At first, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 seemed like enough of a reward. You got the satisfaction of protecting your health and that of the people around you, and the knowledge that soon you…
On Monday, AstraZeneca saidits Covid-19 vaccinewas "highly effective." This comes after similarly positive vaccine news from drug companiesPfizer, which last week applied for emergency use,…
In 2020,Chinabungled its initial response to COVID-19. As a result, the disease spread around the world, crippling economies, killing more than 1.2 million people, and badly damaging Beijing’s image…
Rarely has the fate of many millions of people rested on an international competition like the one for a Covid-19 vaccine - the only sure escape route from the pandemic that can put an end to the …
Trumpadministration officials have compared the global allocation of vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to oxygen masks dropping inside a depressurizing airplane. "You put on your…
Six months after China first reported a cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan, the World Health Organization had a stark warning for the world: ‘the worst is yet to come’…
As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak, there is growing concern that China and the US, two countries with the greatest resources, are stuck in a propaganda-fueled dispute…
It is now abundantly clear that the world cannot fully emerge from its current state of novel coronavirus lockdown until a vaccine is found. Never before have so many lives, livelihoods, and…
A dramatic deterioration in US-China relations in recent weeks has further destabilised a critical relationship between Washington and Beijing that was already under serious strain before the novel…
A US-Israeli attack on Iran has turned into a regional war, sending Brent crude prices over $100 a barrel, and throwing shipping, inflation, and monetary policy into turmoil
The current conflict is unlikely to go global for now, but the speed at which it has spread regionally is alarming. A look at history shows the geopolitical factors that led to world wars.
Riyadh and Cairo are trying to ease the acute oil shortfall through alternative pipelines, but these are just band-aid solutions, as the world's most vital energy corridor remains closed by Iran
The rushed 2025 rollout raised questions about the government's seriousness. Since then, no meaningful record has been published, fuelling fears that it was just a show.