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Ministry of Energy: Saudi Arabia to Extend Voluntary Oil Cut of 1 Mln bpd for Another Month to Include August 

Saudi Arabia will extend the voluntary oil cut of one million barrels per day, which had gone into effect in July, for another month to include August.
Saudi Arabia will extend the voluntary oil cut of one million barrels per day, which had gone into effect in July, for another month to include August.
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Ministry of Energy: Saudi Arabia to Extend Voluntary Oil Cut of 1 Mln bpd for Another Month to Include August 

Saudi Arabia will extend the voluntary oil cut of one million barrels per day, which had gone into effect in July, for another month to include August.
Saudi Arabia will extend the voluntary oil cut of one million barrels per day, which had gone into effect in July, for another month to include August.

An official source from the Ministry of Energy announced that Saudi Arabia will extend the voluntary oil cut of one million barrels per day, which had gone into effect in July, for another month to include August.

The Kingdom’s production for August 2023 will be approximately 9 million barrels per day, revealed the source according to the Saudi Press Agency.

It lso noted that the cut is in addition to the voluntary cut previously announced by the Kingdom in April 2023, which extends until the end of December 2024.

The source confirmed that the latest move reinforces the precautionary efforts by OPEC+ countries to support the stability and balance of oil markets.

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China Expands Visa-free Entry to More Countries in Bid to Boost Economy

Shoppers with their purchased goods walk past a popular outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Shoppers with their purchased goods walk past a popular outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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China Expands Visa-free Entry to More Countries in Bid to Boost Economy

Shoppers with their purchased goods walk past a popular outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Shoppers with their purchased goods walk past a popular outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, on Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China announced Friday that it would expand visa-free entry to citizens of nine more countries as it seeks to boost tourism and business travel to help revive a sluggish economy.
Starting Nov. 30, travelers from Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Estonia, Latvia and Japan will be able to enter China for up to 30 days without a visa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said.
That will bring to 38 the number of countries that have been granted visa-free access since last year. Only three countries had visa-free access previously, and theirs had been eliminated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The permitted length of stay for visa-free entry is being increased from the previous 15 days, Lin said, and people participating in exchanges will be eligible for the first time. China has been pushing people-to-people exchange between students, academics and others to try to improve its sometimes strained relations with other countries, The Associated Press reported.
China strictly restricted entry during the pandemic and ended its restrictions much later than most other countries. It restored the previous visa-free access for citizens of Brunei and Singapore in July 2023, and then expanded visa-free entry to six more countries — France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia — on Dec. 1 of last year.
The program has since been expanded in tranches. Some countries have announced visa-free entry for Chinese citizens, notably Thailand, which wants to bring back Chinese tourists.
For the three months from July through September this year, China recorded 8.2 million entries by foreigners, of which 4.9 million were visa-free, the official Xinhua News Agency said, quoting a Foreign Ministry consular official.