The French hospital system could face an “unprecedented violent shock” in about three weeks if the country fails to curb its vertiginous rise in COVID-19 cases, the president of the Continue Reading
Rising coronavirus infections have dashed Germany’s hopes of reopening its economy in the early spring Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Continue Reading
Saudi Aramco will ensure China’s energy security remains its highest priority for the next 50 years and beyond as new and existing energy sources run in parallel for some time, Continue Reading
Saudi Aramco plans to “expand and intensify” cooperation with China on research in areas including hydrogen and ammonia production from natural gas, according to Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser. Aramco is Continue Reading
Leave your partner and children behind. Quarantine for up to a month. Get inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine from China, if you can find one. And prepare yourself for an Continue Reading
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford provided strong protection against Covid-19 in a large clinical trial in the United States, offering complete protection against the Continue Reading
Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers are ramping up production, churning out far more doses a week than earlier in the year, progress that is accelerating mass vaccination campaigns in the U.S. After a Continue Reading
The pandemic has changed how we fly, dramatically reducing the number of flights around the world. To show how Covid-19 has altered the skies, The Wall Street Journal analyzed flight Continue Reading
Economists are cutting growth forecasts for the eurozone economy as a third wave of Covid-19 infections and vaccination delays spur tighter restrictions in several countries including France, Italy, and Germany. Continue Reading
More than 27.6 million people in Britain, well over half the adult population, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, official data showed on Sunday, after a Continue Reading
The United States has warned China that it will not turn a blind eye to rising Iranian oil exports to Chinese ports, the Financial Times reported , citing a senior Continue Reading
An unknown number flashed up on the phone of Kylie Davies-Worley, a retail consultant who has lived in Hong Kong for almost 20 years, at 8.30am on Saturday morning. Her 18-month-old Continue Reading
EPA The rise in cases in Germany is said to be fuelled by outbreaks among younger people Coronavirus cases are rising exponentially in Germany, officials warn, as continental Europe braces Continue Reading
Scientists are exploring several possibilities that might explain at least 18 reports of extremely rare blood clots in the brain that occurred in individuals in the days and weeks after Continue Reading
The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few Continue Reading
EPA In France, the new restrictions are not as strict as the previous lockdown France and Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid Continue Reading
The U.S. and China began their first high-level meeting under the Biden administration with an acrimonious exchange of words, setting an abrasive tone as the two powers try to stabilize Continue Reading
The spot oil market for physical barrels in the key demand region, Asia, started to weaken in the middle of this week, as purchases from Chinese buyers are subdued, traders Continue Reading
The first high-level U.S.-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare Continue Reading
More than a dozen foreign scientists led by the World Health Organization gathered with Chinese counterparts last month to vote on the question: How did the Covid-19 pandemic start? The show Continue Reading
The source of Iran’s relative independence in international affairs can be attributed to its oil and gas wealth. The country’s massive oil resources have contributed to a steady source of Continue Reading
Beijing plans to press Washington to reverse many of the policies targeting China introduced during the Trump presidency in the first face-to-face meeting of senior U.S. and China officials since Continue Reading
Record wind power installations in 2020 have secured China’s position at the top of the global industry despite waning subsidies from Beijing. The 52 gigawatts of new wind power added last Continue Reading
Over the past decade, no major energy source has grown faster than solar power. According to the 2020 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has Continue Reading
The United States will take an uncompromising stance in talks with China on Thursday in Alaska, officials have said, in the first face-to-face meetings between senior officials from the two Continue Reading
The European Commission’s president has warned that the EU is ready to introduce emergency controls on Covid-19 vaccine production and distribution if needed to deal with the “crisis of the Continue Reading
The European Union hopes to restore the summer tourism market this year.Credit…Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times The European Union proposed a Covid-19 certificate on Wednesday that would allow Continue Reading
Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, has promoted an uplifting vision for growth increasingly freed from greenhouse gas pollution, but turning that plan into action is already proving contentious. The big Continue Reading
China’s annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) last week set an annual economic growth target that – at ‘above 6 per cent’ – looks conservative to many and, Continue Reading
The European Commission expects to receive about 200 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech (PFE.N), COVID-19 vaccine in the second quarter, it said for the first time on Tuesday. The EU is Continue Reading
The European Union’s drug regulator insisted Tuesday that there is “no indication” the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on Continue Reading
Brussels is to propose the creation of a Covid-19 certificate to allow EU citizens to travel inside the bloc after a push by tourism-reliant countries devastated by the pandemic. The Continue Reading
Several world leaders and politicians are pushing back against vaccine skepticism amid concerns that fewer people are willing to be inoculated against the coronavirus, particularly among Republicans in the United States, and Continue Reading
The torrent of Iranian oil that’s been gushing into China in recent weeks is crowding out imports from other nations and threatening to complicate efforts by the OPEC+ alliance to Continue Reading
The central business district in Beijing on Monday, when the capital was engulfed in a sandstorm.Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times The Communist Party has made great strides in Continue Reading
Ultimately, energy independence in today’s world is an illusion in the era of globalization because the hyper-connectedness of the market makes it impossible. Still, it’s a never ending battle cry Continue Reading
EPA The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU countries halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. It said there was Continue Reading
Germany, France, Italy and Spain became the latest countries to suspend use of the vaccine even as a third wave of the pandemic threatens the continent. ROME — As a Continue Reading
The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday due to strong winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the Continue Reading
Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday as China reported a variety of data that painted a complicated picture of its recovery from the pandemic. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong Continue Reading
China appears to be becoming a major importer of Iranian oil, as Iran’s production levels look set to soar thanks to better relations with Biden’s U.S. Over the last year, Continue Reading
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AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine, once expected to be a mainstay of protection for much of the world, remains shrouded in controversy as more countries limit its use. The company said a Continue Reading
China’s economy roared back from the pandemic on a plume of greenhouse gas emissions, raising questions over how the nation will balance new growth targets with its climate change goals. Carbon Continue Reading
The US has crafted a plan with Japan, India and Australia to provide Ibn doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine to south-east Asian nations in an effort to counter Continue Reading
In many emerging markets, economic growth has come at the stark price of appalling levels of pollution. But the Financial Times suggested that in China , home of the largest Continue Reading
China is aiming to vaccinate 70-80% of its population by mid-2022, the head of the country’s Center for Disease Control said Saturday. With four approved vaccines, China will vaccinate 900 Continue Reading
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met virtually with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan at Continue Reading
Despite the U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports, some Chinese refiners are buying so much Iranian crude that the ports in the Shandong province, where most independent refiners are based, Continue Reading
A ship that waited nine months is among a handful of vessels that China has let unload their cargoes of Australian coal, a reprieve for some of the seafarers and Continue Reading
