Time is running out for oil producing nations to reset their economies as the world transitions to green technology.
Counting the Cost
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As China contests islands from Japan to Malaysia, it has deployed its ‘maritime militia’ across the South China Sea.
The pandemic could end up costing Americans $16 trillion but switching to renewable energy costs a lot less than that.
From firing central bank governors to a currency hovering around record lows, investors are losing confidence in Turkey.
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mRNA could open the door to treatments of cancer, heart disease and brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Five hundred businessmen and bankers tell Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to take action to control the pandemic.
Vaccination is crucial to get a quarter of a billion people who lost their jobs during the pandemic back into work.
Italy’s economy has deep-rooted issues but its new prime minister has a reputation for turning around hopeless causes.
Increasing demand from China, adverse weather conditions and pandemic-hit supply chains are all pushing up food prices.
Changing the way we measure economic growth may help redress the balance between nature and exploitation of resources.
Norway could license companies for seabed mining by 2023 to meet demand for batteries, wind turbines and solar energy.
After revelations of a $1.3bn Black Sea palace, there are questions over the president’s wealth.
Iraq’s dire public services, regular power cuts and water shortages have sparked protest across the country.
Beijing rolls out testing of eCurrency as the total value of the entire cryptocurrency market rises above $1 trillion.