Stock markets diverge before Nvidia results, Federal Reserve minutes

• In the eurozone, the Frankfurt and Paris stock markets edged higher in afternoon deals.
• Hong Kong and Shanghai bourses jumped after Beijing's latest measures to boost China's stuttering economy.

Dutch court upholds $50bn payment award in Yukos case

• The Amsterdam Appeals Court turned down a claim by Moscow that shareholders had "committed fraud" during the arbitration process.
• In 2014 the international Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague ruled in favor of shareholders,

WHO registers eighty percent rise in measles case

• At least 95 percent of children need to be fully vaccinated against the disease in a locality to prevent outbreaks, but global vaccination rates have slipped to 83 percent.
• WHO official Crowcroft pointed out that 92 percent of all children who die from measles live among less than a quarter of the global population, mainly in very low-income countries

Global operation smashes ‘most harmful cyber crime group’

• LockBit and its affiliates have targeted governments, major companies, schools and hospitals, causing billions of dollars of damage.
• LockBit's website -- selling services that allow people to organize cyber attacks and hold data until a ransom is paid appears -- was taken over.

Iran-EU trade surpasses US$5bn in 2023, says Eurostat

• Trade between Iran and member states of the EU recorded a decrease of 9 percent from January to December 2023.
• During that period, the exchange of products between Iran and the EU member states was valued at US$5 billion.

KEZAD Group, Al Ghurair Group’s APT ink lease pact to set up manufacturing facility

• The 30,000 square meters advanced manufacturing facility for APT in KEZAD will be located adjacent to Emirates Global Aluminum.
• The facility will be one of the largest manufacturers of aluminum in the world and will be operational by early 2025.

Passenger traffic could exceed earlier figures, says Dubai Airports’ CEO

• Dubai International, the world's busiest airport for international passengers for nearly a decade, hit 87 million visits in 2023.
• Dubai Airports' official forecast for 2024 stands at 88.8 million passengers, despite the Israel- Hamas war which began in October.

West Bank situation an obstacle between Israel-Palestine peace, says EU

• Around 490,000 Israelis live in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, in dozens of settlements that are deemed illegal under international law.
• The settlers live alongside around three million Palestinians in the territory.

‘Hitler did it to Jews’: Lula accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

• They were among the strongest comments yet on the Israel-Hamas conflict from the Brazilian President.
• Brazil currently holds the rotating presidency of the G20.

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