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The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official hryvnia exchange rate at 40. 6485 UAH/USD, strengthening the hryvnia by 5 kopecks.

Japan will provide USD 188 million in financing, including USD 10 million in business grants.

The NSDC Secretary reassured that Russia's defeat on the battlefield in Ukraine would not automatically lead to Moscow's use of nuclear weapons.

Despite efforts to cut off supplies of Russian fossil fuels, gas imports to Europe from Russia in May exceeded those from the United States.

Iraq and Jordan withdrew their signatures from the joint communiqué of the Global Peace Summit, bringing the document aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine to 78 countries.

The rare and deadly streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which can lead to death within 48 hours, is spreading rapidly in Japan, especially in Tokyo, with an unprecedented number of cases reported in the first half of 2024.

State leaders took part in the first plenary session of the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.

Japan will step up efforts to support Ukraine in the energy sector.

The G7 countries are planning to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets, with the EU countries not participating directly but providing guarantee mechanisms.

World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for the Peace Summit, and European officials have spoken out about the impact of the event.

Japan plans to hold an international conference on demining in Ukraine in the fall of 2025 to address the issue of anti-personnel mines left by Russian troops.

G7 leaders gather for their annual summit in Italy, seeking to double down on support for Ukraine with a $50 billion loan package using frozen Russian assets, confront China's economic ambitions, and discuss issues such as artificial intelligence, while also facing domestic challenges.

At the upcoming G7 summit in Italy, Ukraine and the United States plan to sign a bilateral security agreement, according to US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

The G7 countries plan to create a fund that uses revenues from frozen Russian assets to provide financial assistance to Ukraine without requiring a refund, media reports say.

According to Ruvin, the EU special representative was shown the wreckage and electronic components of ballistic and cruise missiles, attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles and other weapons used by the Russian Federation in war crimes against Ukraine.

The G7 is expected to issue a strict warning to small Chinese banks to stop helping Russia evade Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

Due to the poor seaweed harvest and growing global demand, prices for Japanese seaweed such as wakame and nori have skyrocketed, negatively affecting households and restaurants in Japan.

Ukraine and Japan are finalizing an agreement on cooperation in the full recovery of Ukraine's economy and infrastructure over the next 10 years.

Seven workers were injured in an explosion at a shipyard in Osaka, Japan, during gas welding and cleaning operations.

Finance ministers will consider using the profits from immobilized Russian assets in the West to provide a large-scale loan to Ukraine after the G7 summit in June.

Japan is introducing new measures to increase the birth rate. These include the abolition of the income threshold for child allowance. for a child. Tokyo is also launching a dating app.

The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the Ukrainian-Japanese Convention on the elimination of double taxation, which sets restrictions on the taxation of dividends, interest and royalties between the two countries to facilitate economic relations and reduce tax barriers.

Taiwan has banned the export of nitrocellulose products with a nitrogen content below 12. 2% to russia and belarus in order to eliminate loopholes in international export controls and prevent potential use in the production of weapons.

Bank of America believes that the growth of the semiconductor market will continue until mid-2026. Analysts also predict that chip stocks will not reach their peak until then, due to the development of artificial intelligence.

More than 3,000 foreign components from more than 30 countries, including Western and Asian countries, have been found in weapons used by Russia to attack Ukraine.

Two strong earthquakes of magnitude 5. 9 and 4.8 occurred in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, causing minor damage to the Shika power plant, but without any disruption to nearby nuclear power plants.

Since 2022, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has published thirteen public reports outlining studies of various types of weapons used by Russia in Ukraine, including russian, Iranian and North Korean weapons systems.

According to US Deputy Secretary of state Kart Campbell, the United States is considering imposing sanctions on Chinese firms and financial institutions that systematically support Russia in the war against Ukraine.

The IT coalition, led by Estonia and Luxembourg, raised 58 million euros to help Ukraine, and Spain soon joined the initiative.

The EU is considering imposing import duties on Russian goods such as food, nuclear fuel and medicines to reduce Russia's export revenues and use the funds received to support Ukraine in the ongoing war.