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Oil prices have surged as Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, with both Brent and U.S. crude futures rising more than 6% each on Wednesday morning in Asia.

In China, tightly controlled coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has focused heavily on negotiations.

Biden's scaled back domestic policy agenda focuses on issues around which he could build a broad consensus, but abandons transformative change.

Ukrainian cities are being encircled, and Russian forces are already resorting to more "indiscriminate" weapons such as artillery to bombard them.

As Europe and the U.S. ratchet up sanctions on Russia, some of Vladimir Putin's ultra-wealthy inner circle have spoken out against his invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's government issued war bonds on Tuesday and said it has raised 8.1 billion Ukrainian hryvnia ($270 million).

The announcement came in Biden's first State of the Union address and came on the heels of similar moves by the European Union and Canada.

"I cannot promise a new variant won't come, but I can promise you we'll do everything within our power to be ready if it does," Biden said.

The early-stage victory gives Ukraine some on-the-ground advantages, like stronger support from countries sympathetic to its cause.

Salesforce beat on the top and bottom lines in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report.

Stocks fell on the first day of March, with investors focused on developments in the war in Ukraine.

Powell is tasked with telling Congress that the central bank will be doing more to control inflation at a time when markets expect it will be doing less.

The move, which would be unprecedented, sparked a robust debate online about whether removing Russia's access to the global internet is wise.

A private equity fund backed by Russian oligarchs, who have been sanctioned by the European Union, has ties to a powerful U.S. consulting firm.

Apple has stopped selling its products on its Apple Store in Russia, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

Bitcoin could be having a "watershed" moment, one expert said, as the cryptocurrency continued to rally off of lows seen last week.

Chevron and its investors are benefiting from the one-two punch of higher oil prices and more efficient operations.

Russia is the largest exporter of wheat and Ukraine is among the top four biggest exporters of the commodity, according to JPMorgan.

Tuesday's rough market has brought shares of this entertainment giant back down to where we said we would be buyers.

Satellite imagery shows a long convoy — some 40 miles (65 kilometers) long — of Russian military vehicles heading toward Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.