Kazakhstan’s president appealed to a Russian-led military alliance for help on Wednesday after vowing to act with force to curb protests that have swept the resource-rich central Asian nation in Continue Reading
When the Omicron coronavirus variant spread through India late in December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the nation to be vigilant and follow medical guidelines. Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister Continue Reading
Authorities in the Chinese city of Xi’an relented in some of their pandemic restrictions after a nationwide outcry over the account of a woman who lost her unborn baby in Continue Reading
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation on Wednesday after a fuel price increase in the oil-producing Central Asian country triggered protests in which nearly 100 police were injured. Continue Reading
Highlights Several states step up restrictions as omicron variant spreads India’s 2022 jet fuel demand seen 16% lower than 2019: Platts Analytics But tight supply, China’s export quota cuts to Continue Reading
The first city out into a recent lockdown was Xi’an on 23 December China has put a second city into total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid cases were discovered. Continue Reading
China has considerably reduced the allowances for fuel exports in the first export quota batch for 2022, signaling its intention to limit fuel sales abroad and curb excessive refinery output. Continue Reading
China on Wednesday reported a major drop in local COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi’an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks that Continue Reading
The crisis engulfing China Evergrande Group EGRNF 6.68% deepened, as the embattled property developer said it had been ordered to tear down dozens of buildings on an extravagant man-made island in southern China. At the same Continue Reading
A week and a half into one of the biggest pandemic lockdowns in China, residents of Xi’an voiced desperation online about challenges in getting food and medical care. China’s Covid-19 count remains Continue Reading
