Oil price rises after Russian sanctions; Trump pardons Binance co-founder, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 24 October 2025
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| 0:44.3 | The price of oil rose by over 5%, a day after the Trump administration announced sanctions |
| 0:51.3 | on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosnieft and Liu Koyle. |
| 0:57.0 | On Thursday, the European Union followed suit, |
| 1:00.0 | adopting new sanctions on Russia's energy sector |
| 1:04.0 | ahead of a summit in Brussels. |
| 1:06.0 | The bloc is aiming to force a ceasefire in Ukraine. |
| 1:10.0 | Measures include a ban on importing Russia's liquefied natural gas from 2027. |
| 1:18.5 | Donald Trump pardoned Changping Chow, the co-founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. |
| 1:26.9 | Mr. Chow pleaded guilty to criminal money laundering violations in 2023, |
| 1:33.0 | later serving four months in prison. |
| 1:36.1 | The Trump administration, which has pursued crypto-friendly policies, |
| 1:40.5 | suggested that Mr. Chow had been targeted in former President Joe Biden's, quote, |
| 1:45.9 | war on cryptocurrency. Mr. Chow vowed to make America the capital of crypto. |
| 1:54.0 | Airbus, Leonardo and Talis agreed to merge their space businesses. The, quote, |
| 2:00.0 | new European space player, which will be based in Toulouse, France, will combine |
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