Venezuela has restarted direct shipments of crude oil to China despite U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported , citing shipping data and documents from PDVSA. Until now, Venezuela’s oil company sold Continue Reading
So many new doctors left Poland for better-paying jobs in Europe’s west that when Łukasz Rotnicki decided to stay behind he often found himself working 36-hour shifts, sleeping on the Continue Reading
Europe’s former chief drugs regulator has called for calm in the growing controversy over claims made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for their Covid-19 vaccine in late-stage trials. The Anglo-Swedish drugs Continue Reading
Almost 300,000 farmers from various states are on their way to India’s capital to protest against new agricultural laws they say will severely hurt their incomes, according to two farm Continue Reading
Thousands of angry Indian farmers faced tear gas and baton charges from police on Friday as they resumed their march to the capital to protest new laws they fear will Continue Reading
When Zhang Yiqiu found herself pregnant with her third child two years ago, the Beijing businesswoman expected to face a fine or bureaucratic hurdles. To her surprise, local officials praised Continue Reading
Sony has warned the Japanese government it may have to shift manufacturing out of the country unless rules on renewable energy are relaxed, as it tries to meet the green Continue Reading
Crude throughput at China’s refineries is slightly higher in November, with state-owned oil companies lifting their average run rates by one percentage point month on month to 79.8% of capacity, Continue Reading
Sitting in the shadow of the brutalist health department building in Washington, with only a leather jacket for protection against an autumnal breeze, Moncef Slaoui cuts a defiant figure. Six months Continue Reading
Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting Continue Reading
