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Matthew Dalton

ARTICLES BY MATTHEW DALTON

Not since Sarah Palin’s rimless glasses has a piece of eyewear created such a global stir.

Forget Greenland. Macron’s sunglasses take over Davos.

1 min read . 23 Jan 2026

The oil tanker Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, photographed at sea in the Singapore Strait last March.

A shadow fleet smuggles illicit oil across the high seas. This is how it works.

5 min read . 09 Jan 2026

Meg O’Neill. (Bloomberg)

BP’s new CEO is an American defender of oil and gas

3 min read . 18 Dec 2025

A solar farm is visible in Hainan prefecture of western China's Qinghai province. (FILE Photo: AP)

China’s shift to clean energy is saving the Paris Climate Accord

5 min read . 07 Nov 2025

Extreme heat is the biggest climate-change danger facing Europe, marring the continent’s once-mild summers with heat waves that are becoming more frequent and intense. (AFP)

The new hot topic in European politics is air conditioning

5 min read . 23 Jul 2025

FILE- An effigy of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte are displayed during a rally. (AP Photo/Mark Cristino, File) (AP)

The epic dynastic feud behind the arrest of the former Philippine president

8 min read . 13 Mar 2025

A company controlled by the U.A.E. recently opened the region’s largest solar power park in Baku. Photo: murad sezer/Reuters

Is China a developing country? That’s trillion-dollar question at climate talks

4 min read . 22 Nov 2024

Azerbaijan is among the countries most reliant on oil and gas for economic activity and exports. Photo: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg News

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade

1 min read . 16 Nov 2024

At the meeting in Baku, negotiators’ main job is to strike a deal on a new goal for wealthy countries to provide climate finance for the developing world after 2025—a task set by the Paris climate agreement. (AP)

Trump victory leaves China calling the shots at COP29 climate negotiations

4 min read . 11 Nov 2024

In 2023, 44% of EU electricity was generated by renewables.

Electricity that costs nothing—or even less? It’s happening more and more

6 min read . 23 Sept 2024

Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov. (File Photo: Reuters)

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov hits back at French charges

2 min read . 06 Sept 2024

Pavel Durov in 2016. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News

Telegram founder was wooed and targeted by governments

6 min read . 28 Aug 2024

Travelers at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris after sabotage disrupted France’s rail network. PHOTO: THIBAUD MORITZ/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Sabotage hits France’s rail lines as Olympics begin

1 min read . 26 Jul 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics - IOC Session 2030 & 2034 Announcements - Le Palais des Congres de Paris, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron makes a speech during the IOC Session. (Photo: Reuters)

Paris Olympics hosts 10,500 athletes—ringed by 77,000 security personnel

8 min read . 24 Jul 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron. (AFP)

Deeply divided France risks unprecedented deadlock after election shock

3 min read . 08 Jul 2024

The Ariane 6 rocket is designed to fly a range of missions. (AFP)

European rocket launch takes aim at SpaceX

6 min read . 08 Jul 2024

Marine Le Pen, leader of National Rally. President Emmanuel Macron's snap legislative election has opened the door to a world of uncertainty for investors confronting potentially seismic shifts in French economic policy. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Divide over antisemitism in France weakens unity against far right

4 min read . 01 Jul 2024

Polls show the National Rally headed by Marine Le Pen leading in the first round of the French elections set for June 30, followed by the New Popular Front.

French Jews consider unthinkable: Voting for a party with an antisemitic past

5 min read . 21 Jun 2024

Yves Fauvel remembers the day during World War II when Allied bombs fell on his hometown in Normandy. A memorial on Omaha Beach.

80 years after D-Day, France examines the trauma of Allied bombings

6 min read . 05 Jun 2024

Chinese companies now control more than 95% of Europe’s solar-panel market. PHOTO: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS

One French company’s lonely struggle to survive fierce competition from China

6 min read . 20 Apr 2024