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BEIJING: The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday called on China to implement “a comprehensive package of pro-market reforms” to boost a sluggish economy beset by a housing market crisis, low domestic demand and persistently high youth unemployment.

RIYADH: China’s CNOOC Ltd. has made a major oilfield discovery in the Bohai Sea, adding over 100 million tonnes of oil equivalent proved in-place volume, the state-owned oil and gas giant said on Monday.

Crude prices soared to $86 per barrel on Monday, hitting a four-month high, with industry experts attributing the surge to China’s strong economic data and Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian oil refineries.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has congratulated his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on his historic landslide victory in Russia’s presidential election,…