China will invest US$3 billion in the upgrade of Iran’s oil refining facilities, Iranian media reported, with the bulk of the investment going into the Abadan refinery. According to Deputy Oil Minister Abbas Kazemi, China has already “opened the financing” for the refinery’s upgrade. Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure has suffered the results of years…
Liberal supporters of Israel have traditionally operated on a political binary that runs along 1967 armistice lines — the Green Line — separating the Occupied Palestinians Territories from Israel. Though Israel enjoys no internationally recognized border between itself and Palestine, refusing to even produce a map proposing any such borders in peace negotiations, the border…
Nutella lovers are likely left wondering and confused as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently proclaims palm oil, an ingredient in their favorite spread, a possible carcinogen. Palm oil becomes likely cancer-causing when it is cooked at high temperatures, or around 200 degrees Celsius. When certain vegetables are refined, carcinogens glycidyl fatty acid esters…
