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As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste often falls to informal traders who risk injury when dismantling broken panelsUnder the scorching sun, a sea of solar panels gleams in the sem…
Read MoreOlaf Scholz says European cars should have equal access to Chinese customersEurope live – latest updatesThe chancellor of Germany has urged industry bosses in China to play fair by not overproducing cheap goods or infringing copyright rules.Speaking on…
Read MoreAs the organisation’s anniversary nears, borders around the world are closing againWhen trade ministers gathered in the Moroccan city of Marrakech 30 years ago this month to sign the agreement creating the World Trade Organization (WTO), the mood was c…
Read MoreShift makes Bank of Japan the last central bank to end negative rates in move that has ‘a lot of symbolic significance’ according to analystsJapan’s central bank has ended eight years of negative interest rates, in an overhaul of one of the world’s mos…
Read MoreIt is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say expertsThe world’s two superpowers are so intricately linked that it’s hard to think of a pill…
Read MoreAs an Indian judge says change must start at home, a new movie uses humour to examine family prejudice against children with darker complexionsThree months ago, a high court judge in Chhattisgarh, India, hearing a divorce petition by a husband whose wi…
Read MoreCountry Garden’s shares fell more than 12% in early trading on Wednesday, amid a continued debt crisis in China’s property sectorCountry Garden Holdings has said a liquidation petition has been filed against the property developer for non-payment of a …
Read MoreChemicals producer says audits revealed no wrongdoing but recent media reports crossed red lineThe German chemicals producer BASF has said it will withdraw from its two joint ventures in Xinjiang, after media reports about alleged human rights abuses r…
Read MoreExclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warnAcademics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it …
Read MoreExclusive: Politicians say chemicals producer ‘appears to be implicated’ in abuses of minorities in Chinese provinceThe German chemicals producer BASF “appears to be implicated in gross abuses” of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and should withdraw from the Chines…
Read MorePolice investigate after employee says she was tricked into sending money to fraudsters posing as senior officers at her firmHong Kong police have launched an investigation after an employee at an unnamed company claimed she was duped into paying HK$20…
Read MoreBiggest reduction since December 2021 will allow 1tn more yuan to be released in form of new loansChina’s central bank announced a surprise cut to the amount of cash that banks must hold in reserve on Wednesday, hoping to boost the lending available to…
Read MoreAuthorities could use 2tn yuan from offshore accounts of state firms to buy shares after big falls in stocksChinese markets have lifted following a report suggesting that Beijing policymakers are scrambling to mobilise billions of yuan from state-owned…
Read MoreFirm rejects union plan leaving UK on course to become only major economy unable to make steel from scratchThe owners of Port Talbot steelworks have rejected a trade union plan designed to keep its blast furnaces running, putting nearly 3,000 jobs at r…
Read MoreYouTube robotics tutorials helped 17-year turn his concern for his grandmother into a device that alerts carers if Alzheimer’s patients fall or wander offIn the blissful summer that Hemesh Chadalavada spent with his grandmother in 2018, the pair watche…
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