Devastation in China’s pork industry pushed consumer-price inflation to an eight-year high in 2019, complicating decisions for policy makers looking to boost a cooling economy. Consumer prices were up 2.9% from Continue Reading
Surrounded by hills burned black as soot, with homes flattened and cattle decimated, Australians in the country’s east on Friday confronted a new round of supercharged bush fires as high Continue Reading
The bush fire crisis gripping Australia is piling political pressure on its government to take bolder action on climate change, as the scorching of vast tracts of forest and farmland amplifies Continue Reading
Following the political and popular backlash in Iran over details of its plans to make the Islamic Republic effectively a client state through various multi-layered oil and gas deals, China Continue Reading
Deep in the burning forests south of Sydney this week, volunteer firefighters were clearing a track through the woods, hoping to hold back a nearby blaze, when one of them Continue Reading
Australian authorities urged another mass evacuation across the heavily populated southeast on Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities. Victoria state Premier Continue Reading
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U.S. tariffs against China triggered a slide in imports in November, contributing to the lowest trade deficit in three years. U.S. exports also picked up, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The foreign-trade Continue Reading
IF A Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Continue Reading
Almost 2,000 houses have been destroyed in Australia’s months-long bushfire crisis, officials say, as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. After ferocious conditions last week, firefighters are using milder weather to Continue Reading
