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LIBYA

30 migrants missing after boat capsizes

Thirty people were missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were traveling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's Coast Guard said. The tragedy came just weeks after a Feb 26 shipwreck near the southern region of Calabria, in which at least 79 died. Italy's Coast Guard said the capsizing occurred outside the Italian search and rescue area. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Rome was doing all it could to avoid shipwrecks.

SAUDI ARABIA

Oil giant Aramco reports 'record' profit of $161b

Saudi Aramco said on Sunday it achieved "record" profits totaling $161.1 billion last year, highlighting the surge in oil prices as the Russia-Ukraine crisis spurred growth in the world's biggest crude exporter. The mostly state-owned energy giant, the world's second most valuable company behind Apple, said in a filing with the Saudi stock market that net income for 2022 was up 46 percent from $110 billion in 2021.

Agencies via Xinhua