The cost of a barrel of North Sea Brent fell below $34 per barrel amid the stock market collapse in China As of 5:00 Moscow time, the price of a barrel of Brent fell to $33.21 per barrel. Over the next 15 minutes, a correction occurred, thanks to which oil rose in price to $33.50. A sharp drop in the value of Brent occurred against the background of the collapse of the stock market in China, which decreased by 7.32% as of 5:24.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has suspended, effective January 8, a new rule that requires trading to be suspended if indices collapse. On the monitor of a brokerage office in China, information about falling prices (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) The fact that the China Securities Regulatory Commission suspended on January 8 the rule that requires trading to be suspended in the event of a collapse of indices, reports Bloomberg , citing a statement from the commission.

Swissotel Krasnye Holmy has not been booking rooms since December 30th. The hotel building is owned by the Turkish Enka and managed by the Swiss Swissotel.

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russians on Christmas and wished them “happiness, peace, success in good deeds and endeavors.” The head of state's congratulations were published on the Kremlin website. “It is very important that today the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations in Russia continue the traditions of their responsible service, help people find faith, and strengthen them on the path of life.

The Saudi Arabian coalition, which is striking rebels in Yemen, has responded to accusations of an attack on the Iranian embassy. The military explained that the Houthis use diplomatic mission buildings to house missile launchers.

Brent oil prices will drop to $30 per barrel in the next ten days, according to Nomura analysts. According to UBS Group AG experts, prices will drop even lower Analysts at the Japanese financial holding Nomura believe that prices for North Sea Brent oil, from which Russian Urals is calculated, will drop to $30 per barrel in the next ten days. writes about this on Thursday Bloomberg . Concerns about the world's largest consumer, China, are adding to the fall in prices.

After reports of sexual harassment on New Year's Eve in the center of Cologne, some tourists have decided not to travel to the German city. Josef Sommer, head of the tourism company Köln-Tourismus GmbH, which is wholly owned by the city, spoke about this in an interview with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, reports . DW According to Sommer, a group of tourists from the Ore Mountains (on the border with the Czech Republic) canceled their trip to Cologne, planned for the summer.

Saudi Arabia is considering an IPO of the world's largest oil company, state-owned Saudi Aramco.

Crimean deputies who left the region during the state of emergency (emergency situation) must work off “absenteeism,” said the chairman of the republican parliament, secretary of the regional branch of United Russia Vladimir Konstantinov at a meeting of the headquarters for eliminating the consequences of an emergency related to energy shortages. reports this TASS .

Participants in the attack on a hotel and a tourist bus on Al-Ahram Avenue in Cairo used pyrotechnics. This was reported by Ahram Online with reference to data from the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The attack on the bus near the Three Pyramids Hotel took place on Thursday afternoon. According to the official representative of the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Abu Bakr Abdel Karim, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood organization banned in Russia took part in the attack.

The Coca-Cola company has officially apologized to Ukraine for the publication by the Russian representative office of a map on which Crimea was designated as part of Russian territory. Photo: DPA that Coca-Cola made an official apology to Ukraine for the map on which Crimea was designated as part of Russian territory .

A bomb explosion near a police training camp in the Libyan town of Zliten killed at least 60 people and injured another 200. This was reported by the Associated Press , citing data from officials. At the same time, according to Al Arabiya sources in medical circles, 70 people became victims of the attack. According to a Reuters source , 65 people were killed in the bomb explosion.

The exchange rate of the British pound dropped to its lowest level in 5.5 years, Bloomberg reports . By the close of trading in London (20:00 Moscow time), the currency of the United Kingdom against the US dollar fell by 0.4% to $1.4574. Prior to this, the pound sterling fell to $1.4334, which was the lowest value of the British currency since June 2010. As Blomberg notes, on Thursday the British pound also hit its lowest value against the euro in three months.

The rate of decline of the Russian economy in the new year will be reduced compared to what happened in 2015. These are the conclusions of experts in a World Bank report published on the evening of January 6 Photo: AP In the chapter of the report devoted to Russia, countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS , WB experts indicate that the country's economy in 2016 will shrink by 0.7% compared to 3.8% in 2015. The World Bank expects growth to resume in 2017.

The situation in the world markets, which are now facing a crisis, is reminiscent of the global financial crisis of 2008. Billionaire George Soros said this at an economic forum in Sri Lanka. Billionaire George Soros (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) Global markets are facing a crisis and investors should be very careful, US billionaire and financier George Soros said at an economic forum in Sri Lanka on Thursday.