Bolivia will soon decide which company will gain rights to develop its huge supply of lithium. But problems with the technology needed to do the job and political disagreements threaten to delay the effort.
By Marcelo Rochabrun SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia (Reuters) - On Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat that feels almost otherworldly, Karina Qu.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands and displaced 14 million people, while the West's attempt to isolate Russia as punishment and Moscow's blockade of grain shipments from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, have sent the price of oil, natural gas, grains, cooking oil and fertilisers soaring. Biden's Asian economic talks include 13 countries, and no China President Joe Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday, leaving it to the 13 founding countries to work out how to enforce their agreements and if China could ever join.