Areas in China have started to warn residents and businesses that peak summer demand amid a heatwave could lead to outages as electricity grids buckle under peak-load surges, Bloomberg reports Continue Reading
12 die in Zhengzhou subway flood; 4 deaths reported in Gongyi Henan hit by heavy rains since weekend; more rain forecast Provincial capital Zhengzhou, dozen other cities flooded ‘Flood prevention Continue Reading
China must cut emissions sooner if the planet is to avoid climate “chaos”, US climate envoy John Kerry has warned, telling the Financial Times that he was keen to speak Continue Reading
The Delta variant of the coronavirus is the cause of more than 80% of new U.S. COVID-19 cases, but the authorized vaccines remain more than 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations Continue Reading
Alexander tried three times over 10 days to get his first dose of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in his home town of Vladimir. Twice, supplies ran out as he Continue Reading
Figures released last week show that China’s crude oil imports in the first half of 2021 declined for the first time in eight years. China has been the world’s largest Continue Reading
Few other governments are able to enforce such mass relocations as climate change is stressing communities with drought, extreme weather, higher temperatures, and desertification. Bloomberg News Children play near the Continue Reading
No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic. Continue Reading
The spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant continued to weigh on risk assets Monday with Asian markets in the crosshairs as the region struggles with worsening outbreaks amid a slow Continue Reading
“The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” President Joe Biden said, with cases swelling in 49 U.S. states and hospitalizations on the rise. He said that social media Continue Reading
