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By Jonathan Stempel

Real impact, not just proximity: That’s the takeaway for oil bulls who expected the Israel-Hamas war to guarantee pricing at $100 per barrel or more, only to realize that even the worst fighting the Middle East has seen in decades cannot give them a free ride unless the crude traffic itself takes a hit.

United States accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday of trying to use the Israel-Hamas war to reduce Western support for Ukraine, which it said requires continued backing from Washington to prevent Russian success. Hamas militants carried out a shock cross-border attack from Gaza this month that Israeli officials say killed more than 1,400 people, prompting Washington to rush military aid to Israel and sparking fears in Kyiv that backing for its war against invading Russian forces could suffer. «Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us… and that it will result in the United States pulling back its resources» from Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a Senate hearing on supplemental national security funding. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned during the same hearing that Putin will succeed in his bid to seize Ukrainian territory if the United States halts support for Kyiv. «I can guarantee you that without our support, Putin will be successful,» Austin said.

BHP will spend a further $US4.9 billion ($7.7 billion) to build stage two of the Jansen potash project in Canada, bringing the total investment for the project to $US15.1 billion.

The gap between the U.S. and European economies is widening, with growth and inflation on different trajectories as the fallout from the war in Ukraine weighs on Europe’s prospects. The European Union’s statistics agency Tuesday said the combined gross domestic product of the eurozone’s 20 members fell by an annualized 0.4% in the three months through September, having increased by 0.6% in the previous quarter.

Joe Biden's top advisers will try to convince U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that it is in the country's best interest to provide billions more dollars to Ukraine and Israel despite huge budget deficits and divisions over his administration's policies toward both countries. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will testify to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Biden's request for $106 billion to fund ambitious plans for Ukraine, Israel and U.S.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Transportation and Logistics Fund by Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund that has again caused many investors to ask if the same is worth considering. The fund launch on October 27, 2023, has again set the stage for investors to inquire about the validity of investing in NFOs, especially, when they pertain to themes like these. No doubt, some thematic funds have helped investors create the much-desired wealth.

According to its forecasts, its baseline case is for oil prices are expected to average $90 a barrel in the current quarter before declining to an average of $81 a barrel next year as global economic growth slows.

Europe had been moving towards the slaughterhouse for years, and by 1914 a conflict was all but inevitable—that, at least, is the argument often made in hindsight. Yet at the time, as Niall Ferguson, a historian, noted in a paper published in 2008, it did not feel that way to investors. For them, the first world war came as a shock.

The disturbing fact of the past month is that Jews are under attack not only in Israel and not only by Hamas. The weeks since the barbaric Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of Israel have witnessed physical assaults on Jews the world over, including in the U.S.

Government-owned broadcaster SBS has secured the rights to the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, outbidding commercial free-to-air networks and streaming giants including Paramount and Optus Sport.

Cost of living Updates Oct 31 LIVE: The cost of living is basically the amount of money one needs to survive in a given place - to cover one's most essential needs such as food, water, housing, taxes, cost of commute and healthcare, etc. The high rate of inflation has pushed up the cost of living across the globe, burning a hole in common man's pocket.

Cost of living Updates Oct 31 LIVE: The cost of living is basically the amount of money one needs to survive in a given place - to cover one's most essential needs such as food, water, housing, taxes, cost of commute and healthcare, etc. The high rate of inflation has pushed up the cost of living across the globe, burning a hole in common man's pocket.

Armenia in South Caucasus is a hidden treasure with its world class wines, pristine valleys, breathtaking views that caters to a variety of tourists and lagro products that would be savoured globally. Not many are aware that the world’s first winery existed in Armenia 6,000 years back and in present-day Armenia it has been revived leading to a craze for tastier home-grown wine even as the locally produced Brandy remains popular in the region and beyond. Over the last decade and a half almost 200 local wine brands have entered the market making a market not only locally but in Russia, Europe and the USA. India is the next preferred target for the Armenian wine industry in the backdrop of emerging strategic partnership. Leading from the front is Armas and its dynamic CEO Victoria Aslanian – vineyards, Winery, Distillery, Hotel and Tasting room. “Wine existed in Armenia since antiquity and the industry has been revived successfully.

Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have strengthened their pledge to work together to ensure smooth supply chains for essentials like energy and food despite global uncertainties

Melanie Joly warned Monday.And for Canada, the stakes are high.That warning comes from prepared remarks set to be delivered by Joly on Canada’s place in an uncertain world at the Economic Club of Canada. She is set to make the speech at 12:40 eastern, and Global News will livestream it at the top of this page.“Our world is marked by geopolitical turbulence, unpredictability and uncertainty.

Telegram will block channels that called for anti-Semitic violence in Russia's Dagestan region, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Monday. «Channels calling for violence will be blocked for violating the rules of Telegram, Google, Apple and the entire civilised world,» Durov wrote on his own Telegram channel.

Thailand’s second-largest bank, signaling bullish fervor for blockchain after buying out one of the region’s local crypto exchanges through one of its subsidiaries.

₹35,000 crore (approx). As per the agreement five squadrons of S-400 missiles was set to be delivered by Russia to India.

By Andrew Osborn and Filipp Lebedev

Israel-Gaza War: An unusual development took place in Russia’s Dagestan airport when throes of protestors stormed the premises, ostensibly demonstrating against the arrival of a flight from Israel amid the war in Gaza. The development comes in a country which has been at war with East European neighbour, Ukraine, for almost twenty months now. Catch LIVE updates on Israel-Gaza war According to reports the crowd broke past security, with some making it onto the runway of Makhachkala airport, before they were removed by security forces.