October 13, 2021

Weekly World News Update

Tensions Escalate Over Taiwan... and Beyond; The EU Versus the Polish Constitution; Skyrocketing Gas Prices; WHO Recommends Malaria Vaccine for Children; Global Methane Agreement; Evergrande's Third Round of Missed Payments

Tensions Escalate Over Taiwan... and Beyond

"China and Taiwan: Why the War of Words Is Unlikely to Lead to Military Conflict (For Now, At Least)" Owen Greene and Christoph Bluth -- The Conversation, October 12, 2021 "China's Military Holds Beach Landing Drills About 100 Miles From Taiwan" Wall Street Journal Video, October 13, 2021 "Russia Says Taiwan Is Part of China as Two Powers Further Align Against U.S." Tom O'Connor -- Newsweek, October 12, 2021 "How Are People Feeling in the 'Most Dangerous Place on Earth'?" Shelley Rigger; Lev Nachman; Chit Wai John Mok; Nathan Kar Ming Chan -- Brookings, October 13, 2021 "With All Eyes on Taiwan, Tensions Are Building On Another Chinese Frontier: India" Brad Lendon -- CNN, October 13, 2021 Photo and Story by Bloomberg

The EU Versus the Polish Constitution

"Explained: What Bombshell Polish Court Ruling Means for EU" Simon Van Dorpe -- Politico, October 8, 2021 "Polexit: Will Poland Follow the UK and Leave the European Union?" Martin Hannan -- The National, October 11, 2021 "Polish Court Rules EU Laws Incompatible With Its Constitution" Jon Henley -- Guardian, October 7, 2021 "'Polexit': Is Poland About to Quit the European Union?" Henry Ridgwell -- VOA, October 11, 2021 Photo by Associated Press

Skyrocketing Gas Prices

"Suddenly We Are in the Middle of a Global Energy Crisis. What Happened?" Lurion De Mello -- The Conversation, October 12, 2021 "Gas Prices Skyrocket as the Global Energy Crisis Worsens" Matt Egan -- CNN Business, October 12, 2021 "Moscow EU's Envoy Urges Europe to Fix Ties to Avoid Gas Shortages" Henry Foy and Sam Fleming -- Financial Times, October 10, 2021 "Energy Prices: EU Unveils Plan to Ease Europe's Gas Crisis" BBC News, October 13, 2021

WHO Recommends Malaria Vaccine for Children

“The World's First Malaria Vaccine—and What It Means for the Future of Pandemic Response" Raj Panjabi -- Time, October 7, 2021 “Explained: Why It Took Nearly 30 Years to Develop a Vaccine for Malaria" Nidhi Jacob -- Scroll.in, October 11, 2021 "Scientists Hail Historic Malaria Vaccine Approval - But Point to Challenges Ahead" Amy Maxmen -- Nature, October 8, 2021 "What the Malaria Vaccine Means for Africa" Yacine Djibo -- New York Times, October 10, 2021 "Malaria Vaccine Marks Milestone in Battle Against 'Unconscionable' Deaths from Curable Disease" Cynthia Littleton -- Variety, October 9, 2021 Photo and Story by The Article

Global Methane Agreement

"Methane Agreement: A Rare Bright Spot in the Climate Fight" Colm Quinn -- Foreign Policy, October 12, 2021 "More Countries Join Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions" Sara Schonhardt -- Scientific American, October 12, 2021 "Cutting Methane Emissions Most Impactful Way to Limit Climate Change" Kevin O'Sullivan -- The Irish Times, October 7, 2021 "Where the U.S. Stands Going Into COP26" Danielle Arostegui -- Environmental Defense Fund, October 12, 2021 Photo by Matthew Brown/AP and Story by New York Times

Evergrande's Third Round of Missed Payments

"Evergrande on Countdown to Default After More Missed Payments" Narayanan Soma Sundaram -- Nikkei Asia, October 12, 2021 "Evergrande Has Not Engaged With Offshore Bondholders Since Payments Miss, Holders’ Advisers Say" Chad Bray -- South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021 "What Is China Evergrande, and Why Is Its Crisis Worrying Markets?" Erin Mendell -- Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2021 "Washington is Getting China Wrong" Michael Shuman -- The Atlantic, October 11, 2021