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China asks state firms to add 60 mn barrels of oil to reserves: Report

China currently imports roughly 11 million barrels of crude per day. Five state oil firms - CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, Sinochem and Zhenhua Oil - have been tasked with the stockpiling

From Netflix fame to Saudi cell: Animator faces 13 yrs in prison for tweets

A Saudi court sentenced the Netflix animator to 13 years in prison and imposed a 30-year travel ban for tweets posted over a decade ago

China's BYD opens EV unit in Thailand; first factory in Southeast Asia

Hong Kong-listed shares of the automaker rose 3.2 per cent to HK$237.60, their biggest intraday jump since June 13

Tesla's best-selling Model Y for 1st time on Chinese govt purchase list

China's eastern Jiangsu provincial government published 56 batches of new energy vehicle procurements for use as service cars by party

Toronto home sales rise in June after four straight months of decline

The Bank of Canada cut rates by 0.25 per cent to 4.75 per cent in early June, saying monetary policy no longer needed to be as restrictive

French senate calls for change to nuclear power price regulation

The Senate inquiry commission recommended replacing last November's agreement with 'real regulation' in the form of a CfD on the existing nuclear fleet

Russian, Chinese Presidents attend SCO; Putin emphasises group's security

Putin and Xi joined the leaders of other countries that are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at its annual meeting in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana

At SCO, Putin bats for Eurasian security; Xi calls for peaceful resolution

Putin and Xi have expanded the SCO, a club founded in 2001 with Russia, China and Central Asian nations, to include India, Iran and Pakistan as a counterweight to the West

Australia: Pro-Palestinians breach Parliament's security; unfurl banners

Inside the building, Afghanistan-born Sen. Fatima Payman, announced that she had quit the ruling Labour Party over her refusal to toe the party line on Gaza

UK's Barclays to sell German consumer finance business to Austrian bank

The sale of the Hamburg-based Barclays unit to BAWAG will give the Austrian bank the ability to expand its loan book and customer base in the region

9-yr-old Indian-origin girl chess prodigy to be youngest in England team

Bodhana, from Harrow in north-west London, will join the England Women's Team at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary

Fires are most visible sign on border as Hezbollah-Israel fight continues

The blazes exacerbated by supply shortages and security concerns have consumed thousands of hectares of land in southern Lebanon and northern Israel

Russia-linked cybercampaigns target France, focus on Olympics and elections

All are part of disinformation campaigns orchestrated out of Russia and targeting France, according to French officials and cybersecurity experts in Europe and the United States

China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as avg temperatures hit new highs

Last year, average national temperatures hit a new high, leading to record levels of glacial retreat and melting permafrost in the northwest

Japan to have a shortage of 1 million foreign workers in 2040: Think tank

Foreign workers are crucial to Japan's economy as they help to fill a severe labour shortage

As Iran votes for new President, rise in gasoline prices may spark protests

While still tentative, economists long have warned Iran that it needs to overhaul its system of subsidies, estimated to cost the Islamic Republic tens of billions of dollars a year

Future of Rishi Sunak as PM hangs in balance as voting begins in UK polls

Candidates are being fielded for 650 constituencies across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with 326 required for a majority in the first past the post system

Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, running to be Iran's next president

Pezeshkian will face the hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Friday's election, Jalili already may hold an edge as another hard-liner knocked out in last week's election

Sri Lanka strikes pvt debt restructuring deal with bondholders, says min

Officials said the expected haircut agreed upon would amount to 28 per cent, with an upfront payment to ISB holders commencing from September this year

UK elections: Five questions ratings firms have for the new government

With a relatively modest 1.3 percentage point of GDP primary budget deficit likely this year, the UK isn't as far away from a debt-stabilizing balance as G7 peers the US, France and Italy are at least