Oil prices decline due to rising US fuel stockpiles, but winter season demand holds back the fall
Oil prices declined on Thursday, 9 January, amid reports of a significant increase in fuel stocks in the United States. According to Reuters, the decline was limited due to expectations of increased demand for fuel in the winter and concerns about supply shortages. Futures for Brent crude oil decreased by 8 cents to $76.08 per […]
Rustem Umerov and Lloyd Austin discussed key areas of defence cooperation at the Ramstein meeting
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin Photo: Photo: facebook.com/rustemumerov.ua Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umerov held talks with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin as part of a regular meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine’s Defence in the Ramstein format. Umerov wrote about this in a post on Facebook. According to the Ukrainian […]
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte calls on Trump to simplify Europe’s access to US defence systems
Mark Rutte. Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on US President-elect Donald Trump to consider liberalising European allies’ access to US defence systems. In an interview with dpa , Rutte noted that European countries are already investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the US defence industry, but complex […]
Zelenskyy: Russia uses energy resources to put pressure on Moldova and destabilise the region
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Photo: Johanna Geron/ Reuters President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the energy crisis in Transnistria and the Republic of Moldova is another attempt by Russia to use energy resources to put pressure on the Moldovan government. He said this in a statement on social media after a telephone […]
