The largest drop in the investment in the history of global energy is being engineered by the novel coornavirus pandemic. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), investment in global energy expected to increase by 2 per cent before the… Read More ›
Geopolitics
China Targets Australian Exports In Retaliation To Calls For Coronavirus Investigation
It did not take long for China to strike back against Australia after Australia demanded the constitution of an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. On a Sunday morning television show in late April, support for an… Read More ›
UK must defend against foreign hostile takeovers: chairman – Foreign Affairs Select Committee
Tom Tugendhat, a senior British lawmaker from the Conservative Party who is also the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee opined, Britain must defend its companies against overseas takeovers in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis while adding that… Read More ›
Slowing Down China And India Raises Uncertainty Of Global Economic Revival
China and India have driven much of the global growth since the global financial meltdown of 2008. But following the novel coronavirus pandemic, economic activity in both countries has plunged which has raised the risk of prolongation of the expected… Read More ›
US Could Permanently Halt WHO Funding And Review Membership, Threatens Trump
If the World Health Organization (WHO) did not commit to improvements within 30 days, all funding of the world body by the United States will be halted permanently, warned US President Donald Trump on Monday. Trump also threatened that he… Read More ›
Virus Pandemic Widens Gap In Focus Of Oil Majors In The Europe And The US Towards Clean Energy
A review conducted by Reuters on companies in the oil and gas sector has revealed that Europe’s top oil and gas companies believe that the novel coronavirus induced global health crisis will have a long-term drop in fossil fuel demand… Read More ›
Both The UK And The EU Should Concede Grounds In Brexirt Talks, Urges Both Parties
After the latest round of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union over post Brexit deals yielding little results, both the parties have urged that each one should conceded some ground in the negotiations for r a trade… Read More ›
Coronavirus Hit To Chinese Economy Results In Higher Unemployment In The Country
The challenge that the Chinese economy faces from staging a complete recovery of its economy from the hit of the novel coronavirus pandemic became evident when figures came to the forefront that the rate of unemployment in the second largest… Read More ›
32.1% Drop In Japan’s Current Account Surplus In March Due To Pandemic
The impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the global economy has resulted in Japan losing out 32.1 per cent of its current account surplus in the month of March due to a slump in export and travel restrictions, said… Read More ›
State Aid By Countries ‘Unlevelling The Playing Field’ In Europe, Warns EU Commission President
Companies in the richer European countries such as Germany are being given an unfair advantage because of the relaxing of the state aid rules of the European Union, said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, while calling for an… Read More ›