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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 49 cents to $80.58 a barrel Friday

The Fed and ECB both lifted borrowing costs by a quarter of a percentage point while keeping options open for their next meetings in September. In Japan, the central bank made a surprise decision to loosen its yield curve control policy — a pillar of its effort to suppress interest rates and stimulate the economy. That stoked speculation of more drastic changes to the country’s ultra-low borrowing costs.

Google is celebrating the Fifa Women's World Cup with a special doodle released on Sunday. Google's latest doodle will only be available in select countries including Canada, Iceland, Cuba, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Latvia, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Armenia, Zambia, Nigeria, Japan, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. The search giant had announced a special multiplayer game to commemorate the opening day of the FIFA Women's World Cup on July 20.

Macquarie-managed The Infrastructure Fund has ordered a strategic review of its 7.19 per cent stake in Perth Airport as it looks to take profits after the airport returned to pre-pandemic passenger volumes in February.

Kylian Mbappe play for Real Madrid in the La Liga in Spain? Barcelona legend Gerard Pique has said this at a time when Mbappe’s future looks uncertain after being axed from a pre-season tour to Japan.

Netflix has added hundreds of movies, shows, and series for its viewers all around the world. Some of the added movies, shows and series have been the biggest hits based on their viewership numbers. Neftlix viewers can watch these «hideen gems» in the 2023 library of the streaming giant, according to WhatsOnNetflix report.

Nirmala Sitharaman announced that India's G20 presidency will outline the roadmap for transforming multilateral development banks (MDBs). The process aims to bolster these financial institutions and equip them to confront 21st-century challenges.

India emerge as a trusted, resilient partner in the electronics and semiconductor space, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said here on Saturday, and asserted the world wants to partner with India for the country to grow its footprints in the semiconductor ecosystem. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of the Semicon India 2023 event organised at Mahatma Mandir here, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for the sector is to create more and more opportunities for young Indians studying in colleges.

Australia on Saturday agreed to further cooperate with India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Korea to ensure the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific at the 33rd Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). Officials from the two countries on Saturday met in Brisbane.

Onomichi city, located in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture, found itself embroiled in controversy and public outrage after distributing flyers containing deeply sexist & demeaning advice to pregnant women. According to CNN, the flyers, created in 2017 based on a public survey, were intended to offer guidance to expectant mothers but instead perpetuated harmful gender stereotypes and sparked widespread criticism. The controversial pamphlets, titled 'From an experienced dad to you', were sent to pregnant women in their seventh month. It provided responses from experienced fathers regarding their desires and expectations from their partners after childbirth.CNN reported that the content of the flyers suggested that men and women had fundamentally different ways of thinking, claiming that men operated on theories while women relied on emotions.

G7 summit in Japan. She made a stylish statement with a pink top and green trousers while accompanying her husband, Rishi Sunak.

Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said domestic companies would soon be allowed to directly list their securities on overseas exchanges in specified jurisdictions, expanding capital-access opportunities for businesses in India that is poised to dwarf Germany and Japan and become the world’s third-largest economy in a few years. The stage-gate process will involve an initial listing on the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at the Gift City in Gandhinagar. Later, they will be permitted to list in seven or eight specified overseas jurisdictions.

The idea was akin to that of an "everything app" espoused recently by Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter. But the dream belonged to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. In a 2019 blog post, Zuckerberg outlined how he would turn WhatsApp into an app that could be a platform for many «kinds of private services.» In Silicon Valley, the pursuit of an everything app has come up time and again as tech leaders have strained to expand their digital empires.

European regulators, including the French National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) and the Bavarian state authority in Germany, are raising legal concerns about Worldcoin's data collection methods.

By Laura Matthews

Japan's central bank has opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but has fine-tuned its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility in its policies

India and Japan are exploring collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, including semiconductors and resilient supply chains, as part of a target $35.9 billion Japanese investment in the country by 2027

Maruti revolution where it wasn't just the Suzuki car coming in, it wasn't only about a car coming in, it was a way actually for the entire lifestyle, it was a thinking, it was an industrial culture which got changed," he said. "The second revolution was the metro revolution. I think it's had a very profound impact on the urban infrastructure of India," Jaishankar said.

Please note that some release dates are yet to be officially confirmed and may change. One notable movie, «Damsel,» starring Millie Bobby Brown, originally set for October 13th, has been postponed.

Saudi Arabia has made the first big deal in a push to deploy its vast wealth into the global mining industry, agreeing to buy a stake in Vale’s base metals unit.

Wall Street is back to climbing following more encouraging profit reports and the latest signal that inflation is loosening its chokehold on the economy