Before senior-housing developments are even finished being built, some older adults are already putting down deposits over fear that spots will be gone when they need it most.

Oil production in the world’s largest importer of the commodity hit an all-time high of 4.6 million barrels daily.

Central Asia has again emerged as a center of geopolitical rivalry over natural resources and political influence.

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...