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Oil prices edged up after industry executives flagged concerns about limited spare capacity in the market and uncertainty over Russian supplies while demand from top crude importer China is recovering.

Oil prices opened lower on Monday after China set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5%, lower than market expectations of 5.5% growth in the world's second- largest oil consumer.

China's science and technology policies should aim to build its strength and self-reliance, Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday.

China increases military spending in face of 'escalating' threats

As the war enters its second year, Russia isn't fighting Ukraine alone and is expected to receive critical assistance from other authoritarian regimes.

The Biden administration approved 192 licenses worth over $23 billion to ship U.S. goods to Chinese companies on a trade blacklist.

Oil prices dipped on Friday but were poised to register a weekly gain, with renewed optimism on China's demand recovery outweighing worries over recession, growing U.S.

European stocks rose in early trading on Friday, as investor risk appetite was boosted by signs of an economic recovery in China, even after expectations for European Central Bank rate hikes kept government bond yields at their highest in years.

Oil edged higher on Thursday, though gains made on signs of a strong economic rebound in top crude importer China were kept in check by fears over the impact of potnetial increases to European interest rates.

Miners and luxury firms lifted European shares on Wednesday after strong data from China brought relief to investors fearful of an economic slowdown, while declines in shares of eurozone's biggest bank BNP Paribas kept the gains in check.

Two and a half years after Chinese trade restrictions hit Australian products from coal to wine, a diplomatic thaw between Beijing and Canberra has raised hopes for a revival of exports and spurred businesses to take steps to rebuild ties.

Igor Girkin, a former Russian intelligence officer criticised Russia's failure in Ukraine.

Macron to visit China after Beijing's Ukraine peace plan.

The bizarre kissing device, which has gone viral, was designed with moving silicon lips and was created to allow people to feel "real" intimacy.

As the Russia Ukraine war, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, enters its second year, many Asian companies still continue their operations in Russia.

A team of influential economists has urged China to adopt a new development model based on "wellbeing" rather than GDP growth in order to fulfil its 2060 net-zero emissions goals and head off the mounting threats of climate change.

A video of a 28-year-old Chinese woman crying about never having a boyfriend has gone viral on the internet.

China's job fairs are making a comeback after being forced online by COVID-19 for three years, but subdued wages and less abundant offerings in sectors exposed to weakening external demand point to an uneven and guarded economic recovery.

Bao Fan is the CEO of China Renaissance Holdings, one of the country's top investment firms.

China blasts US over 'hysterical' balloon claim

Birkin bagmaker Hermes said that wealthy Chinese clients snapped up its products in the fourth quarter even as the rest of the luxury sector took a hit from rising COVID infections, helping it beat sales and margin forecasts.