President’s declaration allows officials to tackle fuel hoarding or profiteering, while energy secretary says country will lean more heavily on coalMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Philippines president, Ferdinand Marcos, has declared a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Middle East war, which his administration said posed “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply”.The state of emergency, which will initially last for a year, was declared just hours after the country’s energy secretary said the Philippines planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments. Continue reading...
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China tests long-range missile in Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’
<p>Australian government confirms it was informed by China of its intent to conduct the test on Monday </p><p>China has conducted a long-range missile test in the Pacific, in a move the Australian government has condemned as “destabilising to the region”.</p><p>A test missile topped with a dummy
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