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March WTI crude oil (CLH26 ) on Thursday closed down -1.85 (-2.84%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH26 ) closed down -0.0386 (-1.96%). Crude oil and gasoline prices fell sharply on Thursday after the dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 1.5-week high. Also, US-Iran tensions eased, weighing on crude prices,...

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will be given the rank of lieutenant-colonel once she completes her training

Much of Cuba remains hit with constant power outages, stemming from aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants. Uncertainty looms over potential aid from Russia or Mexico, after the U.S. attacked Venezuela, disrupting oil shipments. And while residents struggle to find basic necessities and the crisis deepens, some of…

Ukraine and Russia will exchange 157 prisoners each following peace talks that officials say were ‘productive’

Prisoner exchange agreed at most significant contact between Kyiv and Moscow in months, but ‘work remains’

Bankers and billionaires are flocking to the city where income tax is zero but critics say it ignores money laundering – and pay disparities are huge

The actions of Fifa’s fawning president as well as the Olympics leader’s coded call for ‘neutral ground’ underscores the hollowness of the global bodies’ values

New START is the last major guardrail constraining the nuclear arsenals of the two countries that together hold some 85% of the world's warheads.

The situation gamed by ex-Nato officials suggests the US would oppose triggering Article 5 if Moscow invaded Lithuania