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
Asian fuel exporters are hungrily eyeing Australia as the country’s shutdown of almost all its refineries creates a bright demand spot amid otherwise coronavirus crimped markets. China appears to be Continue Reading
