomatic strategy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO on Wednesday whether Ukraine has “not paid enough” to join the alliance—one day after Fi...

Default Won’t Trigger a Long Winter for Russia

Failing to pay your debts can stop you getting a loan again. Except if you are a country—even Russia. Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution. Becaus...

Oil Tanker Is Stopped by U.S. in Transit From Russian Port to New Orleans

U.S. authorities have stopped a ship traveling from Russia to Louisiana with a cargo of fuel products, say people familiar with the matter. The Daytona tanker is owned by Greek shipowner TMS Tankers L...

Russian Billionaire Deripaska Doubles Down On Ukraine War Criticism

Topline Billionaire Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday, emphasizing the negative economic fallout of the war, a rare admission for an oligarch closely...

Aerospace & Defense Companies View Their Business Through Ukraine-Colored Lenses

MARIUPOL, UKRAINE – MAY 22: Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works on May 22, … [+] 2014 in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Getty Images A report...

Russia Targets First Lady Jill Biden, Daughter Ashley And Mitch McConnell In Latest Sanctions Wave

Topline Russia on Tuesday announced a series of sanctions targeting 25 prominent Americans including the family of President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , a retaliatory step a...

G-7 Pledges Billions To Help Ukraine Rebuild And Reveals Plan To Tackle Food Security As Summit Ends

Topline The Group of Seven nations (G-7) outlined plans for the reconstruction of Ukraine, resolving the global food security crisis, securing energy supply and tackling climate change as a two-day su...

Protecting The Electric And Software-Defined Car

Automotive hacks are on the rise while innovative technology such as electric, autonomous and/or … [+] software-defined vehicles have exponentially increased the potential threats. So the cybers...

NBC To Air Fundraising Special For Ukraine With Zelensky

Topline NBC will televise a celebrity-stacked fundraising special Sunday to benefit Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of the country, with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky delivering an address to t...

Crops At Risk In Ukraine And For Its Food Import Partners

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE – APRIL 08, 2022 – A farmer wears a bulletproof vest during crop sowing … [+] which takes place 30 km from the front line, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeast...

Russia Strikes Central Ukraine Mall With More Than 1,000 People Inside, Zelensky Says

Topline Russia on Monday struck a mall in central Ukraine that had more than 1,000 people inside, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky said, sharing a video that appeared to show massive fires at the...