The World Health Organization’s representative in Vietnam said the coronavirus mutation first detected there does not meet the global health body’s definition of a new variant, although it is still Continue Reading
While the world is not yet back to pre-pandemic travel levels and there is still ongoing disruption to ground transportation and air traffic, the world now consumes more than 95 Continue Reading
Electric-vehicle makers and suppliers rallied on Tuesday after a string of positive news for the industry, with Chinese companies clocking in the biggest gains. U.S.-traded shares of Nio Inc. and Continue Reading
A prolonged shutdown at global meat supplier JBS SA could hit China the hardest as the country is the world’s biggest beef buyer and accounts for almost a third of Continue Reading
China’s runaway economic recovery has been so successful that it has caused power shortages across dozens of its manufacturing and industrial hubs in the south of the country. Factories across cities Continue Reading
China’s independent refineries — actively looking for fuel oil to feed their distillation units — are struggling to secure adequate feedstock barrels for the coming months due to tight regional Continue Reading
In the United States, life is returning to normal. Restaurants and bars are filling up again, vacations are being booked and flights are selling out. At sporting events, maskless fans Continue Reading
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued yet another warning that if we are to have any hope of avoiding the worst effects of global warming, we have to keep Continue Reading
Chinese media have reported that researchers working on a nuclear fusion project have succeeded in holding plasma of 120 million degrees Celsius for close to two minutes. Chinese daily Global Continue Reading
China is likely to cap its key oil product exports — gasoline, gasoil and jet fuel — in 2021 by slashing quota allocation in an effort to meet carbon emission Continue Reading
