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Oil prices moved little in early Asian trade on Thursday as the prospect of tighter supply with output cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia and a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stocks were offset by worries over a sluggish demand recovery in China. Brent crude futures was down 2 cents to $76.63 a barrel by 0038 GMT after settling up 0.5% the previous day.

The Associated Press.  Grave violations include the recruitment and use of children by combatants, killings and injuries, sexual violence, abductions, and attacks on schools and hospitals. UNICEF also expressed particular concern about their plight in Haiti, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Ukraine, where Russia has been put on the UN blacklist.

New Development Bank, a financial institution created by the BRICS bloc of emerging markets, doesn't have any immediate plans for the group to create a common currency, its vice president and chief financial officer said. While the members of BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are pushing to conduct more trade between each other in local currencies, they aren't ready to challenge the global dominance of the dollar, Leslie Maasdorp said in an interview on Wednesday with Bloomberg TV.

rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans. India accounts for more than 40% of world rice exports, which were 56 million tonnes in 2022, but low inventories mean any cut in shipments will fuel food prices driven up by Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year and erratic weather. «India was the cheapest supplier of rice,» B.V.

Europe's Ariane 5 rocket on Wednesday blasted off from French Guiana for the final time, carrying two military communications satellites and leaving its nations with a vacuum in autonomous access to space for the first time in more than four decades. The 53-metre-tall, three-stage launcher left the launchpad in the French spaceport of Kourou on its 117th and final mission at 7 p.m.

People in Taiwan have been following every twist of the war in Ukraine. But, while their sympathy for the Ukrainian cause is near-universal, the conclusions for the island’s own future widely diverge. To some, the takeaway is that even a seemingly invincible foe can be defeated if a society stands firm, an inspiration for Taiwan’s own effort to resist a feared invasion by China.

When Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian was released from Iran after 544 days of imprisonment, he said his welcome home came with bills of $20,000 for unpaid taxes, late payment penalties and interest. Rezaian had given his brother power of attorney to manage his affairs while he was abroad—but that power didn’t allow his brother to submit tax returns on his behalf. “There was no pause button for wrongful detention," Rezaian said.

India's Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri is in Iran with an aim to promote freight transit through the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and extend the usage of Chabahar Port, India's first foreign port project. Iran is a key partner in India's extended neighbourhood and Misri's visit coincides with the country's entry into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Makers have been releasing one episode per week since June 21, 2023. There will be a total of six episodes of «Secret Invasion». Episode 1 — 'Resurrection' — was released on June 21, 2023. The second episode titled 'Promises' was premiered on June 28, 2023. Episode 3 'Betrayed' has been dropped on July 5. The 4th, 5th, and 6th episodes will be released on July 12, July 19 and July 26. The MCU series is directed by Ali Selim. The six-episode show follows Nick Fury as he and his allies fight to stop the shapeshifting reptilian humanoids known as the Skrulls from committing international terrorist attacks and eventually invading Earth. The plot of the series focuses on Skrull rebel leader Gravik who is trying to incite a war between the United States and Russia so that the Skrulls can take over Earth. Fighting alongside allies, which include Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and his Skrull ally Talos. Fury fights to save humanity in a race against time amidst a massive Skrull invasion. The cast includes Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, a Skrull ally of Nick Fury, Emilia Clarke as G'iah, Talos' daughter, and Olivia Colman as agent Sonya Falsworth.

Reserve Bank of India. “INR has potential to become an international currency as India is one of the fastest growing countries and has shown remarkable resilience even in the face of headwinds,” the group led by Ratho wrote in the report.

Imagine the following scenario. A political outsider wins a critical election by promising to root out corruption. Even if that is a sincere intention, upon assuming office, the winner will quickly realize that it is best to focus on critics of the government and opposition political parties, since going after one’s own allies for corruption will erode one’s political base.

Oil rose as traders weighed Saudi Arabian and Russian production cuts after a slew of low-volume trading sessions.

Capital controls have helped insulate the rouble against geopolitics in the 16 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, but mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's aborted march toward Moscow on June 24 has reverberated through markets and raised questions about President Vladimir Putin's grip on power. By 1315 GMT, the rouble was 1.7% weaker against the dollar at 90.54, earlier hitting 91.0675, its weakest point since March 28, 2022. It lost 1.6% to trade at 98.76 versus the euro, earlier passing the 99 mark for the first time in more than 15 months, and shed 1.2% against the yuan to 12.49, a more than 14-month low.

Adani Wilmar said on Wednesday that first-quarter sales has declined by 15 per cent on sharp fall in edible oil prices eclipsed strong demand for its food products. Edible oil prices have been on a decline since last year, hit by lower consumer demand in developed economies, easing of supply in the Black Sea region and strong production of oilseeds.

Yandex faces prosecution in a Russian court for alleged offences under the country's so-called "LGBT propaganda" law, a notice on the court's website said on Wednesday. The move to prosecute Artem Savinovsky, for which no hearing date was listed, comes a day after a different court levied a 1 million rubles ($11,048) fine against an online film database owned by Yandex under the same law.

(Reuters) — Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) on Wednesday lowered its oil price forecasts, predicting a market surplus in the first half of 2024 with non-OPEC supply growing faster than demand next year.

Investing.com — Global oil benchmark Brent weakened Wednesday on renewed worries of a global economic slowdown, overshadowing the news earlier this week of more supply cuts from a series of top producers.

₹5,863 per bbl, having swung between ₹5,795 and ₹5,895 per bbl during the session so far, compared to their previous close of ₹5,850 per bbl. Also Read: Asia refiner expects Saudi Arabia to cut August crude prices -Brent has dropped from $113 per barrel a year ago, sent lower on concerns of sluggish economic growth. However, both Saudi and Russia have been trying to raise oil prices with new output cuts.

By Natalie Grover

UN Security Council meeting on cyber-security. Almost everyone at the meeting stressed what all states have already agreed: international law, including the UN Charter in its entirety, applies in cyberspace. Russia did not.

China is presented as an exception: a peace-loving giant that seeks only to do good. Instilling cynicism about the world serves the party well. Without it, February 4th could be a ticklish anniversary for President Xi Jinping.