In Iraq, a New Prime Minister Takes Stock of His Bloodied Land
From the moment Iraq’s new prime minister stepped off the Iraqi Army MI-17 helicopter for a tour of Mosul, the city most damaged by the Islamic State’s takeover in 2014, Continue Reading
Coronavirus Accelerates Across Africa
When Daniel Khan Mbuh died in a hospital in northern Cameroon, the hospital declared the cause of death to be Covid-19 — then released the body to the family instead Continue Reading
USAC refiners see higher Bakken margins
New York — Better margins have US Atlantic Coast refiners buying more Bakken, as exports of the North Dakota crude appear to have tapered off and the grade’s discount widened, Continue Reading
API seeks US intervention in Mexico discrimination against US fuel companies
The American Petroleum Institute has asked the US government to urge Mexico to uphold its commitments to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and to stop discrimination against US companies in Mexico’s Continue Reading
Beijing and provinces impose travel curbs as coronavirus cases mount
Beijing banned high-risk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces. Continue Reading
Indonesia Coronavirus Cases Top 40,000 as New Hot Spots Emerge
The number of coronavirus infections in Indonesia exceeded 40,000 with the emergence of new hot spots amid a ramp-up in testing and contact tracing to contain the pandemic. The world’s fourth-most Continue Reading
Beijing Struggles to Stem Virus as Cases Spread Beyond Capital
Beijing is ramping up mass testing to determine whether a new coronavirus outbreak in the city warrants the same strict lockdown that shut down large swathes of the world’s second-biggest Continue Reading
China Likely to Ease Coal Mine Closures to Meet Rising Needs
China will likely ease the pressure on local governments to shut older, inefficient coal mines as it seeks to meet rising demand of the most-polluting fuel to spur its economic Continue Reading
Asian Oil Markets Tighten After Saudi Aramco Cuts Supply
Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco has cut the crude oil shipments loading in July to at least five of its customers in Asia, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting sources familiar Continue Reading
Supreme Court Removes Hurdle for $8 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Supreme Court removed a legal barrier to the construction of an $8 billion pipeline that would deliver natural gas from West Virginia, ruling the project could run under a Continue Reading