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The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices, which will take effect tomorrow, July 10.
For the first time in more than a century, the U.S. Mint is issuing an unusually shaped gold coin that is also legal tender. The new coin, called the “Liberty Bell,” commemorates the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence and will go on sale on July 16.
On July 9, Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board will review a plan for a large-scale restructuring of the company, which calls for additional job cuts and the possible closure of several plants in Germany.
The global economy is facing new risks: inflation is picking up again, and Europe’s largest economies will grow more slowly than expected. This is the conclusion reached by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which, in its new World Economic Outlook report, revised its forecasts for a number of countries and warned of the consequences of rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions.
The Stargate UK project, announced last year and intended to be the UK’s largest initiative in the field of artificial intelligence infrastructure with a stated investment of up to £30 billion, is now facing renewed pressure.
Chinese authorities are considering restricting foreign users’ access to cutting-edge Chinese artificial intelligence models. This issue has been discussed over the past month during meetings between representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest technology companies.
Trump officially announced that the U.S. plans to completely lift restrictive measures against Turkey. “We don’t want sanctions against our friends,” the U.S. president emphasized upon his arrival in Ankara to attend the NATO summit.
Russia has increased its seaborne oil exports to their highest level since 2022. Over the past four weeks, average shipments have reached 4.22 million barrels per day, Bloomberg reports, citing tanker tracking data.
The world’s largest consumer goods manufacturers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to develop new products. Companies are integrating AI into their research and development departments, reducing the time it takes to develop formulas and conduct testing from months to weeks—and in some cases, by a factor of several.
The Russian government and the state corporation Roscosmos have established procedures for the procurement and planning of Earth remote sensing data. This marks the first time that rules governing the ordering and sale of satellite imagery have been introduced.
The German government intends to establish a national strategic natural gas reserve for use in emergencies. The project, costing up to 1.5 billion euros, is designed to ensure the stability of the energy supply in the event of disruptions to fuel imports or attacks on critical infrastructure.
For the first time since the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and the reopening of shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, a Qatari gas tanker was attacked and caught fire on July 7.
Global pork production will continue to grow at a moderate pace in 2026. According to a forecast by analysts at AMI, total production will increase by 0.6% to reach 129.5 million metric tons. The main drivers of growth will be China, Brazil, and the United States, which are ramping up production and offsetting the decline in pig farming in European Union countries.
The global diamond market continued to show mixed trends in June: prices for smaller stones continued to rise, while prices for one-carat diamonds fell.
The economies of a group of small European countries—from the Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, and Eastern Europe—will grow more than twice as fast as the eurozone over the next five years.
The French retail real estate market is not developing uniformly. While Paris’s luxury shopping streets are benefiting from the recovery in tourism, the number of vacant retail spaces is rising in most cities.
Corn futures surged sharply on major commodity exchanges after an abnormal heat wave caused serious damage to the crop in France, one of the European Union’s key corn-producing countries.
According to Eurostat, Greece led Europe in terms of rising unemployment in the first quarter of this year, emerging as the European labor market that was “impoverishing” the fastest.
Otokar, a Turkish manufacturer of land systems, has taken an important step toward expanding its presence in Europe by acquiring the Romanian company Automecanica S.A. This investment will establish Otokar’s first production facility in the European Union and support local production of COBRA II 4×4 tactical wheeled light armored vehicles for the Romanian Ministry of National Defense and, potentially, for the Moldovan Armed Forces.
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) noted Romania’s progress in complying with international standards on combating money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. However, the country will remain under the organization’s enhanced monitoring.
