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TOKYO: Asian factory activity expanded in May as manufacturers benefited from broadening global demand, private surveys showed on Monday, adding to hopes for sustained economic recovery in the region where China is showing early signs of rebound.

Russia’s finance ministry has raised its estimate of this year’s budget deficit to 2.12 trillion roubles ($23.76 billion) or 1.1% of gross domestic product, according to budget amendments submitted by the government to parliament.

Türkiye’s exports to Israel came to a standstill in May, after the country’s government suspended all trade with the Jewish state in response to the IOF operations in Gaza, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

CAIRO: Saudi Arabia’s startup ecosystem has affirmed its leading position in the funding space, capturing over 53 percent of the region’s venture debt financing in 2023, according to MAGNiTT’s latest report.