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Ukrainian service members of the 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 19, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov/File Photo

What a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal could mean for global markets

World markets are watching closely as President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska later on Friday to seal a possible ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

Electrical transmission towers and lines are shown in the early morning of a hot summer day in Commerce, California, U.S, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

US exported 30% of its primary energy output in 2024, says EIA

Of the record 103 quadrillion British thermal units of total primary energy produced in the U.S., a record 31 quads were exported.

Indian security forces patrol a road near Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, on May 6, 2025. Increased military presence follows the April 22 attack on tourists in Pahalgam, amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. (Photo by Basit Zargar / Middle east images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BASIT ZARGAR/Middle east images/AFP via Getty Images)

India Confirms Launching Strikes On 9 Sites In Pakistan, Citing ‘Terrorist Infrastructure’

India launched a major military operation against Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity that constitutes the western portion of the Kashmir region. Indian officials noted that the reason for the attacks was to weaken areas of “terrorist infrastructure.”

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) during their meeting in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea early on June 19, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP) / -- Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik -- (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Report: Kim Jong Un Executes 30 Officials After North Korea Floods Kill 4,000

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has announced that up to 30 officials are set to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent enormous flooding and landslides in the summer that resulted in the deaths of close to 4,000 people.