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TREE NEWS update: Russian technology and AI company Yandex said its services are gradually returning to normal after a drone attack on its data center in Russia’s Vladimir region disrupted operations. The company disclosed the outage in a statement, without specifying the extent of the damage or a timeline for full restoration. Yandex operates some of Russia’s largest search, cloud and AI infrastructure.

TREE NEWS update: UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said on 11 November that Britain does not support the agreement between the US and Russian leaders for Russia to supply diesel to the United States and global markets. Streeting said US President Donald Trump’s move was largely driven by midterm elections and pressure to ease living costs. The deal aims to lower US fuel prices, which have surged since US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

TREE NEWS update: Yemen’s Houthi movement said Sanaa airport, which is under its control, was hit in an attack. The Iran-aligned group announced the strike on the facility it operates in the Yemeni capital, without giving further details.

TREE NEWS update: Volkswagen’s CEO said European policymakers must create a suitable framework environment for industry, calling the transition a “shared responsibility.” The remarks place the burden of enabling industrial transformation on both regulators and companies, with the automaker urging Brussels to shape policy that supports the sector’s shift.

TREE NEWS update: Tianjin issued implementation rules for China’s notice on improving commercial housing sales, requiring commercial housing projects whose land-use rights sale notices are published after Aug. 28, 2026 to have individual buildings structurally topped out before pre-sales. Pre-sale funds will be supervised in full throughout the process and released only after completion acceptance and verified water, electricity, gas and heating delivery conditions.

TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for an energy ceasefire. He said the choice of this or that leader should be made by Ukraine itself, and that Trump should demand that Russia stop bombing Ukraine.

TREE NEWS update: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said European criticism of Russian diesel transactions amounts to hypocrisy. The remark centers on continued European purchases of refined Russian fuel even as allies press Washington over its own dealings with Moscow.

TREE NEWS update: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States has taken “absolutely isolating action” against Iran and will continue to seize Iranian cryptocurrency. Bessent made the remarks in comments on the US pressure campaign against Tehran. No further details on the scope or timing of the crypto seizures were provided.

TREE NEWS update: The International Energy Agency called on member countries that have not fully delivered pledged reserve releases to consider speeding up the release of remaining stocks, prioritizing diesel. The IEA said its governing board will meet on October 15 to address conditions in the diesel market. The statement did not specify volumes or which countries have fallen behind on their commitments.

TREE NEWS update: Russia’s Defense Ministry said its drones struck a data center in Odesa overnight on Feb. 10 that it claims was used by Ukrainian forces to process, transmit and store information, along with a dry cargo ship docked at Chornomorsk port. The ministry also said its Northern and Central group forces took control of four settlements, two each in Kharkiv region and Donetsk region.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan is considering including railway infrastructure in its defense-related budget, Kyodo News reported. The move would fold rail assets into a spending category tied to national security, though no figure, timeline or final decision was disclosed. Tokyo has been expanding the scope of defense-related outlays in recent budget cycles.

TREE NEWS update: The US Department of Justice said on the 10th it is investigating whether CNN and four other television networks violated federal antitrust law. The probe follows a collective boycott by the five major outlets, which refused to cover White House events after President Trump barred reporters from CNN and two other news organizations from White House access.

TREE NEWS reports: China broke ground on more major water conservancy projects in the first three quarters of the year than in all of 2024, the Ministry of Water Resources said, as construction of the national water network accelerates. The country also completed 2,012 rural water supply projects this year, and rural tap water coverage is expected to reach 97% by the end of the year.

TREE NEWS update: Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Saturday, October 11, that it will respond on the basis of reciprocity if Saudi Arabia continues military operations against it. The statement said dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded in Yemen, with infrastructure damaged, since the July 13 attack on Sanaa International Airport.

TREE NEWS update: An attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the 10th killed 12 people and injured 309 others. The international community condemned the assault, saying attacks on civilian facilities must stop.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump proposed renaming either the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean as the ‘Trump Ocean’. No further details of the proposal, its timing or any official follow-up were provided in the material.

TREE NEWS reports: The share of respondents in Japan subscribing to a newspaper by monthly subscription fell 0.3 percentage points year on year to 49.8%, according to the 2026 fiscal year survey released on the 10th by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association’s research body. It is the first time the reading has dropped below 50% since the survey began in 2008.

TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media on the 11th that Ukraine will stop attacking Russian oil refineries if Russia halts strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities. He said any de-escalation measures must be mutual and effectively guaranteed. Zelensky added that he will continue coordinating with European leaders to replenish ammunition stocks for Ukraine’s air defense systems and protect Ukrainians and national interests.

TREE NEWS reports: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed the importance of continued diplomatic consultations and expanded constructive interaction in a phone call with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported. Pezeshkian thanked Oman for its efforts to strengthen regional peace and stability. He also called for leveraging the region’s shared strengths to advance mutual understanding and cooperation.

TREE NEWS update: Wang Huning, chairman of China’s National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, met Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man in Beijing on November 11. Wang said China is ready to work with Vietnam under the strategic guidance of the two parties’ and countries’ top leaders and the “six mores” overall goals to advance mutually beneficial cooperation and build the China-Vietnam community with a shared future. He added that the CPPCC is willing to deepen exchanges with Vietnam.