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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Aug. 10 appointed former diplomat Amos Hochstein as a senior advisor for energy security to work on the fallout from the Russia-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, among other energy issues, according to a statement by the State Department. The United States last month …

Oil prices were steady on Tuesday, holding around one-week highs after jumping more than 3% the previous session as investors tempered expectations of an early return of oil exporter Iran to international crude markets. Brent crude futures were down 1 cent at $68.45 a barrel by 0701 GMT, having jumped …