COP26 aims to banish coal. Asia is building hundreds of power plants to burn...
UDANGUDI, India/TOKYO — On the coastline near India’s southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload huge cargoes of coal.
G20 offers little new on climate, leaving uphill task for COP26
ROME — Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies agreed on a final statement on Sunday that urged “meaningful and effective” action...
World leaders seek ways to strengthen global supply chains
ROME — US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and 16 other world leaders on Sunday discussed action to make supply chains more resilient in...
World makes new bid to avert climate disaster
GLASGOW —- World leaders will start descending on the Scottish city of Glasgow on Sunday for the United Nations COP26 summit, billed as a make-or-break chance to save the planet from the most calamitous effects of climate change.
Thailand’s reopening is a major test for pandemic-era tourism
THAILAND is ending quarantine for vaccinated visitors from more than 60 countries, the biggest reopening gamble in Asia and one that could mark a turning point for the revival of mass tourism during the pandemic.
US, EU strike trade deal to remove steel, aluminum tariffs
THE US and the European Union (EU) have reached a trade truce on steel and aluminum that will allow the allies to remove tariffs on more than $10 billion of their exports each year.
China’s Xi calls for COVID-19 vaccine mutual recognition
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency use list, according to a transcript of his remarks published by the official Xinhua news agency.
South Korea eases curbs in first step toward ‘living with COVID-19’
SEOUL — South Korea said on Friday it will drop all operating-hour curbs on restaurants and cafes and implement its first vaccine passport for...
Heirs step up as COVID deaths rock Bangkok’s famous street-food stalls
BANGKOK — Each morning, Adulwitch Tangsupmanee brings a cart of crispy pork belly to a run-down cinema in Bangkok’s Chinatown and sets up the same street-food stall...
WHO, partners seek $23.4B for new COVID-19 war chest
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid groups on Thursday appealed to leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies to fund...
Trash and burn: Big brands’ new plastic waste plan
JAKARTA — The global consumer goods industry’s plans for dealing with the vast plastic waste it generates can be seen here in a landfill...
Experts back boosters for people inoculated with Sinovac’s vaccine
HONG KONG will soon start giving out COVID-19 booster shots to the elderly, those at higher risk of infection and people inoculated with China’s Sinovac BioTech Ltd. vaccine, following places like Singapore and the mainland which are already deep in their own third-dose rollouts.