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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 85 cents to $69.79 a barrel Monday

By Ankur Banerjee and Harry Robertson

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be pumped out into Pacific ocean, a process that will take decades to complete. A tsunami, caused by the largest earthquake ever to strike Japan, which killed more than 16,000 people, destroyed or damaged roughly 125,000 buildings and left the country facing what its prime minister described as its biggest crisis since World War II.  The radioactive water has been building up at the plant since the March 2011 tsunami destroyed its electricity and cooling systems and triggered the world’s worst nuclear disaster since the Chornobyl explosion. The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake.

Investing.com — Global stocks search for direction with Wall Street set to remain closed on Tuesday for the July 4 holiday. Meanwhile, Meta gears up to release a platform to rival Twitter later this week in a bid to attract users unhappy with Elon Musk's management of the social media site. Elsewhere, China unveils export controls on two key minerals in the latest development of an ongoing war over microchips between Beijing and the West.

Also read: India may ship 290,000 tonnes of broken rice to Mali India expressed support for the proposal of a financial levy on greenhouse gas emissions, emphasising that its purpose should be to encourage the transition to green energy rather than penalize the industry. The delegate highlighted the importance of generating funds for research and development in the maritime sector, as well as for the production of alternate fuels and the development of infrastructure for their supply networks in ports worldwide.

China's commerce ministry said on Monday it would control exports of eight gallium products and six germanium products from Aug. 1 to protect national security, a move analysts saw as a response to escalating efforts by the United States to curb China's technological advances. Companies caught out by the abrupt news acted to secure supplies, with one U.S.

Indian equities since March this year. An analysis by Bank of Baroda shows that India has registered FII inflow (equity) of $1,220 crore for the quarter ended 30 June.  Countries such as South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia have received far less inflows compared with India, and notably, the US and Thailand have seen foreign portfolio investors moving out of their respective countries, said the report.

(Reuters) — China will control exports of some metals used in the semiconductor industry, ramping up a technology war with the United States and potentially causing more disruption to global supply chains.

Kaizen philosophy is popularly used to achieve personal growth by overcoming laziness, the Japanese philosophy is also used in the dynamic world of business, as it unlocks the potential for continuous improvement. Translated as «change for the better,» Kaizen focuses on gradually enhancing productivity and efficiency within organizations.

Mankind Pharma Ltd. since its listing in Mumbai in May could trigger more consumer-related initial public offerings in India in the second half, according to bankers. The company, which raised 43.3 billion rupee ($528 million) in India’s second-largest new share sale this year, has seen its shares jump 57% in almost two months, drawing a rush of buy calls from analysts.

  New Delhi: Elon Musk stumped netizens once again with his move to limit the number of posts on microblogging site Twitter which he now owns. On 1 July tweet, he tweeted that unverified accounts and new unverified accounts would be limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day, respectively, while verified accounts could read 6,000 posts a day.

bank policy decision. The yen was up 0.17% at 144.42 per dollar in early Asian hours, but remained close to last week's eight month low of 145.07 per dollar that prompted Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to warn against excessive yen selling. Earlier on Tuesday, Japan's top financial diplomat Masato Kanda said that officials were in close contact with U.S.

Gold prices edged slightly lower in early Asian trade on Tuesday, as traders awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's minutes of the June meeting for more clues on its interest rate hike path ahead.FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold edged 0.1% lower to $1,919.95 per ounce by 0107 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were down similarly to $1,927.80.

By Tetsushi Kajimoto

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a process that will take decades to complete.

Indian market is likely to open flat after the benchmark equity indices closed at record levels with the Sensex surpassing 65,000-mark and the Nifty ending above 19,300 fuelled by favourable economic data, sustained foreign fund inflows and positive global cues. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.72%, while the Topix declined 0.45%. South Korea’s Kospi eased, while the Kosdaq rose 0.13%.  Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were trading around 130 points lower at 19,176.

By Leika Kihara

Brewing giant Lion Group will take full ownership of Four Pillars Gin as it advances its ambitions in the premium spirits category.

Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 episode 1 is going to be showcased on Crunchyroll and Netflix on Thursday, July 6, 2023, at 11:56 pm JST. The season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen will adapt the Gojo Past arc from the manga initially. The arc, which is also known as the Premature Death arc or Hidden Inventory arc, is focussed on Geto Suguru and Satoru Gojo. Geto Suguru and Satoru Gojo are friends and study at Tokyo Jujutsu High. They are asked to escort the Star Plasma Vessel to Master Tengen as the curse user groups look to conspire against the two. Now, let us see the timings of the new episode.

A wise music industry person once told me that the average lifespan of a band is about seven years. You form, get better, get big, peak, enter a decline, and then break up. You burn through all your youthful angst and energy, grow older, gain new perspectives, find yourself with new responsibilities and interests, and move on with your life.

Electric car sales could jump 35% this year to 14 million vehicles, an expansion in markets led by China, Europe and the U.S. that could cut oil demand by at least 5 million barrels a day, according to the International Energy Administration (IEA).