Papua New Guinea Police Chief: An Australian pilot and two passengers kidnapped in Papua New Guinea early Monday have been released uninjured.

Indonesia’s Planning Minister said after the cabinet meeting that Indonesia has set its economic growth target for 2025 at 5.3%-5.6%.

Kotecki, a member of the Polish Central Bank: The possibility of raising interest rates cannot be ruled out.

Kotecki, a member of the Polish Central Bank: Poland should not cut interest rates until the core CPI is close to 2.5%.

Kotecki, member of the Polish Central Bank: Poland’s CPI is expected to reach 4%-8% by the end of 2024. Poland’s CPI will depend on the government’s anti-inflation policy.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a competition law investigation into eight housebuilders.

Svitzer, the tugboat company of Maersk Group, expects revenue to grow by 3.5%-5% in 2024.

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): Planning and restrictions result in too few homes being built.

Gazprom: It will continue to deliver natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, with a delivery volume of 41.2 million cubic meters on Monday.

Israeli military: In the past 24 hours, Israeli troops killed 30 Palestinian armed militants in the Zeitoun district of Gaza City.

Director-General of the WTO: (on the reform of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism) We have not reached that point yet.

WTO Director-General: The global trading system is being “distorted and weakened.”

WTO Director-General: The growth rate of merchandise trade this year may be lower than the forecast of 3.3%.

Market News: Stellantis (STLA.N) and French car rental company Ayvens are negotiating a multi-billion euro agreement involving 500,000 vehicles.

According to NHK, there is no tsunami threat from the earthquake in Japan.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation: the preliminary magnitude of the earthquake in Japan was 5.1.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation: the earthquake magnitude that occurred in western Japan was 4.

Japan Meteorological Agency: An earthquake occurred in Nanyo, Japan.

An Israeli statement said the Israeli industry minister met with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of a conference hosted by the United Arab Emirates.