U.S. shale drillers are facing higher prices for tungsten, a rare, ultra-hard metal used for industrial tools like drillbits, as Chinese export controls have squeezed supply, threatening U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions to boost America's fossil fuel production.

<article data-history-node-id="429827" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-universities-said-they-would-monitor-student-social-media-accounts" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-universities-said-they-would-monitor-student-social-media-accounts" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UK universities 'said they would monitor student social media accounts for arms firms'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Universities in the UK told arms companies that they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about protests on campus, according to a report in the Guardian citing internal emails.</p> <p>One university stated that it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any plans to protest against&nbsp;Rolls-Royce&nbsp;at a careers event.</p> <p>Another university appeared to agree to a request from Raytheon UK to “monitor university chat groups” before a campus visit.</p> <p>The emails were obtained after a freedom of information request by the Guardian and Liberty Investigates.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

On Thursday and Friday, a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London and was found guilty of religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress by Westminster…