Tesla reported higher first-quarter profits Wednesday, topping expectations as it confirmed plans for massive additional investments in autonomous transport, humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence.

Demand for rooftop solar systems across Europe has surged since the start of the Iran war, as households rush to shield themselves from soaring power prices triggered by the worst global energy disruption in history.

A US naval blockade of Iranian ports is likely to squeeze Iran’s oil output in the coming weeks but claims it will throw the Islamic republic into economic free fall remain premature, analysts say.

The ​conflict has pushed oil, gas and electricity prices sharply higher, accelerating efforts to find cheaper alternatives

More young people in China are subscribing to the model, as cities pledge millions of dollars in funding and rent subsidies

Investors have spent most of the week upbeat that a breakthrough to end the seven-week conflict will be made soon, while healthy earnings and a resumption of the AI trade has also provided support.

The war in the Middle East has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) paid $4 million to skip the line and avoid a wait that can take up to five days, according to an official report.

From a year ago, retail sales bounced 4.0 percent

Aggregate worldwide oil consumption is plummeting under the ​strain of the Iran war

The IEA said on Tuesday that the conflict is the worst energy crisis the world has faced

Both main oil contracts edged down, though they fluctuated in early trade

German investor morale slid to its lowest level in over three years in April, a survey showed Tuesday, as the Middle East war threatens to snuff out a tentative recovery in Europe’s top economy.

India’s fertiliser production plunged nearly a quarter in March, official data showed, after natural gas imports used in its manufacture were hit by the Middle East conflict.

Since assuming the top job in 2011, Tim Cook has excelled in making everything at tech giant Apple run smoothly. ​

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs, which the US Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so, launched Monday.

Australian high commissioner discusses bilateral trade with the minister

The conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel is creating the ​worst energy crisis ever faced by the ‌world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesda

US Ambassador Brent T Christensen shared the information with commerce minister

Agriculture employs more than 45 percent of people in India, the world's most populous nation

Oil prices fell on Tuesday while most stocks rose on lingering hopes for a deal to end the US-Iran war