* GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks shrug off rates risk as U.S. consumers spend
* Oil rises on China optimism, market shrugs off U.S. inventory build
* PRECIOUS-Gold claws back some ground as dollar eases
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Middle Eastern bourses gain; Abu Dhabi falls
* COLUMN-Rising flow of Russian oil products to China, India and the Middle East: Russell
* EU debates 11 bln euro worth of trade curbs in new Russia sanctions
* Resurgent China will drive 2023 oil demand but deficit could loom - IEA
* UN likely to vote Monday on call for Israel to stop settlements - diplomats
* Turkey eyes post-quake reconstruction, Syrians seek more aid
* In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake
* Soccer-Billionaire Najafi set to launch $3.75bn takeover bid for Spurs - source
* Adani looks to repay $500 mln bridge loan taken for cement deals - ET
* Jordan's foreign minister visits Syria in first trip since war
* Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes feed barley -traders
* New Israel law allows stripping residency of Palestinians convicted of terrorism
* Adani Group hires banks to hold bond investor calls after market rout
* Libya aims to increase oil production to 2 mln bpd, NOC says EGYPT
* Egypt's model prison rife with abuses, inmates' families and activists say
* Egypt's unemployment rate drops to 7.2% SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi inflation ticks up to 3.4% in January as housing costs rise
* Saudi Arabia's PIF raises stake in Nintendo from 6.07% to 7.08% - filing UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* EXCLUSIVE-UAE's Jaber says keeping 1.5 Celsius goal 'alive' is top priority for COP28
* Japan's JERA, Abu Dhabi's TAQA to collaborate in
decarbonisation business
* UAE oil power farms the desert in quest for food security
* Emirate of Sharjah set to raise $1 billion in sustainable
bond debut
* UAE's ADNOC delivers first LNG cargo under RWE agreement
* UAE's EDGE acquires majority stake in Estonia-based Milrem
Robotics QATAR
* MEDIA-Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad in Garuda
partnership talks - Bloomberg News KUWAIT
* U.S. approves possible sale of military systems support to
Kuwait - Pentagon (Compiled by Dubai newsroom)
