US chaos has also led to vaccination success
From the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, US cities, states, and even villages made up their own rules and called it freedom. That approach to combating coronavirus arguably led to Continue Reading
Coronavirus live updates: More contagious virus variant not linked to worse disease, new study says
A more transmissible coronavirus variant first detected in Britain does not cause more severe illness in hospitalized patients, according to a new study published by the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The study, Continue Reading
Ontario hospitals may have to withhold care as COVID-19 fills ICUs
Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario may soon have to decide who can and cannot receive treatment in intensive care as the number of coronavirus infections sets records and Continue Reading
France to ban some domestic flights where train available
French MPs have voted to suspend domestic airline flights on routes that can be travelled by direct train in less than two and a half hours, as part of a Continue Reading
UK Begins to Reopen: Live Updates and Analysis
The beginning of the end of Britain’s lockdown — one of the longest and most stringent in the world — came with a pint at a pub. Just past the stroke Continue Reading
Russia Tightens Its Grip On Europe’s Natural Gas Markets
A much-used proverb says: a good neighbor is better than a distant friend. Nowhere is it more suitable than the EU’s position vis-a-vis its largest and most important neighbor: the Continue Reading
India’s coronavirus tally overtakes Brazil; thousands join ritual bath
India reported a record daily tally of 168,912 COVID-19 infections on Monday, the world’s highest, while worries grew over a further spike, as hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered for Continue Reading
India Gasoline Usage Jumps in March as Commuters Prefer Cars
Gasoline demand in India rose to a four-month high in March as millions of people favored cars over public transport, with one of the world’s most populous nations seeing a Continue Reading
Haridwar: Crowds surging at Kumbh Mela as India overtakes Brazil in Covid cases
Haridwar: Crowds surging at India’s Kumbh Mela amid Covid wave Tens of thousands of people have gathered to take a dip in the holy Ganges river as a deadly second Continue Reading
Why India and Nepal’s forest fires are worrying scientists
Getty Images Forest fires in some parts of northern India have been the strongest in one and a half decades The lush-green mountains in the background usually make the famous Continue Reading
China considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate
China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines, as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy. Available data shows Chinese vaccines lag behind Continue Reading
Tesla’s Biggest Competitor Is Ditching Nickel And Cobalt
China’s BYD confirmed that it is going all-in on LFP (lithium-iron-phosphate) batteries, scrapping NCM (nickel, cobalt, manganese) technology from its model line-up entirely. BYD, which is backed by legendary US Continue Reading
Australia abandons COVID-19 vaccination targets after new advice on AstraZeneca shots
Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate nearly all of its 26 million population by the end of 2021 following advice that people under the age of 50 take Pfizer’s Continue Reading
China official says local vaccines lack effectiveness
The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention conceded that the efficacy of Chinese coronavirus vaccines is “not high” and that they may require improvements, marking a Continue Reading
Maintenance accelerates in China
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Europe steps up vaccination campaigns after slow start
France announced an acceleration of its much-criticized Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Sunday, increasing the gap between the two doses of the mRNA jabs to speed up basic protection, making the Continue Reading
Aramco Selling $12.4 Billion Stake in Pipeline Rights Unit
Investors led by EIG Global Energy Partners LLC agreed to acquire a roughly $12.4 billion stake in a Saudi Aramco oil-pipeline rights company. The group will acquire a 49% equity stake in Aramco Oil Continue Reading
India’s COVID-19 infections hit another record, weekend lockdown in Maharashtra
India reported a record 145,384 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and the highest number of deaths in more than five months, as it grapples with an overwhelming second-wave of infections Continue Reading
U.S. Growth Expectations Keep Mounting With Bigger Tailwind
Economists are once again ratcheting up their U.S. growth forecasts as a fresh injection of government aid, rising vaccination rates and looser business restrictions combine to provide a bigger tailwind Continue Reading
‘The next wave has started.’ Covid surge in Michigan raises alarm
A few weeks ago, doctors in Michigan hospitals began noticing their intensive care units were filling up again with coronavirus patients — something they had hoped the state’s high level Continue Reading
No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge
Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country’s worst infection increase. The Continue Reading
German industrial production down again in February
Industrial production in Germany dropped for a second consecutive month in February, official data showed Friday, a showing that increases the likelihood of Europe’s biggest economy having contracted in the Continue Reading
Russia: Pandemic Could Continue Affecting Oil Demand Until 2024
The pandemic could continue to impact global oil demand until 2024, while the decarbonization plans in major European economies could arise as a new threat to Russia’s oil industry, according Continue Reading
India reels from a new wave of Covid-19
As India’s coronavirus caseload fell sharply in early 2021, I took a few cautious steps to reclaim bits of my pre-pandemic life. I had several outdoor lunches with friends not seen Continue Reading
India Looks To Buy More Iranian Oil As Spat With Saudis Escalates
India is at the ready to purchase more Iranian oil immediately if U.S. sanctions on Iran are lifted, a government official has threatened in the latest escalation of the India-Saudi Continue Reading
Details of sweeping effort to counter China emerge in U.S. Senate
Leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced major legislation on Thursday to boost the country’s ability to push back against China’s expanding global influence by promoting human rights, Continue Reading
US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, consumers Continue Reading
Spain and Italy to restrict AstraZeneca’s Covid jab to over-60s
Spain and Italy have moved to limit the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged above 60, in shifts that will complicate the countries’ efforts to step up their vaccination Continue Reading
Ukraine conflict: Moscow could ‘defend’ Russia-backed rebels
A top Russian official has warned that Moscow could intervene to help Russian-speaking residents in eastern Ukraine if Ukraine launches an all-out assault on separatists there. Russian-backed separatist rebels and Continue Reading
‘This is war’: Polish doctors exhausted by non-stop COVID third wave
Some Polish doctors and nurses are just taking naps between shifts as they fight a third wave of the coronavirus, the health minister said on Friday, amid reports of medical Continue Reading
Industry Suffers in Germany and France as Virus Forces Lockdowns
Germany and France, the euro area’s two largest economies, both saw unexpected declines in industrial production in February, suggesting that coronavirus restrictions are increasingly harming parts of the economy that Continue Reading
What Caused The Saudi-India Oil Rift?
