Iran warned it will target American-linked oil and energy facilities in the Middle East if its own infrastructure is attacked, reiterating its threat after the US bombed military targets on the critical outpost of Kharg Island. “All oil, economic, and energy facilities belonging to oil companies in the region that are partly owned by the…

A gruelling heatwave has embroiled France, leading to 55 deaths through drowning. The drowning death toll in France has risen to 55 since the heatwave began on June 18, with Sports Minister Marina Ferrari warning that the situation “may worsen” as record temperatures continue to grip the country.“Yesterday evening we were at 55, but we…

Zhu is credited with supplying the tenacity to push through changes such as China’s WTO membership, which helped transform China into the world’s biggest exporter BEIJING: Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the…

Australia could be sitting on a hidden stockpile of hundreds of tonnes of silver as millions of solar panels approach the end of their working lives. More than one million tonnes of waste solar panels are expected across the country by 2050, containing an estimated 300–500 tonnes of silver. Much of that valuable metal is…