Valero Seeks U.S. Approval to Import Venezuelan Oil
Valero Energy Corp VLO.N, the second-largest U.S. oil refiner, is seeking Washington’s permission to import Venezuelan crude, according to four people close to the matter,...
U.S. Releases Ambitious Strategy to Expand Offshore Wind Capacity
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has revealed an ambitious new strategy to expand the nation’s offshore wind energy capacity. The DOE’s Offshore Wind...
China and u.s. Navy Clash Over Guided Missile Destroyer in South China Sea
China’s defense ministry said on Friday that it yet again had to monitor and drive away the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Milius that entered its territorial waters in...
U.S. Navy Sends Lcs to Enforce Fishing Laws in Western Pacific
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have kicked off a joint patrol in the Western Pacific on a mission to enforce fisheries laws,...
U.S. Stocks Close Higher as Earnings Season Continues
U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday as more second-quarter earnings reports boosted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 109.28 points, or 0.31...
U.S. Biotech Company to Lay Off Nearly One Third of American Staff
U.S. biotech company FibroGen will lay off 104 workers, nearly a third of its U.S. employees, the company announced on Wednesday. FibroGen, which is...
Senior Chinese Diplomat Meets U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with U.S. Special...
Int’l Activists Denounce U.S. Blockade on Cuba
More than 150 social activists from over 20 Latin American, Caribbean, and European countries on Monday denounced the six-decade-long U.S. embargo on Cuba. Among...
Afghans in U.S. Detention Centers Treated “Like Criminals, Animals”
Afghan people are suffering in U.S. detention centers and being treated “like criminals and animals,” said a recent report by the English news website...
Lingering War Ghosts Continue to Haunt Vietnamese Due to U.S. Cluster Bombs
On their way home from school in Vietnam’s northern Son La province, two boys unknowingly picked up a strange metal object which turned out...