BRITAIN, ITALY, SWITZERLAND AND INDONESIA HAVE BEEN SHORTLISTED TO POTENTIALLY VERIFY HEZBOLLAH'S DISARMAMENT IN SOUTHERN LEBANON - SOURCES
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TRUMP HAS ORDERED THE U.S. NAVY TO RETURN TO STEAM CATAPULTS ON FUTURE FORD-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, ABANDONING THE NEWER ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCH SYSTEM, WITH THE CHANGE STARTING FROM THE FOURTH CARRIER, THE USS DORIS MILLER, WHILE THE FIRST THREE FORD-CLASS SHIPS KEEP THEIR ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, EVEN AS NAVY AND INDUSTRY LEADERS HAVE RESISTED THE IDEA FOR YEARS BECAUSE REDESIGNING THE SHIPS IS EXPECTED TO COST BILLIONS - WSJ
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JAPAN CONSIDERING COUNTERMEASURES FOLLOWING PUTIN'S VISIT TO DISPUTED ISLAND - NHK
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NEW ZEALAND'S JULY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED MANUFACTURING PMI CAME IN AT 54.3, DOWN FROM 59.7 - BUSINESSNZ, BNZ SURVEY
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U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY WRIGHT SAYS IRAN IS TRYING TO HOLD THE WORLD ECONOMY HOSTAGE, NOTING THAT 8-9 MLN BARRELS OF OIL TRANSIT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ DAILY AND THAT THE U.S. KNOWS HOW MANY SHIPS TRANSIT INTO AND OUT OF THE STRAIT EACH DAY.
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U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY WRIGHT SAYS THE U.S. IS TALKING AND COORDINATING WITH EVERY SHIP, WITH ITS ABILITY TO ESCORT AND BRING PRODUCTS GROWING.
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U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY WRIGHT SAYS OIL FLOWS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WITH THE U.S. ABILITY TO ESCORT AND BRING PRODUCTS GROWING
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TURKMENISTAN ACCOUNTS FOR 7 OF 12 LARGEST OIL AND GAS METHANE-EMITTING SOURCES IDENTIFIED BY UN SATELLITES, WITH ~236,750 TONNES OF ANNUAL EMISSIONS.

UNEP SAYS THE LARGEST METHANE RELEASES CAN BE TARGETED WITH REPAIRS AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES, OFFERING SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS-REDUCTION POTENTIAL.
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JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI HAS STRONGLY CONDEMNED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S VISIT TO ITURUP (ETOROFU), ONE OF THE FOUR DISPUTED KURIL ISLANDS CLAIMED BY JAPAN, SAYING THE VISIT WAS INCOMPATIBLE WITH JAPAN'S POSITION THAT THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES ARE INHERENTLY JAPANESE TERRITORY AND CALLING IT 'ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE'.
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JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI WARNED THAT THE VISIT COULD FURTHER DAMAGE ALREADY STRAINED JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS, WHICH HAVE DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, SAYING IT HAD STRENGTHENED ANTI-RUSSIAN SENTIMENT IN JAPAN AND MADE EFFORTS TO RESTORE BILATERAL RELATIONS OVER THE MEDIUM TO LONG TERM MORE DIFFICULT.
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JAPANESE INVESTORS BOUGHT ¥963.5 BLN OF FOREIGN STOCKS AFTER SELLING ¥276.4 BLN THE PRIOR WEEK, AND BOUGHT ¥1,629.4 BLN OF FOREIGN BONDS AFTER BUYING ¥477.9 BLN.

FOREIGN INVESTORS SOLD ¥368.5 BLN OF JAPANESE STOCKS AND ¥58.7 BLN OF JAPANESE BONDS AFTER BUYING ¥558.9 BLN OF BONDS THE PRIOR WEEK.
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IRAQI MEDIA: ERBIL HIT BY DRONE ATTACKS, WITH 5 POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS REPORTED
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DeepSeek releases official V4 Pro model with sharply higher user prices - NA
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OIL PRICES REMAINED UNDER PRESSURE AS TRADERS WAITED FOR PROGRESS ON REOPENING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHILE CONTINUED ATTACKS ON TANKERS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE KEPT SUPPLY RISKS ELEVATED, WITH WTI TRADING NEAR $81 A BARREL AFTER FALLING 2.4% IN THE PREVIOUS SESSION AND BRENT SETTLING AROUND $87.
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Asia-Pacific equities are mostly trading higher after Wall Street advanced, with the S&P 500 reaching a new record and the Nasdaq leading gains on tech strength and softer PPI data
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Zhu Rongji’s unbalanced reforms still haunt China - RTRS
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EURO STOXX 50 FUTURES UP 0.3%; DAX AND FTSE FUTURES EACH GAIN 0.4%
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ASIAN STOCKS GAINED AS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF MODERATING U.S. INFLATION AND A PULLBACK IN OIL PRICES REINFORCED BETS THE FED WILL REFRAIN FROM RAISING RATES NEXT MONTH, WITH MSCI'S ASIA PACIFIC GAUGE UP 0.4% AND SOUTH KOREA'S KOSPI JUMPING ALMOST 3%, AFTER THE S&P 500 ROSE 0.7% TO A RECORD AND THE NASDAQ 100 CLIMBED OVER 1% ON INCREASED HYPERSCALER SPENDING, WHILE THE TWO-YEAR YIELD FELL TO 4.14% AND MONEY MARKETS NOW PRICE LESS THAN A 40% CHANCE OF A SEPTEMBER HIKE.
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Trump Orders Navy to Restore Older Tech on Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions - WSJ
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Karoline Leavitt, the Press Secretary Who Perfected the Art of Defending Trump - WSJ
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South Korea’s moon landing, quantum chips: Seoul bets big on post-AI economy -SCMP
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