Oil loses luster as banks cash in on cleaner commodities
Peter Hobson
Investment banks are beefing up trading teams in markets such as gas, metals and carbon permits that are flourishing as businesses and economies...
Palestinians say US “deal of the century” will finish off their state
Samia Nakhoul
The U.S. blueprint to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, still in draft form after almost two years, is seen by...
Dates as staple food of the Middle East & the Indus valley for thousands...
Ismat Sabir
The prices of all the food items are skyrocketing likewise the price of dates reached Rs300 per kg. Arvi Rs180 per kg, Tinda...
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
In the last few years, following the amazing development and regional connectivity program Belt and Road initiated by visionary President of China Xi Jinping,...
In China’s heartland, once-flush shoppers turn cautious
Stella Qiu, Yawen Chen & Philip Wen
Dressed in a smart black pantsuit behind the wheel of her pearl-white Audi, Zhao Na has come a...
How a Chinese venture in Venezuela made millions while locals grew hungry
Angus Berwick
The project was meant to feed millions.
In Delta Amacuro, a remote Venezuelan state on the Caribbean Sea, a Chinese construction giant struck a...
Potatoes are the staple food for millions
Ismat Sabir
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solana tuberous. In many contexts, potato refers to the edible tuber, but...
China’s furtive underwater nukes test the Pentagon
Greg Torode & David Lague
Recent visitors to the bay surrounding a submarine base on the southern coast of China's Hainan Island describe a curious...
Ship breaking is an important source of steel
Ismat Sabir
Worldwide center of the ship breaking and recycling industry is in South Asia, especially in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. These three states account...
How Russia contaminated $2.7bn of oil exports to Europe
Olga Yagova, Gleb Gorodyankin & Dmitry Zhdannikov
It was a quiet Easter holiday at the offices of major European oil companies and refiners when an...
