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Russia’s trade ministry says it has developed a tool that can help crypto miners evade Western sanctions.

Steve Carell is set to take on the role of the title character in the revival of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” The production, scheduled to take place at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, will commence previews on April 2, 2024, with the official opening night slated for April 24, 2024. Steve Carell, an actor with an Oscar nomination to his credit, has an extensive filmography that includes notable works such as «Anchorman,» «Foxcatcher,» and «Despicable Me.» Recently, he featured in Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” and took on the roles of executive producer and lead in FX’s “The Patient,” earning a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. His television appearances include starring in two seasons of Apple TV+'s “The Morning Show” and his iconic role in NBC’s “The Office.” Upcoming projects for Carell include an appearance in “If,” directed by John Krasinski, his co-star from “The Office.”

Cyprus Confidential is an eight-month collaboration by more than 270 journalists and 69 media organisations in 55 countries, to investigate a huge trove of leaked documents from companies that administer shell companies, in Cyprus and other jurisdictions typically used by companies wanting secrecy.

A massive leak of documents has exposed how accounting giant PwC’s Cyprus arm scrambled to help Russian oligarchs facing the threat of sanctions in March last year, moving assets out of their names in the first days of the Ukraine invasion.

President Joe Biden wants to show Asia-Pacific leaders that he remains focused on the region even as his administration is grappling with the wars in Ukraine and the Mideast and a looming government shutdown in Washington

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says he will discuss international response to the purported North Korean-Russian weapons deal during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco this week

A Moscow court has fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions with the West over the fighting in Ukraine

The United States is hosting the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference this week for the first time since 2011

₹60,000 crore plan to upgrade the SU30 MKI fleet into lethal 4++ generation aircraft can be considered a facet of New Delhi’s current policy bent and objectives. While the ‘Super Sukhoi’ will include an array of domestic technologies, two aspects of it are especially revelatory. The induction of the Virupaksha AESA radar system, a gallium nitride derivative of India’s indigenous Uttam radar, followed by planned upgrades to AL31FP aero-engines are cases in point here.

Google for refusal to store Russian users’ data on servers in Russia. A magistrate at Moscow's Tagansky district court imposed the fine on Google after the IT company repeatedly refused to store personal data on Russian citizens in Russia.

There is mounting evidence that the US is cutting its direct dependence on Chinese imports—to the lowest level in 17 years, by some measures. Mexico and Canada in the middle of this year overtook China as top exporters to the US. This points to both a gradual decoupling of the two largest economies in the world as well as the rise of friend-shoring.

IEA) on Tuesday raised its oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next despite an expected deceleration in economic growth in nearly all major economies. Although voluntary supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia until the end of the year will keep supply tight, with demand growth still set to slow, the market could shift into surplus at the start of 2024, the Paris-based IEA said. While overall economic and oil demand growth are expected to lose steam next year, demand in 2023 has been supported by resilient U.S. deliveries and record September demand from China. Expectations for 2024, meanwhile, are underpinned by hopes of interest rate cuts and the recent fall in crude prices, the IEA, the energy adviser to industrialised nations, added. «For now, with demand still exceeding available supplies heading into the Northern Hemisphere winter, market balances will remain vulnerable to heightened economic and geopolitical risks — and further volatility ahead.» Brent oil prices have weakened to around $82 a barrel from a 2023 high in September near $98.

Read our coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and the Ukraine war A concatenation of crises is hardly unprecedented. Sergey Radchenko, a historian, points to the examples of the Soviet invasion of Hungary and the Suez crisis overlapping in 1956, crises in Lebanon and the Taiwan Strait in 1958 and the tumultuous years of 1978-79, when the Chinese invasion of Vietnam, the Islamic revolution in Iran and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan unfolded in quick succession. In 1999 India and Pakistan, newly armed with nuclear missiles, waged a war over Kashmir while NATO bombed Serbian forces in Yugoslavia.

Google 15 million roubles ($164,000) for repeated refusal to localise storage of user data in Russia, the Interfax news agency reported. Russian law requires technology companies to store users' data on servers inside the country.

By Emily Chow and Trixie Yap

Rajnath Singh will pay a two-day visit to Indonesia to attend a meeting of a grouping comprising 10-nation ASEAN and some of its dialogue partners that is expected to deliberate on evolving regional security scenarios. Singh is likely to present India's views on dealing with major security challenges facing the region at the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus).

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Tuesday, extending gains after a report from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries helped ease some concerns over slowing demand.

Oil prices inched up on Tuesday after an OPEC report said market fundamentals remained strong and due to concerns supplies might be disrupted as the U.S. cracks down on Russian oil exports. Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4%, to $82.85 a barrel by 0113 GMT. U.S.

Biden-Xi bilateral will be the marquee moment of the forum, which is dedicated to promoting trade, investment, and economic development among nations around the Pacific Ocean. The meeting came amid rising tension between the two nations following a series of events touched off by the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon that had wafted across the US earlier this year. 1) Trade, Taiwan, and managing fraught US-Chinese relations are likely to feature in the talks between the two world leaders.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. has bought 1.2 million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after selling the largest amount ever from the stockpile last year, the U.S. Energy Department said on Monday.

real estate investors in the Dubai property market, playing a pivotal role in shaping the city's real estate market. The Betterhomes Residential Market Report showed Indians topping the nationalities list in the June and September quarters — up from No.