A powerful stream of densely moist air flowing off the Pacific Ocean is forecast to bring 3 to 6 inches of rain to a wide area from Eureka to San Francisco January 4 into January 5.

Berlin fast-tracked its first LNG import terminals by renting five floating storage and re-gasification units.

In 2022 alone, companies announced more than $73 billion in planned projects — more than three times the previous record, set in 2021.

The country has been devastated by a seven-year conflict that spurred a humanitarian catastrophe. The project will provide an opportunity for improvement, the official said. 

Recent military exercises held by Beijing around Taiwan have reignited concerns about the world’s dependence on the island for semiconductors.

An RT-PCR test has been made mandatory for flyers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from January 1, 2023.

At least 12 of the 13 Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs — which cover 90% of the world’s ocean-going ships, including those from the U.K. and the U.S. — said they would no longer be able to provide coverage.

With demand weakening at home and abroad, Japan’s recovery from an economic contraction over the summer may prove less robust than hoped.

The new U.S. travel precautions have been prompted in part by concerns over the lack of genomic sequencing data that could help identify the emergence of a new variant.

As many as 248 million people, or nearly 18% of the population, likely contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December.