Evacuation orders issued for Moss Landing Battery Plant fire; residents asked to close all entry points  KSBW Monterey Residents ordered to evacuate after fire breaks out at a power plant in Central California  CNN World’s largest battery plant on fire in Central California  POLITICO Fire at Moss Landing energy storage facility forces evacuations, closes Highway 1  San Francisco Chronicle…

China’s economy meets official growth target, but many feel a downturn  Reuters Asian Stocks Fall Ahead of Chinese Economic Data: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg China’s fourth-quarter GDP grows at 5.4%, beating market expectations as stimulus measures kick in  CNBC China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports  The New York Times China’s 2024 economic data as it happened:…

China’s population falls for a third consecutive year  Reuters China’s Population Declines for 3rd Straight Year  The New York Times China Sees a Fresh Decline in Population, Despite a Rise in Births  The Wall Street Journal China’s population falls for third year in a row as birthrate declines  Al Jazeera English China Population Shrinks for Third Year Even With…

Beijing is taking a two-pronged approach to the incoming president: trying to sweeten up Trump while also signaling it is ready to fight efforts to constrain it.

Greenland, a vast but sparsely populated Arctic island, has been transformed by the climate crisis in recent decades.

India is now staring at the possibility of an oil shock after the U.S. decided to implement sweeping sanctions on Russia’s oil industry.