Ukraine and Russia U.S. officials estimated that almost 500,000 Russians and Ukrainians have died in the 18 months since Russia invaded Ukraine - including up to 300,000 Ukrainian civilians, 120,000 …

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Coming Up This Week South Africa is hosting a meeting of BRICS leaders Tuesday through Thursday. Pres. Putin agreed not to attend to spare South Africa the awkward dilemma of whether or not to comply …

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Belarus Lithuania closed two of its six border crossings with landlocked Belarus because of fears over the growing presence of Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus.Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland are co …

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Ukraine Ukraine's mighty 82nd Brigade - a 2,000-man air assault unit widely considered to be the strongest of its kind - deployed to southern Zaporizhzhia in the last few days. Its deployment should …

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Ukraine and Russia Russian soldiers boarded a Palau-flagged commercial cargo ship in the Black Sea, marking the first time Russia has made good on its threat to intercept commercial vessels.Russia sa …

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Commodity PricesAluminum: $2,176/tonAntimony (ingot min. 99.65% fob China): $11,850/tonCobalt: $33,420/tonCopper: $8,295/tonGold: $1,913/tozLead: $2,109/tonNatural Gas (Nymex): $2.77/MMbtuWTI Crude Oi …

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