From the Austrian Alps to an island off the coast of Africa. From an evangelical church in South Korea to a holy Shiite city in Iran. Governments and health workers Continue Reading
Deepening economic damage from China’s coronavirus outbreak is forcing its leadership to confront an agonizing decision: when to ease quarantine restrictions that are strangling growth, even as they help contain Continue Reading
Jialun Deng Exhausted medical workers with faces lined from hours of wearing goggles and surgical masks. Women with shaved heads, a gesture of devotion. Retirees who donate their life savings Continue Reading
Three years ago, the villagers watched as the Sittaung River on Myanmar’s southeast coast crept closer to them, swollen by powerful tidal surges from the Gulf of Mottama that eroded Continue Reading
Chinese steel mills are expected to deepen steel output cuts in March and lower ex-works prices due to depressed end-user demand and mounting finished steel inventories, market sources said Thursday. Continue Reading
As Chinese business shutdowns extended past the traditional Lunar New Year holiday into February, and workers stayed home from factories and ports, “it became pretty clear…that we were looking at Continue Reading
Slumping Asian oil demand amid the coronavirus outbreak has led to a sharp drop in Middle Eastern and Asian regional crude prices, while prices for rival U.S. WTI Midland grade Continue Reading
The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated and fears that the Continue Reading
Will China’s coronavirus outbreak send the world economy into a recession? As cases spread across Asia and in Europe, only some of the multiple indicators investors use to monitor recession Continue Reading
The coronavirus epidemic is a black swan that has severely disrupted the outlook for the global oil market, and at this moment it remains unclear how large the destruction in Continue Reading
