In Nevada, federal land managers have approved a new lithium mine that could supply 37,000 new electric cars a year. But a new lawsuit and the reelection of Donald Trump pose challenges.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Matías Gómez Léautaud, lead analyst with the Eurasia Group, about how Mexico is preparing for another Trump term as president.

How life in Russia has changed, 1,000 days after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And, diving into the consequences of ...

On November 19, the United Nations wants toilets to be top of mind — and they don't mean for the Property Brothers on a ...

The U.S. has some of the toughest environmental laws in the world and has been content to let other countries mine, and buy ...

Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced and hundreds of thousands killed or wounded. The war has changed Russia as well.

Regulators have slowed the pace of Starship launches over environmental concerns, but that may be about to change.

Donald Trump has promised to slash federal spending massively with help from Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. NPR's Michel Martin asks fiscal watcher Maya MacGuineas whether their plans are realistic.

Nearly 44,000 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli fire in more than a year of war, according to the ministry of health there. A recent Israeli forces operation took place in central Gaza.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a ...

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to a decade behind bars after it ruled in a landmark legal ...

Protesters oppose a measure that would reshape the county's founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.