The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a 40% increase in the number of people needing humanitarian assistance around the globe, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as it appealed for roughly Continue Reading
This extension to a nuclear facility in Pakistan was spotted using Google Earth Neil Hyatt et al. Sleuthing with satellite images on Google Earth has revealed a substantial and undocumented Continue Reading
Global stocks and U.S. futures rose Tuesday after Chinese manufacturing improved, South Korea reported stronger exports and Australia’s central bank left its benchmark lending rate at a record low. Markets Continue Reading
There is a long history of drilling for hydrocarbons in the Black Sea. After all, oil-rich Azerbaijan, and the Caspian region in general, was one of the first spots in Continue Reading
IThe coronavirus pandemic has strangled one of the most powerful engines of economic growth in the world: spending by India’s 1.3 billion consumers. The country’s gross domestic product shrank 7.5% Continue Reading
Venezuela has restarted direct shipments of crude oil to China despite U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported , citing shipping data and documents from PDVSA. Until now, Venezuela’s oil company sold Continue Reading
So many new doctors left Poland for better-paying jobs in Europe’s west that when Łukasz Rotnicki decided to stay behind he often found himself working 36-hour shifts, sleeping on the Continue Reading
Europe’s former chief drugs regulator has called for calm in the growing controversy over claims made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for their Covid-19 vaccine in late-stage trials. The Anglo-Swedish drugs Continue Reading
Almost 300,000 farmers from various states are on their way to India’s capital to protest against new agricultural laws they say will severely hurt their incomes, according to two farm Continue Reading
Thousands of angry Indian farmers faced tear gas and baton charges from police on Friday as they resumed their march to the capital to protest new laws they fear will Continue Reading
When Zhang Yiqiu found herself pregnant with her third child two years ago, the Beijing businesswoman expected to face a fine or bureaucratic hurdles. To her surprise, local officials praised Continue Reading
Sony has warned the Japanese government it may have to shift manufacturing out of the country unless rules on renewable energy are relaxed, as it tries to meet the green Continue Reading
Crude throughput at China’s refineries is slightly higher in November, with state-owned oil companies lifting their average run rates by one percentage point month on month to 79.8% of capacity, Continue Reading
Sitting in the shadow of the brutalist health department building in Washington, with only a leather jacket for protection against an autumnal breeze, Moncef Slaoui cuts a defiant figure. Six months Continue Reading
Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting Continue Reading
When President Trump talks about efforts to deliver the coronavirus vaccine to millions of Americans eager to return to their normal lives, he often says he is “counting on the Continue Reading
Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting Continue Reading
On November 9 US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech announced that a jointly developed vaccine candidate was effective at preventing more than 90% of test subjects from Continue Reading
South Korea will close down up to 16 coal-fired power plants for three months from December, out of its 60 coal power plants in total, to help reduce air pollution, Continue Reading
The explosive growth seen in China’s grain demand this year has not been caused by just a temporary supply shortage but signals a structural change in domestic consumption levels, US Continue Reading
What started as a Midwestern surge has grown into coast-to-coast disaster. Over the last two months, rural counties and midsize cities in the Great Plains and Upper Midwest have been Continue Reading
The announcement this week that a cheap, easy-to-make coronavirus vaccine appeared to be up to 90 percent effective was greeted with jubilation. “Get yourself a vaccaccino,” a British tabloid celebrated Continue Reading
The COVID-19-causing coronavirus is mutating as it spreads around the world in the pandemic, but none of the mutations currently documented appears to be making it able to spread more Continue Reading
Disquiet is growing over the way that Oxford university and AstraZeneca have handled the early readout from trials of their coronavirus vaccine, which much of the developing world may rely Continue Reading
Andrew Testa for The New York Times make coronavirus vaccine appeared to be up to 90 percent effective was greeted with jubilation. “Get yourself a vaccaccino,” a British tabloid celebrated Continue Reading
As the coronavirus swept across the world, it picked up random alterations to its genetic sequence. Like meaningless typos in a script, most of those mutations made no difference in Continue Reading
India’s gasoline output rose for the second consecutive month to hit a seven-month high in October as robust domestic demand due to the easing of movement restrictions prompted refiners to Continue Reading
Chinese utilities have been allocated up to 20 million mt of import quotas for seaborne thermal coal for the remainder of 2020 by Chinese authorities, in order to meet near-term Continue Reading
Given China’s burgeoning role in the Middle East – with Iran and Iraq, in particular, irreplaceable staging posts for Beijing’s multi-layered, multi-generational ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) – how U.S. Continue Reading
Dr. Drew Miller knew his patient had to be moved. Healthcare personnel prepare to discharge a patient who had been quarantining after a possible exposure to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Continue Reading
The makers of Russia’s flagship Covid-19 vaccine said on Tuesday that interim results from phase 3 trials showed efficacy rates of “above 95 percent”, overperforming some of the most effective Continue Reading
The daily toll of Covid-19 deaths in Russia exceeded 500 for the first time as the rise in infections across the country puts increasing strain on hospitals and medical staff Continue Reading
Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell Plc pulled the plug on its Convent refinery in Louisiana. Unlike many oil refineries shut in recent years, Convent was far from obsolete: it’s fairly Continue Reading
A string of defaults by Chinese state-owned companies has sent shockwaves across the world’s second-largest credit market. But some bonds have fared much worse than others as investors clamber to avoid Continue Reading
China may delay the launch of its national carbon market for power companies to the first half of 2021, according to a researcher who helped the government design the emissions Continue Reading
The world’s most ambitious renewable energy project to date is the proposed Australia–ASEAN Power Link . This project would combine the world’s largest solar farm, the largest battery, and the Continue Reading
A spurt of missed debt repayments by three Chinese state-owned firms – a coal miner, a chipmaker and an automobile company – has shaken local markets and heightened speculation that Continue Reading
More than $500 million worth of Australian coal is on ships anchored off Chinese ports, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries cuts into trade, idles a portion of Continue Reading
Japan and China are racing to build a new type of ultra-fast, levitating train, seeking to demonstrate their mastery over a technology with big export potential. Magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains Continue Reading
Cuomo Announces New Virus Restrictions Ahead of Thanksgiving Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced new restrictions in parts of the state where coronavirus cases are rising as Thanksgiving Continue Reading
A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc prevented a majority of people from getting the disease, but fell short of the bar set by Pfizer Inc. Continue Reading
Chinese companies are facing a reality check after years of ramping up debt. A crackdown on unregulated lending — so-called shadow banking — and tighter rules on asset management made Continue Reading
The biggest emitter of planet-warming pollution managed to take almost the whole world by surprise. In a September speech to the United Nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping put a 2060 end date Continue Reading
China has allocated a fresh round of oil product quotas in an effort to cut bulging domestic stocks, a move that could potentially add a stream of cargoes to an Continue Reading
U.S. hospitalizations set a record for the 13th day in a row. New U.S. cases tallied 142,732, down from Friday’s record but a record for a Sunday. AstraZeneca and University Continue Reading
AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed that its COVID-19 vaccine with Oxford University was up to 90% effective in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analysis of Continue Reading
Russia and Saudi Arabia are vying for the top spot among crude oil suppliers to China, with Russia currently in the lead, but Saudi Arabia is doing its best to Continue Reading
State giants China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are interested in buying ExxonMobil’s entire operating stake in one of the largest oilfields in Iraq, Continue Reading
China needs to immediately stop building new coal power plants and double wind and solar installations to put itself on a path to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality pledge, climate Continue Reading
China is the world’s largest consumer of coal and the largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. With that in mind, Beijing’s recent announcement that it intends to become carbon neutral by Continue Reading
