Vienna [Austria], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): OPEC on Thursday revised the world oil demand growth forecast and lowered it by some 0.16 million barrels per compared to October's assessment and it now stands at 5.7 million barrels per day.
Moscow [Russia], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) maintained its forecasts for Russia's oil and condensate production in 2021 and 2022 unchanged at 10.78 million barrels per day (mb/d) and 11.78 mb/d respectively.
Moscow [Russia], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that he plans to hold a serious conversation about Ukraine with France at the 2+2 negotiations between foreign and defense ministers that Paris hosts on Friday.
Berlin [Germany], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will expand sanctions on Belarus and individuals and companies involved in transporting illegal migrants there, including sectoral sanctions, Acting Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday.
Johannesburg [South Africa], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk has passed away aged 85, his fund said on Thursday.
Moscow [Russia], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarussian and Russian aviation will monitor the Belarus-Ukraine border, in addition to borders with Poland and Baltic countries, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday.
Moscow [Russia], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 40,759 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 38,058 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 8,952,472, the federal response center said on Thursday.
Moscow [Russia], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East on Thursday, the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) said.
Damascus [Syria], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone nine times over the past 24 hours, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a
New York [US], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council issued a statement in which it reiterated the members' concern over the situation in Myanmar following the military coup in February and again urged the country's military authorities to exercise restraint.
Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral virtual summit on Monday, Sputnik reported citing Politico.
Lagos [Nigeria], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 15 people were killed in an armed attack by bandits on villages in southeastern Nigeria, the country's Daily Trust newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing sources.