North America

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“Despite the headwinds to global manufacturing from higher energy prices, the Canadian sector is enjoying at least a brief positive run,” Stephen Brown, chief North America economist at research firm Capital Economics, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Levine said his 2022 study, a systematic review of 223 studies, found a 50 percent decline in both sperm concentration and total sperm count between 1973 and 2018 across North America, Europe and Australia.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

A deal could be done, according to BBC North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher, with China offering rare earths in return for high-end computer chips for programming the brains of its new robots.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

"Nissan's fundamental challenges lie in the decline of product competitiveness in North America, the rapid decline in sales in China, and the damage to its brand power," said Tatsuo Yoshida, analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

It included North America south of the Rio Grande as well, and even Arabia and Iran in Asia.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov