Day: May 17, 2025

During trading on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) London, the price of Brent crude oil for July 2025 delivery increased by 1.36%, reaching $65.41 per barrel, Azernews reports.

The fact that officials of Russia and Ukraine were able to sit down and talk face to face has provided a rare opportunity for a political resolution to the conflict, according to experts, following direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv on Friday that yielded no ceasefire agreement.

The bus, which was travelling towards Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Sumy, was “targeted by the Russians”, according to the local military administration.

“The grief has been unbearable. She took everything in my life and destroyed it,” grieving mother Mariah Dodds told the court at sentencing.