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
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
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
