روسيا تحرّك سلاحي الغاز والحبوب

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ارتفعت الأسعار بسبب مخاوف حظر النفط الروسي (رويترز)
ارتفعت الأسعار بسبب مخاوف حظر النفط الروسي (رويترز)
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روسيا تحرّك سلاحي الغاز والحبوب

ارتفعت الأسعار بسبب مخاوف حظر النفط الروسي (رويترز)
ارتفعت الأسعار بسبب مخاوف حظر النفط الروسي (رويترز)

بينما تحتدم المعارك بين القوات الروسية والأوكرانية في مدينة سيفيرودونيتسك بالشرق الأوكراني ووسط إقرار الاتحاد الأوروبي في ختام قمته أمس، عقوبات تدريجية على شحنات النفط الروسية، بدأت موسكو تحريك سلاحي الغاز والحبوب.
فقد أعلنت مجموعة «غازبروم» الروسية أمس أنَّها علّقت إمدادات الغاز إلى هولندا بعدما رفضت شركة «غاز تيرا» الهولندية للطاقة إتمام عملية الدفع بالروبل. وتعد هولندا الأخيرة ضمن سلسلة دول أوروبية انقطعت عنها إمدادات الغاز الروسي، بعد فنلندا التي قطعت عنها الشهر الماضي.
وأنهت القمة الأوروبية أعمالها أمس باتفاق جزئي على حظر صادرات النفط الروسي، على أن يبدأ تنفيذ الخطوة السنة الحالية، وتتوقف بلدان الاتحاد الأوروبي عن تلقي 90 في المائة من النفط الذي تستورده حالياً من موسكو، أي ما تعادل قيمته 90 مليار دولار سنوياً.
من جانب آخر، قال وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرغي لافروف الذي يقوم بجولة خليجية حالياً، إنَّ بلاده مستعدة لاتخاذ إجراءات لضمان سلامة إمدادات الحبوب والأسمدة، لكنَّه كرّر مطلب بلاده بضرورة رفع العقوبات الغربية التي استهدفت سلاسل التوريد وحركة الموانئ والسفن الروسية. وقال لافروف في المنامة إنَّ قوات البحرية الروسية ستضمن مروراً آمناً لسفن الحبوب إلى البحر المتوسط، في حال إزالة كييف الألغام من المياه الإقليمية. واتهم لافروف خلال مؤتمر صحافي مشترك مع نظيره البحريني عبد اللطيف بن راشد الزياني، الغرب بمفاقمة الأزمة الغذائية، واختلاق المشكلات عبر منع السفن الروسية من دخول موانئه.
وبينما يعقد وزراء خارجية دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي اجتماعاً دورياً لهم، في مقر أمانة المجلس بالرياض اليوم، قالت مصادر خليجية لـ«الشرق الأوسط» إنَّ من المتوقع مشاركة وزير الخارجية الروسي لافروف. وأضافت أن من المنتظر أيضاً عقد اجتماع مرئي آخر بين وزراء خارجية دول الخليج ووزير الخارجية الأوكراني ديميترو كوليبا. وأوضحت المصادر أنَّ الاجتماع سيتطرَّق إلى الأزمة الأوكرانية - الروسية والجهود المبذولة لإيجاد حل سياسي للأزمة الأوكرانية وفتح ممرات إنسانية. ولم تستبعد المصادر أيضاً أن يتباحث الجانبان الخليجي والروسي حول اتفاق «أوبك بلس».
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China's factory activity improved in August on stronger demand but remained in contraction, while services activity stayed weak, underscoring deepening imbalances in the economy and fueling calls for policy measures to boost the economy.

The divergence between manufacturing and service sectors suggests that China will continue to rely on manufacturing and exports to drive growth as momentum remains under pressure from lackluster domestic consumption and investment.

The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) picked up to 49.8 from 49.2 in July, remaining below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction, a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. It beat the median forecast of 49.6 in a Reuters poll.

NBS data showed both demand and output improved in August, with sub-indexes ‌for new orders ‌and production returning to expansion territory above 50.

TOO EARLY TO PREDICT ECONOMIC ‌RECOVERY

"Domestic ⁠demand seems to ⁠be coming back, although it's more likely to have been driven by AI and exports than by policy expansion," said Xu Tianchen, senior economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said it was too early to conclude the economy had rebounded.

The non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), which covers services and construction, remained unchanged at 49.0, matching July's reading, the weakest since December 2022.

