Siddharth Singh 
Countries in Europe are racing to find new sources of energy to replace the Russian supplies they’ve said they won’t use anymore. They’re going on a “Amazing Race”-style search. In the last few days, they’ve found a willing partner: The US said it would work with other countries to send more liquefied natural gas to … Read more
It’s been more than 10 years since the movie Gangs of New York came out, but Uber and New York City taxis are now working together. Uber announced Thursday that its app will let users hail a yellow taxi in the Big Apple. There are 14,000 cabs in New York City, and there are also … Read more
He said on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine could “turn into a global food crisis,” and one of the main reasons might be a little surprising: rising fertiliser prices. Industrial-scale crops need a little more attention than your succulents on your window sill. Farmers use fertilisers to give crops the nutrients they need and … Read more
The world’s smallest violin is playing as the EU, the UK, and the US work together to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs who have been banned from the country. During his State of the Union speech earlier this month, President Biden said that the West would “seize your yachts.” We are going to take … Read more
To show that they care about the environment, companies will now have to say how many tonnes of CO2 they produce each year. This is the first time that companies will be required to say how many tonnes of CO2 they produce each year. Yesterday, Wall Street’s top regulator gave it the go-ahead for a … Read more
There’s a good analogy for what’s going on in Ukraine based on how the viral images show Russian tanks stuck in mud: More than three weeks into this fight, the Institute for the Study of War thinks it’s going to end in a stalemate (ISW). As you can see, this is how the well-known research … Read more
Cann is in the middle of two big trends: sober-interest and seltzer. If you want to get high, you can drink a low-dose cannabis seltzer that “gets you a little bit high,” co-founder Jake Bullock told us. “It’s kind of like a light, floaty head feeling that’s fun and social,” he said. Its second drink, … Read more
It’s been three weeks since the Russian government invaded Ukraine without any reason. More than 400 multinational companies have left the country. But there are still a lot of people, including a lot of American businesses, making money in the country. Why, in the face of so much public outrage over Russia’s actions, aren’t they … Read more
Last night, the men’s college basketball tournament started, and with it came even more shocking statistics about the rise of sports gambling in the United States and concerns about addiction among young people who are still in high school. The stats are first. According to the American Gaming Association, 45 million people in the United … Read more
The Federal Reserve voted yesterday to raise interest rates for the first time since 2018. Inflation was the main reason for the move. It’s the start of the high-wire balancing act that Chair Jerome Powell has to do. Lean one way, and high prices could stay high for a long time, taking a bigger bite … Read more