A growing body of preliminary research suggests the Covid vaccines used in most of the world offer almost no defense against becoming infected by the highly contagious Omicron variant. All Continue Reading
Chinese companies are laying off tens of thousands of workers as Beijing’s regulatory clampdowns weigh on the technology, education and property sectors, which in many cases offered higher salaries than Continue Reading
Highlights Jan-Nov exports at 38.5 mil mt, exceeds 2021 export quotas Exports include quota-free re-export barrels Gasoil exports rise as oversupply at home China’s gasoline, gasoil and jet fuel exports Continue Reading
A booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine significantly raises the level of antibodies that can thwart the Omicron variant, the company announced on Monday. The news arrives as Omicron Continue Reading
Officials and public health experts are strengthening their calls for people to get booster shots as the omicron variant proliferates across the United States, where less than a third of Continue Reading
The risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant is more than five times higher and it has shown no sign of being milder than Delta, a study showed, as Continue Reading
Independent Chinese refineries increased its crude oil imports from Iran last month as the government issued a new batch of import quotas. Total crude imports were up by almost 40 Continue Reading
China extended its defense of coal’s future after diluting demands for action at the COP26 climate summit, insisting a transition away from the dirtiest fossil fuel must be gradual. “In Continue Reading
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is confronting another dark winter, with the red-hot Omicron variant threatening to worsen an already dangerous surge of cases. Hospitalizations for Continue Reading
Watch time-lapse footage showing the long Eurostar queue at London’s St Pancras station on Friday evening The Omicron variant is “spreading at lightning speed” in Europe and will likely become Continue Reading
