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January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) Thursday closed down -0.27 (-0.38%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) closed up +0.0027 (+0.14%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Thursday fell back from 2-1/2 week highs and settled mixed. Thursday's rally in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 2-week high weighed on...

The 10-year deal is for the supply of 500,000 barrels of oil per day, or about 0.5 per cent of the world’s supply

Nato’s new general secretary has warned member states that they need to spend more on defence

Serhii Shmyrov and Pavlo Mykyento move slowly, deliberately, working as a team. Both men wear full-torso body armour and face shields, along with thick jackets. Winter has arrived in northern Ukraine and the wind blows cold across the fields.

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A top Russian missile guru was assassinated during a special operation by elite Ukrainian forces in the middle of Moscow, according to reports.

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) today is down -0.92 (-1.31%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) is down -0.0239 (-1.20%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today fell back from 2-1/2 week highs and are moderately lower. Today's rally in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 2-week high is...

The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle East. The disposal of the dictator whose family had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than half a century has triggered a potentially seismic shift in the balance of power in…

His comments signal a shift in policy in Washington towards Kyiv

Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the call by Orban to the Russian president

Russian forces are just miles away from the key eastern city