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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Russia The Russian ruble hit a 16-month low against the U.S. dollar and the Russian central bank reacted by pausing its purchases of foreign currency for the rest of 2023 "to reduce volatility."Separ …

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Russia and Ukraine A Kremlin spokesman said "measures are being taken" to shore up Moscow's defenses against Ukrainian drone attacks, which are now infiltrating Russian airspace on an almost daily ba …

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Ukraine Following last weekend's summit in Saudi to discuss Ukraine's 10-point peace plan - which Russia was not invited to join - the Chinese foreign minister called his Russian counterpart to fill …

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China Pres. Xi apparently dismissed two top generals in his Rocket Force - which manages China's missiles - last week.The NYT assessed: "A scandal involving the top brass of the armed forces would be …

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Niger Niger's junta ignored yesterday's deadline that ECOWAS had set for a return to civilian government.The junta instead closed Niger's airspace - just in case ECOWAS made good on its threat to sen …

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