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Oil prices fall on expectation Russia, Saudi Arabia will raise output

Oil prices fall on expectation Russia, Saudi Arabia will raise output

Oil prices fell further on Monday, pulled down by an expectation that producer club OPEC and its allies will increase supplies. Brent crude futures (LCOc1), the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $73.05 per barrel at 0036 GMT, down 39 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures (CLc1) were at $64.24 a barrel, down 82 cents, or 1.3 percent, from their last settlement.


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5 dead as SUV chased by Border Patrol crashes in South Texas

5 dead as SUV chased by Border Patrol crashes in South Texas

At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people during a suspected "smuggling event" crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas, authorities said. The SUV carrying 14 people went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned on Texas Highway 85, ejecting most of the occupants, Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said. The Border Patrol said in a statement Sunday night that two other vehicles had been traveling alongside the SUV earlier in the day.


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