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Washington will help restore Russia's access to the world market for agricultural and fertiliser exports

May WTI crude oil (CLK25 ) today is down -0.10 (-0.14%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK25 ) is up +0.0023 (+0.10%).Crude oil prices today fell from a 3-week high and turned lower after Russia said it agreed to a ban on striking Ukrainian energy assets. Crude prices were also undercut...

Cross-border strikes continued overnight into Tuesday with multiple casualties reported in seven regions of the country.

Before Donald Trump’s administration suspended – and subsequently resumed – American military aid to Ukraine, it had announced its intention to cut 90% of United States Agency for International Development (USAid) foreign aid contracts. These funding cuts will endanger life around the world, including in Ukraine.

China's tariffs on Canadian rapeseed imports sent the contract soaring, as hopes for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire propped up Dutch gas.

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Ukrainian officials earlier said the strike hit residential buildings and educational facilities in the north-eastern city that lies close to the Russian border.

The Kremlin says that further discussions between U.S. and Russian negotiators on a potential ceasefire in Ukraine are expected but that no concrete plans have been made

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Washington and Kyiv held brief talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a day after hours of US-Russia negotiations on halting the fighting in Ukraine ended without any breakthroughs announced.

Crude oil prices jumped following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would impose 25% tariffs on Venezuela’s oil buyers. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures at NYNEX rose 11% and the Brent futures at ICE were up 6.7% since their lows on 5 March.