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By The Associated Press

OPEC extends its oil output cuts by one month

Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries said on Sunday they would postpone a plan to gradually increase oil output until the end of the year, extending their output cuts by one month.

No reason was given for the move, which comes ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday.

In June, OPEC said 2.2 million barrels a day in voluntary cuts were extended until September but would then be gradually reduced month by month until they are eliminated by September 2025. OPEC later extended the cuts until November.

China files complaint at World Trade Organization

GENEVA | China has moved forward with a complaint at the World Trade Organization that alleges the European Union has improperly set anti-subsidy tariffs on new Chinese-made electric vehicles.

The Chinese diplomatic mission to the WTO said Monday it “strongly opposes” the measures. It insisted its move was designed to protect the EV industry and support a global transition toward greener technologies.

The European bloc announced last week it was imposing import duties of up to 35% on electric vehicles from China.

Blocked accounts can see public posts on X

Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts.

X updated its Help Center page over the weekend to explain how blocking now works on the site. While you can still block accounts, those accounts will now be able to see your posts unless you have made your account private. They won’t be able to reply to them or repost them.

Blocked accounts also won’t be able to follow you and you won’t be able to follow them, as has been the case before the policy change.

—From AP reports