"Because China's services sector is primarily domestically focused, this suggests domestic demand remained relatively sluggish in August," Lynn Song, ING's Greater China chief economist, said in a note. "For ⁠now, the PMI data suggests that we are due for another month of ‌relatively sluggish domestic activity data in August, with any potential rebound ‌likely to be limited."

The August PMIs for equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing both came in above 51, while consumer goods ‌and high-energy-consuming industries stayed in contraction, according to data released by the NBS.

Zhang Liqun, an analyst with the ‌China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said that with the manufacturing PMI reading still in contraction, business confidence remained unstable.

"Continued government investment in public goods should be strengthened to effectively drive increased orders for businesses, continuously consolidate and enhance business confidence, and further strengthen factors contributing to economic stabilization and recovery."

SIGNS OF PREVAILING WEAKNESS

Economic data released earlier this month showed that growth remained under ‌pressure at the start of the second half, with goods consumption and industrial output both slowing.

Fixed-asset investment extended declines and the property market is still ⁠struggling to find a ⁠bottom more than five years into a slump.

Exports remained a growth driver, helped by robust demand for AI-related shipments that lifted prices for Chinese-made high-tech goods, but the profit squeeze felt by manufacturers relying on domestic demand weighed on overall industrial profits.

China's top leaders pledged in late July to introduce additional policies to support the economy as growth slowed to a more-than-three-year low of 4.3% in the second quarter, and vowed to accelerate fiscal spending on already-budgeted infrastructure projects for the remainder of the year.

The finance ministry recently expanded loan interest subsidies for small private firms and consumers to spur demand, while the central bank said this month it would roll out measures without signaling explicit cuts to policy rates or banks' reserve-requirement ratio.

ING's Song said the positive impact from interest subsidies "may be relatively marginal," and expects more measures in the weeks ahead.

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 Serbia's Novak Djokovic acknowledges the crowd after losing his first round match against Argentina's Mariano Navone at the US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, August 30, 2026. (Reuters)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic acknowledges the crowd after losing his first round match against Argentina's Mariano Navone at the US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, August 30, 2026. (Reuters)
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The 48th-ranked Argentine's 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory ended Djokovic's latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title.

It also ended his run of 78 Grand Slam first-round victories, a streak stretching all the way back to Djokovic's 2006 loss to Paul Goldstein at the 2006 Australian Open.

Djokovic was seen vomiting on court and struggled with late-match cramps but appeared to have finally taken control when he broke Navone for a 2-1 lead in the fourth set with a vintage backhand winner down the line.

But Navone won the next five games, raising his arms in celebration after fighting off two break points for a 5-2 lead and breaking Djokovic again to force the fifth set.

Djokovic took a medical timeout before the final set, receiving massage on his spine and another delivery of medication.

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FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
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Trump Says Iran's Kharg is Being 'Blown to Smithereens', But Gives No Details

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video clip.

There was no other evidence that the Iranian energy hub was under attack. The White House and the US Defense Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside regular business hours.

There was no immediate response to Trump's post on Iranian media.

"Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT," Trump said on social media, but gave no further details.

Reuters confirmed that an accompanying video clip showing dramatic explosions was most likely synthetically-generated, using software that detects AI-manipulated imagery.

Attacking Kharg, which handled 90% of Iran's oil exports before the war launched by US and Israeli attacks on February 28, would severely disrupt its energy trade and put huge pressure on its economy.

Iran responded to an earlier US ‌attack on rocket launchers on ‌its island of Larak, about 660 km (410 miles) east of Kharg, with an assault ‌on two ⁠US bases in ⁠Jordan, Iranian media said.

The return to hostilities followed weeks in which the Trump administration has stepped up efforts to punish Tehran and its business partners with costly economic sanctions, shifting away from military options.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Sunday new secondary sanctions were likely to be unveiled weekly in the effort to pressure Iran, with an initial focus on banks.

"We're starting with the banks, and we're telling the banks it's not okay to have Iranian money and to aid the regime," Bessent said in an interview.

After imposing penalties on the United Arab Emirates branches of Egypt's Banque Misr on Friday over alleged financial links to Iran, Bessent said the next step ⁠may be cutting off an institution entirely from the dollar-based financial system.

"You're going to see a ‌lot more of these every week," Bessent told Reuters, ahead of a meeting ‌of Group of 20 finance leaders.