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Halina Bennet
Oct 23, 2025
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Here are just a few of the national headlines that broke today.

The United States sanctions Russia’s top oil firms

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, accusing Moscow of stalling peace talks over Ukraine. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that China’s state oil giants (PetroChina, Sinopec, Cnooc, and Zhenhua Oil) ha…

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