IBT Staff Reporter

The dollar rose on Thursday as a lack of progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine boosted demand for the safe-haven currency and as the United States announced the largest release ever from its emergency oil reserve to try to blunt the energy shock from the war.

Destroyed tanks, church on frontline of battle for Kyiv

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U.S. oil prices fell 7% to close just above $100 on Thursday as President Joe Biden announced the largest ever release from the U.S.

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President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte so far to crushing Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte so far to crushing Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.

El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of being one of the Islamic State 'Beatles'

Rather than pressuring China to change its "unfair" trade practices, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Wednesday the economy would be better served by policies to encourage domestic manufacturing.

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Ukraine forces recapture key road outside east Ukraine city

Energy prices push Spanish inflation to 37-year high

Action hero Bruce Willis to retire because of illness

Argentina's dictatorship dug its own grave in Falklands War

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By Asif ShahzadISLAMABAD -Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, bringing to a premature end a tenure marked by a deteriorating economy and signs that he had lost the trust of the powerful military.

UK seeks Europe-wide maritime minimum wage after P&O debacle

Ukraine war drives German inflation, darkens growth outlook

Russian, US ISS record-holders return to Earth

Election rivals cite costly consultancy fees to attack Macron

EU unveils 'sustainable' fashion push

Ukrainian 'princesses' pine for home in Czech castle

Russians leave behind wreckage, hunger in Ukraine town of Trostyanets

Hiding combat deaths and equipment destruction is standard procedure in wartime, and both Russia and Ukraine have given scant details on losses that are impossible to verify, but surely downplayed in order to keep morale up.

Pakistan PM's future in doubt as coalition ally switches sides

Russia's Lavrov to visit India as pressure over Ukraine builds

Marta Ortega, the heiress taking the reins of Zara

Four million Ukrainian refugees flee war

Tale of two cities as Shanghai goes into slow-motion lockdown