Indonesian Statistics Bureau: Indonesia's rice production is expected to be 21.76 million tons from January to July.

1. Russian Energy Minister: The floods in the Russian region will not affect oil production and refining operations. 2. ExxonMobil: Long-term demand for oil and gas is expected to continue. 3. The oil pipeline that exports oil from South Sudan through Sudan will resume operation. 4. The Central Bank of Russia: In the benchmark scenario, the average oil price is expected to be $85 per barrel in 2024 (previously forecasted at $80 per barrel). 5. The Russian Ministry of Economy maintains its forecast of oil production in 2024 at 523 million tons, with an estimated oil export volume of 240 million tons in 2024. 6. Pemex: Domestic refining capacity is stable at around 1 million barrels per day; gasoline production in March was 350,400 barrels per day, a 12.9% increase compared to the previous month. 7. Sources: Pemex has canceled its plan to reduce crude oil exports in May due to lower domestic demand. 8. Indonesian Statistics Bureau: Indonesia may have a surplus of 3.6 million tons of rice in the period from April to May.

The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines said on April 26 that the El Niño phenomenon has caused losses of more than 4.3 billion pesos (about 500 million yuan) to the agricultural sector in the Philippines, affecting over 85,000 farmers and fishermen. The most severely affected crops are rice and corn. The Department of Agriculture has taken assistance measures, including distributing fertilizers and providing irrigation, to reduce farmers' losses.

Former NYPD officer Carmine Simpson, who was jailed with SBF, wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan requesting clemency on SBF's behalf. Kaplan will be sentenced on March 28 against SBF, who was convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy last November. It is reported that SBF still adheres to a vegetarian diet in prison, but the diet conditions are very poor. "Despite the fact that 12 out of every 14 meals Sam (SBF) eats each week are undercooked rice, a spoonful of disgusting-looking beans and old lettuce that has been sitting out for a week, he has kept his promise of not cruelty to animals," Simpson wrote in the letter. ” Simpson said he was initially skeptical about SBF's motives, but changed his mind after spending some time with him. He wrote: "When he (SBF) first told me that the main reason he worked so hard to be a successful and wealthy man was to give all his money to noble causes and people in need, frankly, I thought he was lying to me. But it didn't take long for me to come to the conclusion that Sam was the most selfless person I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. If Sam Bankman-Fried gets out of prison, the world will be Long better. ” Simpson added that the judge is not expected to take his letter seriously because he himself faces criminal charges. （Business Insider）

According to Guangming Daily, on December 26, the "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Terms of 2023" were released in Beijing, namely: large language models, generative artificial intelligence, Quantum computing, brain-computer interfaces, data elements, smart cities, carbon footprint, flexible manufacturing, regenerative rice, and controllable nuclear fusion. The inventory was jointly initiated by the Affairs Center of the National Committee for the Examination and Approval of Scientific and Technological Terms, the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Print Media Center, and the Chinese Science and Technology Terminology Magazine, aiming to select the most influential and representative scientific and technological terms in 2023.

PANews reported on October 5 that according to TechCrunch, 12 jurors for the SBF trial have been confirmed, and there are 6 alternate jurors. Over the next six weeks, they will decide whether SBF is guilty. The 12 jurors include 9 women and 3 men, ranging in age from 33 to 69 years old. Their backgrounds are as follows: 1. A 39-year-old female physician assistant, 10 weeks pregnant, with a medical background, and her husband is a web developer. 2. A 33-year-old female nurse who lives alone in Westchester, New York. 3. 40-year-old female social worker, currently unemployed. 4. 53-year-old female, Duke University graduate, divorced, working full-time at home, mother of two children, previously managed fundraising activities at a non-profit organization. 5. A 59-year-old male, married, with 3 children, one of whom works in a bank. 6. A 50-year-old female Metro North conductor and mother of five children, three of whom live at home and two of whom are in college. 7. A 47-year-old female high school librarian, single, lives with her cat, sister, and sick mother. 8. 65-year-old female retired prison guard and mother of three children. 9. A 61-year-old male employee of the United States Postal Service with no wife or children. 10. A 43-year-old Ukrainian woman who works in IT at Bloomberg. She has been in the United States for 15 years. She is divorced and has two children. 11. A 55-year-old female special education teacher, originally from Bank of Bermuda. She studied as an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo and received master's degrees from New York University and Seton Hall University. 12. A 69-year-old male, a retired investment banker from Hong Kong, who studied at Rice University and Stanford University, has a wife and no children, and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.