The leadership of the UK Labour Party wrote a letter to UK Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom calling on the government to ban controversial fracking operations that recently triggered the biggest tremor ever recorded in the country

The key issues on agenda of talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Angolan counterpart, Manuel Augusto, will be the settling of crisis situations in Africa and further promotion of Russia-Angola trade and economic cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday

The Cuadrilla energy company has suspended its controversial fracking operations at Preston New Road near the town of Blackpool on the United Kingdom's Lancashire coast after its activities triggered a quake, the biggest ever recorded at the company's sites, a company spokesperson said

Shale gas can benefit the UK economy and contribute to London's net zero emissions goals, the UK government said on Thursday shortly after Cuadrilla energy company resumed its fracking operations at Preston New Road site in Lancashire

US President Donald Trump in a presidential determination ordered the Defense Department to take steps to expand capabilities for producing rare earth elements