Global leaders want Elon Musk to build Tesla factories in their home countries even as upstarts and legacy carmakers chip away at the company's EV dominance.
Why it matters: The company has a goal to sell 20 million cars a year by 2030, up from about 1.3 million as of last year. In order to hit that goal, Musk has said that Tesla will need about a dozen factories.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday asked Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, to take steps to curb antisemitism on the platform.
Why it matters: Musk earlier this month threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), accusing the nonprofit, without evidence, of "trying to kill" X after the group reported a spike in hate speech on the platform following the reinstatement of banned accounts.
Iran has freed five Americans in a prisoner swap with the United States, which is releasing five Iranians who had been convicted or charged in the U.S.
The big picture: The Qatar-mediated deal is a rare positive diplomatic development between the U.S. and Iran. It includes the release of Iranian Americans Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharghi, Morad Tahbaz and two Americans who asked to remain private.
International Trump support reflects a global phenomenon: The hard right, once fringe, is gaining power and popularity across Europe, Latin America and elsewhere.
Why it matters: Immigration, inflation and the rising cost of climate policy are creating potent new targets for populism, the Economist reports.
Tens of thousands of people marched in New York City and across the U.S. Sunday to demand President Biden and other world leaders to end fossil fuels ahead of this week's UN Climate Ambition Summit.
The big picture: Several of the speakers at the New York event that kicked off Climate Week NYC took aim at the Biden administration for approving new oil and gas drilling permits.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview broadcast Sunday ahead of his trip to the U.S. this week ordering recent drone strikes on Russian cities.
Driving the news: Zelensky said Kyiv used weapons supplied by allies "on the territory of Ukraine only," but added: "Russia needs to know that wherever it is, whichever place they use for launching missiles to strike Ukraine, Ukraine has every moral right to send a response to those places.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta this weekend.
Why it matters: The meeting is part of the Biden administration's efforts to cool down tensions with China. It could also help lay the groundwork for a potential meeting between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.
