COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse
The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when Continue Reading
Robust Asian Demand Prompts Middle East Producers To Roll Over Oil Prices
Caution has given way to the overly optimistic sentiment of late 2020, with most energy agencies cutting their estimates of 2021 crude demand. According to an industry consensus, global crude Continue Reading
India’s Coal Power Use May Have Already Peaked, Report Says – Bloomberg
India’s use of coal may have peaked in 2018, according to a new report by U.K.-based clean energy group Ember. That’s sooner than many experts have forecast. The share of the dirtiest Continue Reading
How India’s Hunger For Oil Could Transform The Middle East
The release of a major report last week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlighting that India will make up the biggest share of energy demand growth from now until Continue Reading
China Eyes Rare Earth Export Curbs for U.S. Defense
China is exploring whether it can hurt U.S. defense contractors by limiting supplies of rare-earth minerals that are critical to the industry, the Financial Times reported. Industry executives said government Continue Reading
Takeaways: AP investigation of China COVID-19 disinformation
As the coronavirus spread last year, former President Donald Trump and leading U.S. conservatives floated the idea that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese lab or was created Continue Reading
China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry
China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets and other sophisticated weaponry, according to people involved in Continue Reading
Blackouts Cascade Beyond Texas in Deepening Power Crisis
Blackouts triggered by frigid weather are spreading across the central U.S. and into Mexico in a deepening energy crisis that has already crippled the Texas power grid. After more than Continue Reading
Coronavirus live updates: Seven-day average of cases drops below 90,000 – The Washington Post
Newly reported coronavirus infections in the United States continued their steep drop, with about 56,000 new cases reported Monday, although that number is probably artificially low due to the holiday. However, Continue Reading
UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more Continue Reading