Oil prices clamber towards 7-year highs on Russia-Ukraine tensions

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, US, November 22, 2019. REUTERS / Angus Mordant // File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Brent up 1.4%, WTI gains 1.6% at 0109 GMT US drillers add most oil rigs in a … Read more

Austria resists including Nord Stream 2 in EU package of Russia sanctions

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg attends a news briefing following talks with his counterparts from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine February 8, 2022. REUTERS / Valentyn Ogirenko / Pool / File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Austria’s OMV is a partner of Gazprom’s in Nord Stream … Read more

France’s Macron calls for calm to resolve Ukraine crisis

Macron says Putin, Zelenskiy both back 2014 peace deal ‘Our common goal is to prevent a war in Europe’ -Scholz Russian warships enter Black Sea for drills ECB prepares for Russian cyber attacks KYIV, Feb 8 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since … Read more