Nigeria is said to be close to a decision to allow the naira to trade more freely.

Google ( GOOG.O , GOOGL.O ) US stocks fell 0.5% before the market.

OPENAI, Google need to evaluate tools such as GPT-4.

Final negotiations on an EU AI bill are due to start later today.

European Parliament votes to ban real-time remote biometrics. The EU ban means real-time face scanning is not possible in public places.

Statoil: Hammerfest LNG project restarts today as scheduled.

UK ASLEF union: UK train drivers vote to extend strike

The New Zealand dollar NZD/USD rose more than 0.50% on the day and is now at 0.6180.

Czech Bank Deputy Governor FRAIT: "I can still see some cases for a rate hike, but I believe they are weaker than at the last meeting."

The Israeli shekel lost 2.2 percent, heading for its biggest drop in a year.

An index of Turkish banks rose 3.3 percent.

The South African rand strengthened 1.05% against the dollar to hit 18.4425.

Brunei liquefied natural gas (LNG) production resumed after shutdown.

Vodafone and Hutchison to merge British telecoms unit into joint venture.

Lenovo said annual AI infrastructure revenue has exceeded $2 billion.

German Defense Minister Pistorius on the European Sky Defense System: We have received declarations of interest from 18 countries.

Lenovo will invest over the next three years.

Lenovo will invest an additional US$1 billion to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

German Chancellor Scholz: For air defense systems like ARROW 3, we are confident that we can implement these projects in the European Sky Shield program. We trust that everything will be approved.