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#theguardian.com. Russia’s foreign minister claims Ukraine to blame for attempted assassination of top general – Europe live. Sergei Lavrov blames shooting of Vladimir Alekseyev on Ukraine but does not back up Kremlin claim with evidence

#computerweekly.com. Australia’s CommBank partners business school to research artificial intelligence | Computer Weekly. Bank wants to better understand how its customers perceive, use and trust artificial intelligence as the technology is set to reach every corner of the finance sector.

#theguardian.com. Russian general Vladimir Alekseyev in critical condition after Moscow shooting. Deputy director of Russia’s military intelligence agency shot several times in the stairwell of his apartment

#oilprice.com. India Resumes Venezuelan Crude Purchases After U.S. Opens Market | OilPrice.com. Reliance Industries has resumed purchases of Venezuelan crude, marking India’s first deal since the U.S. took control of Venezuela’s oil sales and signaling a broader shift away from Russian supply und

#oilprice.com. Oil Tankers Wait Offshore as Russia Redirects Barrels to China | OilPrice.com. Russian oil cargoes are piling up in East Asian waters as India scales back purchases under U.S. pressure, forcing sellers to court Chinese refiners with deeper discounts.

#oilprice.com. India’s Imports of Russian Oil Dropped Sharply in December | OilPrice.com. India sharply reduced its imports of Russian crude in December as new U.S. sanctions disrupted trade flows, even as price sensitivity and refinery compatibility continue to favor Russian grades.

#theguardian.com. Bank of England keeps interest rates at 3.75% as inflation concerns persist. Bank indicates anti-inflation measures in Rachel Reeves’s budget likely to pave way for rate cuts in months ahead

#oilprice.com. Russian Oil Discounts Widen for China as Indian Purchases Falter | OilPrice.com. As India is tentatively pulling back from buying Russian oil after the U.S. trade deal, Russia’s crude is being offered in China at widening discounts to attract Chinese refiners

#oilprice.com. Romania Lines Up €1 Billion Battery Storage Build After Government Deal | OilPrice.com. Privately held MASS Group Holding plans to invest more than €1 billion (~$1.18 billion) in large-scale battery energy storage projects in Romania after reaching an agreement with the Romanian governmen

#economist.com. Just a moment.... The elusive Czech at the centre of European business

#oilprice.com. TotalEnergies Doubles Down on Clean Power With Major Airbus Supply Deal | OilPrice.com. TotalEnergies has signed long-term clean firm power contracts to supply 3.3 TWh of renewable electricity to Airbus sites in Germany and the UK, underscoring its commitment to expanding its integrated p

#oilprice.com. India’s Top Refiner Cashes In as Oil Prices Slide | OilPrice.com. Indian Oil, refining margins, crude oil prices, India fuel demand, Russian crude, oil refining, IOC earnings, oil profits, energy markets

#oilprice.com. Russia Shrugs Off India’s Oil Deal With Trump | OilPrice.com. Russia says the new U.S.–India trade deal will not materially threaten its oil exports, arguing that differences in crude quality and India’s refinery needs make large-scale substitution of Russian oil

#oilprice.com. Russia Signals It Will Keep Sending Oil to Cuba Despite U.S. Pressure | OilPrice.com. Russia says it will continue supplying crude oil to Cuba despite U.S. threats aimed at cutting off the island’s energy lifelines.

#theguardian.com. Condemnation of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot reached ‘tipping point’ after French raid, Australia’s eSafety chief says. A number of countries including Australia are investigating X over Grok-produced sexualised deepfakes

#wired.com. Mistral's New Ultra-Fast Translation Model Gives Big AI Labs a Run for Their Money. “Too many GPUs makes you lazy,” says the French startup's vice president of science operations, as the company carves out a different path than the major US AI companies.

#oilprice.com. Germany, France, and Italy Lead EU Push to Curb Reliance on China’s Minerals | OilPrice.com. The European Union has tasked Germany, France, and Italy with leading a coordinated effort to stockpile critical minerals, aiming to reduce dependence on China and shield European industry from geopoli

#oilprice.com. Uniper Shrugs Off Europe’s Growing Reliance on American LNG | OilPrice.com. Uniper argues that Europe’s growing reliance on U.S. LNG is economically rational, even as EU officials push for diversification to reduce geopolitical risk.

#oilprice.com. India Weighs Cheap Russian Oil Against Costly U.S. Trade Commitments | OilPrice.com. Deepening discounts on Russia’s Urals crude are failing to entice Indian refiners as a new U.S.-India trade deal complicates purchases of Russian oil.

#oilprice.com. Eni Expects ‘Very Finely Balanced’ LNG Market This Year | OilPrice.com. Italy’s energy major Eni expects the global LNG market to remain finely balanced in 2026 as Europe races to refill depleted gas storage and Asian demand rebounds, despite forecasts of a looming supply

#oilprice.com. Equinor Slashes 2026 Buybacks as Low Oil Prices Persist | OilPrice.com. Equinor sharply reduced its planned 2026 share buybacks after narrowly missing fourth-quarter earnings estimates, as lower oil and European gas prices outweighed higher production and record annual out

#oilprice.com. Germany Seeks Middle East LNG Deals | OilPrice.com. Germany is seeking liquefied natural gas supply deals with Gulf producers to reduce its heavy dependence on U.S. LNG amid growing geopolitical concerns.

#theguardian.com. Women in tech and finance at higher risk from AI job losses, report says. ‘Mid-career’ females also being sidelined by rigid hiring processes, says City of London Corporation