The shock to global oil prices has caused a surge in demand for electric vehicles while propelling a race for immediate, secure power supplies.

The contest to replace António Guterres as U.N. secretary general has been jolted by last-minute entrants and deep divisions among members of the Security Council.

The Saudi authorities said no one was injured and that “falling shrapnel” from an intercepted missile had hit the building in the capital’s financial district.

Mr. Eisenkot, a career general and the leading rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, will now have up to six weeks to form a coalition.

Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief, hopes to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister by cobbling together a coalition after an inconclusive election.

Gadi Eisenkot gets the chance to form a new government, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. But the obstacles are formidable.

Strikes show the heavy toll since fighting between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government reignited in August, with civilians paying a heavy price.

President Isaac Herzog is set to task a candidate with trying to form a government, following two days of talks with party leaders and officials after an inconclusive election.

A 500-pound bomb supplied by the United States appears to have been used in the Oct. 18 strike, according to video footage examined by The New York Times.

President Isaac Herzog wrapped up two days of talks with party leaders by saying he will ask one of them on Sunday to try to assemble a governing coalition.