A match has been going on in global oil, which has stayed largely out of the spotlight as the world focuses on the pandemic and its effect on demand. The Continue Reading
The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Over Yet
When former U.S. President Donald Trump ascended into the Oval Office in January 2017, he kicked off his presidency by investigating unfair trade practices in China as part of his Continue Reading
More Contagious Virus Variant Is Now Dominant in U.S., C.D.C. Chief Says
A highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in Britain has become the most common source of new infections in the United States, the director of the Continue Reading
Covid-19 News: Live Updates
As states lift restrictions and coronavirus variants spread, scientists and federal health officials have warned that a fourth surge of cases could arise in the United States even as the nation’s vaccination campaign Continue Reading
Merkel backs tougher COVID lockdown in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as infection rates are too high, a German government spokeswoman said Continue Reading
U.K. Limits AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine to Over-30s Amid Blood-Clot Concerns – WSJ
The U.K.’s vaccines advisory body said the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca PLC should preferably not be given to people under 30 following concerns that it causes potentially deadly blood clots in Continue Reading
‘A biological Fukushima’: Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of U.S. wave
Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above Continue Reading
China’s Growth Set to Drive World Economy in Post-Pandemic Years
China will drive global economic growth in the coming years as the world recovers from an pandemic that’s killed 2.9 million people, the International Monetary Fund predicts. China will contribute Continue Reading
China one-child policy: can dropping limits increase birth rates?
China’s one-child policy started in the 1980s to slow population growth, with some exemptions eventually coming about. In recent years it’s been relaxed to allow families’ to have two children. Continue Reading
Should U.S. Oil Drillers Be Worried About Carbon Taxes?
As governments are looking to put a price on carbon or raise current carbon taxes, the oil and gas industry globally is bracing for the impact of those levies on Continue Reading
Covid-19 News: Live Updates
Nearly 80 percent of school staff and child care workers in the United States have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Continue Reading
Russia Slashes 2021-2022 Oil Production Forecasts
Russia is slashing its estimates for domestic crude oil, gas, and coal production for 2021 and 2022, according to the latest amendments in the government’s program for energy development. As Continue Reading
Indian states seek widening of vaccinations as second surge overtakes first wave
Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions of adults, following a second surge in infections Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s Unpaid Tab With Metro Builders Runs Into Billions
The construction site for a new highway and metro development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2020. Sign up for our coming Middle East newsletter and follow us @middleeast for Continue Reading
China’s Longi Green Energy Technology to Join Hydrogen Market, Solarzoom Says
China’s Longi Green Energy Technology Co., the world’s biggest solar company, is entering the hydrogen market, industry publication Solarzoom reported. Xi’an Longi Hydrogen Technology Co. was registered March 31 in China, according Continue Reading
China Creates its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy
A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar Continue Reading
The U.S. Is Losing The Energy Tech War Against China
For years, the U.S. and China have waged war over technology, trade, and capital markets. Tensions between the world’s leading economies reached a fever pitch during former president Trump’s term Continue Reading
Yellen: U.S. economy threatened by slow vaccine rollout in poor countries
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday called for speeding up the distribution of coronavirus vaccines in poorer nations, arguing the United States and global economies are threatened by the impact of Continue Reading
LNG Imports Up Nearly 6%
Liquefied natural gas deliveries expanded the most in a year as Asia and Europe refilled inventories drained over the winter, and as pandemic-ravaged economies slowly begin to reopen. Imports jumped Continue Reading