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The US president raised the prospect of European leaders being invited to a second meeting if the Alaska summit is successful.

Nearby NYMEX crude oil prices fell to the 2025 low of $55.12 per barrel in April, following the U.S. announcement of unprecedented tariffs on its trading partners worldwide. However, the turmoil in the Middle East lifted the price to $78.40 in late June, after which it ran out of upside…

Words come on the eve of the US and Russian leaders’ closely watched Alaska summit.

Donald Trump is turning history on its head with his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin -- inviting Russia's leader to land that once belonged to Moscow, and meeting him at a military base that monitored the Soviet Union.

Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump’s “energetic and sincere” attempts to end the war in Ukraine.

September WTI crude oil (CLU25 ) today is up +1.07 (+1.71%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU25 ) is up +0.0377 (+1.82%). Crude oil prices today are sharply higher on some short-covering ahead of Friday's Trump-Putin summit. President Trump has said he will proceed with high tariffs on countries that buy...

The move might dissuade Trump from imposing new sanctions on Russia

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, and to revive their diplomatic and economic ties. It's a first-of-a-kind summit in a location loaded with history, symbolism and strategic importance.

COMMENT: Whatever the fallout from the US-Russia summit in Alaska, the Ukrainian president – his public image and reputation having been forged in conflict – is the only person to shepherd his country into a new era, says Mary Dejevsky