Russian oil heads to West Africa for the first time since 2018 as Western sanctions leave Moscow scrambling to find buyers

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Tankers carrying Russian oil are settling in Asian ports ahead of EU sanctions
The last time Russian oil was delivered to a Western African country was in 2018.

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Oil prices head for a 4th monthly loss in a row, as traders keep worrying about the Fed's war on inflation

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An oil storage facility in Houston, Texas.

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Russia shoots down China's peace plan for the Ukraine war as Beijing becomes more entangled in the conflict a year into the fighting

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Chinese buyers of Russian oil are seeking to avoid reputation damage, one analyst said.

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Watch for oil demand to soar to record highs this year and drive crude back up to $100, top energy trader says

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An oil storage facility in Houston, Texas.

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The Chinese billionaire CEO whose disappearance rocked his bank's stock is 'cooperating' with a government probe, his firm says

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Bao Fan.

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Chinese students have developed a $40 set of lips that couples can use for 'long-distance kissing'

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Chinese students have developed a $40 set of lips that couples can use for 'long-distance kissing.'

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Top-ranking Democrat on House China committee says TikTok probably won't be banned in the US but there are serious questions about its data being 'controlled by an adversarial regime'

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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

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Democratic Rep. Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, blasts a Texas GOP congressman after he questioned her loyalty to the US: 'It is racist'

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California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu hit back at Texas GOP Rep. Lance Gooden after he responded to her criticism of a Republican effort to investigate Biden economic appointee Dominic Ng.

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The West hits Russia with fresh sanctions and raises tariffs on key commodities a year after the invasion of Ukraine

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A Russian armored personnel carrier is driven on a street in Sevastopol, Ukraine’s Black Sea Port that hosts a major Russian navy base Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Tensions were building up in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced fugitive Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych.

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China appears to be pulling another U-turn, saying it'll promote the use of AI in daily life just days after reports it blocked ChatGPT

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China controls information tightly.

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