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By Ahmad Ghaddar

It’s quite fascinating the difference a week can make for the storage forecasters in natural gas. There’s no certainty yet if a new trend is in place for those who had been off-target week after week — sometimes horrendously — on the number of cubic feet that got injected into underground salt caverns in the United States. 

The world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, has seen the departure of 10 key executives from various departments in the first nine months of 2023. While executive departures from a company are the norm based on their preset contractual obligations, the number of executives leaving Binance amid growing regulatory troubles has been a key talking point in the crypto community.

Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the government over the heads of state of Russia and China not coming for the G20 Summit, saying their absence raises a lot of questions which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar should answer.

Very rarely should you celebrate rising unemployment. This is one of those times. Friday’s news that the unemployment rate rose to 3.8% in August, an 18-month high, is one of several recent signs that the labor market has softened significantly.

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A two-day summit in Romania has started in the country's capital bringing together 12 European Union member states situated between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has taken a test ride on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, which connects two Indonesian cities as part of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Germany’s opposition and regional governments to help slash a “thicket of bureaucracy” that slows down Europe’s biggest economy, as his government grapples with poor poll ratings and a reputation for internal strife hal...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing growing skepticism from some leading rich and developing nations as the residual impact of sanctions against Russia is deepening divisions among the Group of 20 countries

COVID-19 pandemic. His remarks come amidst growing concerns over China's assertive actions in territorial disputes, which were highlighted by Beijing's release of a controversial map claiming territories of other nations as part of China. India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan have protested against the Chinese map.

The climate change expert conducting a review for the Albanese government into carbon leakage – the importation of products from countries which do not have strong carbon abatement policies – said a carbon tariff for imported goods could become a “slippery slope into protectionism”.

brigade, and Serhiy Ogerenko, his chief of staff, speaking to Ukrainska Pravda, a newspaper, say civilians helped correct artillery fire, even using their own commercial drones. Colonel Shevchuk says that, if his men knew that Russians were near a particular village but were unsure precisely where, they would open Google Maps, find a local shop and cold-call it. “Good evening, we are from Ukraine! Do you have any kaptsaps [Russians] about? Yes.

Russia and Ukraine, five drones were shot down overnight in three Russian regions, with one targeting the capital city, Moscow. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties from these incidents. Meanwhile, Russia continued its fourth day of air attacks on Ukraine's port city, Izmail, situated on the Danube River.

Mint takes a look at the issue. A joint declaration or a joint communique at the end of a formal summit is usually standard diplomatic practice. It seeks to show a unified front and some level of agreement on key issues.

map," China has been questioned by various countries with many of them lodging protests against the nation. Japan is the latest country to join the others in rejecting Beijing's map. According to Matsuno Hirokazu, chief cabinet secretary of Japan, the map's description of the Senkaku Islands is based on Beijing's claims. Hirokazu said the islands are unquestionably an «inherent part» of Japan's territory, in terms of both history and international law, according to Japanese public broadcaster, NHK World. He said that Japan has lodged a strong protest with Beijing via diplomatic channels and has demanded an immediate retraction of the description on the map. However, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson dismissed the Japanese government's protest over a description of Japan's Senkaku Islands in a new map released by Beijing, according to NHK. Notably, Japan controls the islands.

China said on Thursday that 90 countries have confirmed attendance for its Belt and Road Initiative conference being held in October, The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held in Beijing in October, the foreign ministry has previously said, with 2023 marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Several foreign leaders are expected to attend, including Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, state media reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin also has a scheduled visit to China in October when the country hosts the One Belt One Road forum, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov said recently, according to Russia's state news agency TASS. «We have received an invitation and plan to go to China,» Ushakov said, according to a report from the Global Times. China's foreign ministry said the country has signed Belt and Road cooperation documents with more than 150 countries and over 30 international organizations, according to Xinhua. «Over the past decade, Belt and Road cooperation has achieved fruitful outcomes,» Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin recently said at a press conference, adding that it has established more than 3,000 cooperation projects and galvanized nearly $1 trillion of investment, state media reported. Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative — billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost global trade infrastructure — as a tool for President Xi Jinping's China to spread its geopolitical and economic influence. Debate in the West over economic dependence on China has cast a shadow over longer-term trade and investment relations with Beijing.

On the Comex, Brent Oil futures were trading at $90.420, down $0.180 or 0.200%. After a strong rally, crude oil futures are witnessing some profit-booking at higher levels, but the overall trend remains positive, and a buy-on-dips strategy is recommended, analyst Anuj Gupta, Head Commodity & Currency at HDFC Securities, told ETMarkets. He suggests a buy at Rs 7,050 with a stop loss of Rs 6,950 and a target of Rs 7,300. The prices are at 10-month high levels, the analyst informed. Crude oil futures have gained 5.47% or Rs 377/bbl in September while the year-to-day gains stand at Rs 694 or 10.59%, Gupta said. Analyst Prathamesh Mallya, Deputy Vice President, Research, Non-Agro Commodities & Currency at Angel One, believes that the uptick in prices is on the back of declining US inventories and sustained production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia, and the situation could remain as it is, going ahead. Earlier, Reuters reported the US crude oil inventories were projected to fall by 5.5 million barrels in the week ending September 1, quoting market sources in the American Petroleum Institute.

Mint takes a look at the issue. A joint declaration or a joint communique at the end of a formal summit is usually standard diplomatic practice. It seeks to show a unified front and some level of agreement on key issues.