Search teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said early on Wednesday.
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Automakers, including Tesla and Mercedes, are rushing to lock in graphite supply from outside dominant producer China, as demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries outpaces other uses for the mineral for the first time due to soaring EV sales.
- Macro Matters
UK's stubborn inflation fails to fall as forecast in May
Consumer price inflation defied expectations that it would slow, a day before the Bank of England is forecast to raise rates.
- WorldBiden calls Chinese President Xi a dictator
President Joe Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator, a day after top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken visited Beijing to stabilize bilateral relations that China says are at their lowest point since formal ties were established.




