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The World in Brief from The Economist
America puts sanctions on Russian oil firms; bombs boat in Pacific, and more
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The price of oil rose by over 3% after the European Union adopted new sanctions on Russia’s energy sector ahead of a summit in Brussels. Also, America’s armed forces carried out another lethal strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean, in international waters near Colombia.
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