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January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) Friday closed down -0.72 (-1.05%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) closed down -0.0296 (-1.53%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Friday gave up early gains and settled moderately lower, with crude posting a 1-1/2 week low and gasoline dropping to a 2-month low....

Intense clashes reported along front line in Ukraine as Moscow ramps up efforts to seize territory ahead of Donald Trump’s return to White House

If Putin allowed to reduce Ukraine to vassal state ‘he will not stop there’, Richard Moore says in plea to Trump

The intelligence service also warned of a renewed threat from so-called Islamic State and a ‘reckoning’ to come from the conflict in the Middle East.

"Well, probably just like me, you are amazed not by the fact that absolutely un."civilized means had been used against Trump."

Andrey Belousov lands in Pyongyang after Ukrainian defence minister meets South Korean president in Seoul

MI6 chief warns of Russia's dangerous sabotage campaign against Ukraine's allies, urging unified response to prevent escalation.

The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service says Russia is conducing a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine's allies that risks dangerously escalating the conflict

Officials rage at the West for allowing Ukraine to attack deep within Russia as fears simmer on the streets.