China Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit this week, SecState Rubio hinted at a possible imminent meeting with his Chinese c …

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Azerbaijan Armenia's Prime Minister Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's Pres. Aliyev are meeting in the UAE today to finalize a peace deal ending almost 40 years of border wars. Their detente is seen as a si …

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Ukraine Pres. Trump said he was "not happy" with Pres. Putin for "killing too many people" in Ukraine, and announced that the U.S. would send Ukraine more weapons to defend itself with. That appears …

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Commodity Prices Aluminum: $2,623/ton Antimony (ingot min. 99.65% fob China): $25,450/ton Cobalt: $33,610/ton Copper: $9,856/ton Gold: $3,029/toz Lead: $2,017/ton Natural Gas (Nymex): $3.94/MMbtu WTI …

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Ukraine Presidents Trump and Putin spoke by phone yesterday. Trump sought Putin's agreement to the 30-day partial (sea, air, front lines) ceasefire proposal that Ukraine has already conditionally ac …

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DRC The M23 withdrew from peace talks in Angola, surprising no one. The Rwanda-backed rebels cited two reasons for withdrawing from talks: first, they said negotiations "have become impracticable" a …

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