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Oil futures settled Monday with a gain of more than 4%—the biggest daily percentage climb of the year—boosted by optimism that OPEC and its allies will soon announce additional production cuts.Prices also found support from expectations that global central banks are ready to support economies amid the coronavirus outbreak. That’s…

The Security Council held an emergency session following an attack that killed more than 30 Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the deaths as one of the most alarming incidents in the Syrian war. The US made it clear that it stands by Turkey, its NATO…

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Dream Island amusement park before its upcoming inauguration in Moscow on February 27, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged he was offered the chance to use a body double to make appearances in public for security reasons, but said he declined the offer…

(Bloomberg) — What kind of gift would impress President Donald Trump? For Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the answer was: a gold-framed portrait of Donald Trump. The State Department on Monday published a list of gifts that foreign governments gave to Trump and other U.S. officials in 2018. The…

Image: Eric Gay / AP / Shutterstock By Adam Rosenberg2020-02-23 16:46:56 UTC Whatever you yourself may think of him, Bernie Sanders is really firing people up. On Saturday, the would-be Democratic nominee for president logged his third winning primary season performance, in the state of Nevada. And a commanding one…

Former US Navy Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who oversaw the raid that took out al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, wrote an opinion column criticizing the Trump administration and defending former acting Director of National Intelligence Joe Maguire."I have known Joe for more than 40 years. There…

Vladimir Putin is up to old tricks. Earlier this week news broke that Russia is again backing the candidacy of Donald Trump as the president seeks reelection. Now the Washington Post is reporting that U.S. intelligence believes Russia is also attempting to aid the candidacy of Bernie Sanders on the…

Russia president Vladimir Putin's popularity with voters soared after the Sochi gamesA presidential playground with a $50bn budget, disguised government agents, secret sample swapping and an elaborate Russian plot to dominate on the global stage.A retrospective look at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics reads like a script for a James…

Saint Petersburg (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday faced what appeared to be a rare unscripted grilling from a Russian woman who asked him how much he earns and whether he could live on her income of $170 a month.While visiting his native city of Saint Petersburg, Putin…

FILE PHOTO: Top-level Kremlin adviser Vladislav Surkov attends a meeting outside Moscow, December 14, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed a veteran, once close adviser who until recently managed Moscow’s relations with war-torn Ukraine. Putin fired Vladislav Surkov, seen as a hardliner by…