Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on Tuesday. Calling China and Niger good friends, partners and brothers, Xi hailed the constantly strengthening political mutual trust and Continue Reading
Tankers carrying gasoline and ships transporting food for Venezuela were sabotaged last week to prevent them from reaching Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro said in a televised speech late on Monday. “Last Continue Reading
Venezuela’s economy contracted 19.2% in the first nine months of 2018 from the year-earlier period, as private consumption fell sharply and inflation soared in the crisis-racked nation, according to the Continue Reading
Beijing is “seriously considering” restricting exports to the United States of rare earths, 17 chemical elements used in high-tech consumer electronics and military equipment, the editor in chief of China’s Continue Reading
It took 100,000 construction workers a quarter of a century to bore through the Snowy Mountains to build Australia’s largest hydroelectric scheme. The vast nation-building project links nine power stations Continue Reading
China consumed 27.06 million mt of oil products in April, down 2.4% year on year, the National Development and Reform Commission said Wednesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
In Seoul, Hyundai Motor unveiled an electric double-decker bus—a first of its kind for Hyundai, and part of the company’s effort to help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution. The Continue Reading
Occidental Petroleum snatched up some of the richest shale oilfields in Texas when it beat out rival Chevron Corp in a bidding war to acquire Anadarko Petroleum. It also quadrupled Continue Reading
Multiple tornadoes hit Ohio and Indiana. Along with destroyed homes and downed power lines, at least one death was reported. CELINA, Ohio — The tornado screeching across southern Ohio on Continue Reading
A global shortage of heavy crude will create hurdles for America’s key refining belts just as they ramp up gasoline production for summer driving season. In the Gulf Coast, dwindling Continue Reading
