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The South China Sea is a source of continuous conflict until the end of this century, and more importantly, it is becoming richer and using more and more electricity every day for refueling cars, air conditioning and cooking. Each third barrel of oil is already consumed here, most of which are located on the Paracel and Spratly Islands. Some countries bordering the South China Sea claim sovereignty over parts of the islands to claim the surrounding sea and its resources.

Japan business mood dries for the first time in a year

**Traffic on X reaches all-time high**

Xi calls Indonesia High-Speed Rail a 'Gold Standard' of ties in Japan.

**Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg** leader(https://www.ft.com/content/3bcc3949-0bf6-4f41-bc46-57cbb0df3a7f) **a parade of corporate insiders who have sold their companies' shares for hundreds of millions of dollars this quarter, signaling that the recent stock market rally may be peaking https://tinyurl.com/24m2u58y

The crypto firm Ripple is the latest major player to enter the $150 billion stablecoin market with the launch of a digital currency tied to the dollar. The stablecoin is always backed in 1 to 1 by an equivalent sum of assets the company has in reserve — U.S. dollar deposits, U.S. government bonds and cash equivalents — that it does not say which company will audit. Ripple is first launching its stablecoin in the United States, but did not rule out offering additional

**Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) says the US, Britain and Ukraine are behind the Moscow terrorist attack**

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the US eased by 2,000 to 210,000 over the week ending March 23rd, beating market expectations of 215,000 to extend the momentum of relatively low claim counts since the start of February. In the meantime, continuing claims rose by 24,000 to 1,819,000 in the earlier week, offsetting the downward revision from earlier in March to reach its highest since mid-January.

India fertility fall puts policymakers on the clock to avoid Japan-like strain

China-organized naval forum will seek to prevent drone crashes at sea to prevent