Chinese Oil Deal Could Bail Out Cash-Strapped Iraq
Iraq has picked a Chinese state-owned oil producer and trader to pay it upfront for oil, providing much-needed cash to the Iraqi government which has been struggling to make ends Continue Reading
China Must Close Coal Power Plants By 2045 To Meet Climate Goal
China must shut down by 2045 at the latest all coal power plants operating without carbon capture if Beijing is to meet its goal to become “carbon neutral” by 2060, Continue Reading
China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’
Xi Jinping, long distrustful of the private sector, is moving assertively to bring it to heel. China’s most powerful leader in a generation wants even greater state control in the world’s Continue Reading
Russia rolls out its Sputnik V vaccine. But there’s more skeptics than takers.
The staff at Moscow’s Polyclinic No. 5, syringes at the ready, waited for the expected flood of people as the first phase of mass coronavirus vaccinations rolled out this week. Continue Reading
How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains
A child collects usable goods from the garbage in the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2, 2020 It’s hard to remember, in the midst of a calamitous global pandemic, Continue Reading
Fall of China’s ‘most profitable’ coal miner is a cautionary tale
Less than a decade ago, Yongcheng Coal and Electricity Holding was one of China’s most celebrated energy companies. Blessed with ample reserves of high-grade coal at its mines in China’s central Continue Reading
‘There’s No Place for Them to Go’: I.C.U. Beds Near Capacity Across U.S.
In El Paso, hospitals reported that just 13 of 400 intensive care beds were not occupied last week. In Fargo, N.D., there were just three. In Albuquerque, there were zero. Continue Reading
‘Small Town, No Hospital’: Covid-19 Is Overwhelming Rural West Texas
Big Bend Regional Medical Center, the sole hospital for 12,000 square miles, has just 25 beds, and a makeshift Covid ward where patients are sequestered at the end of a Continue Reading
Russia’s regions hit hard by Covid second wave
When Alina Kosova’s uncle fell ill in their Siberian village last month, the ambulance sent from the nearby city of Omsk left without him, prompting his family to drive him Continue Reading
China Set to Bail Out Iraq With Multibillion-Dollar Oil Deal
Iraq is poised to sign a multibillion-dollar contract with China ZhenHua Oil Co., a bailout from Beijing for the cash-strapped government which will receive money upfront in exchange for long-term oil Continue Reading