The French group TotalEnergies announced on March 22 its decision to stop all purchases of Russian oil or oil products, "by the end of 2022 at the latest". Photo: AFP
24 March 2022
TotalEnergies' chief executive said Wednesday that his company could not stop buying...
Commuters make their way amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi. Photo: AFP
19 March 2022
Indian government officials on Friday defended the continued buying of Russian oil,...
A worker walks past pump jacks at UdmurtNeft's Gremikhinskoye oil field east of Izhevsk near the Ural Mountains. Photo: Reuters
25 February 2022
As commodity prices soar, the Ukraine crisis has prompted demands from petroleum lobbies...
 People walk in front of the United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York city. Photo: AFP
08 February 2022
Russia, facing the threat of Western penalties over Ukraine, and China on Monday spoke...
An aerial view of Yangon city.
22 January 2022
The announcements Friday by TotalEnergies and Chevron have swelled the ranks of foreign...
 A Chevron station in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, USA. Photo: EPA
22 January 2022
US energy giant Chevron said it will pull out from Myanmar in a statement on Friday,...
 TotalEnergies logo. Photo: AFP
22 January 2022
French oil giant TotalEnergies said Friday it would withdraw from Myanmar over "worsening...
Yantian Port in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province is China's largest container terminal. (AFP/STR)
16 January 2022
Chinese exports surged in 2021 on solid global demand as countries reopened from pandemic...
Pedestrians walk on a street in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI
23 December 2021
The top executive of Kirin Holdings Co. said Tuesday the company may ask the Japanese...
This picture taken on Sept 24, 2013 shows Chinese 100 yuan (RMB) banknotes being counted at a bank in Huaibei, in eastern China's Anhui province. (AFP file photo)
23 December 2021
Myanmar will start accepting Renminbi as an official settlement currency next year for...
Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a street before Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: EPA
20 November 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a record $490 billion stimulus for the...
Hu Siqin is part of a nascent back-to-the-farm movement in which young Chinese professionals are quitting the rat race for the simple joys of an organic, agrarian lifestyle (Photo: Jessica Yang/AFP)
19 November 2021
Hu Siqin had a promising career in Shanghai with a Fortune 500 company and more than...

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