Political Shifts and Rising Oil Prices Amid Global Tensions

At least 24 people are now known to have died in the Los Angeles wildfires, with California Governor Gavin Newsom saying it could be the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Kyiv is ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers in exchange for Ukrainians held in Russia. The launches of two rockets have been delayed, in a week of simmering rivalry between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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