Crude retreats but fuel prices stay high

Crude retreats but fuel prices stay high

Author: Financial Times August 7, 2026 Duration: 12:09

Weakened refining capacity in Russia and the Gulf is a boon to US refiners. Plus, the Trump administration’s decision to revoke legal protections for migrants could hurt the US economy, and Google is shifting control of its AI effort from London back to Silicon Valley.


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Refining crunch keeps fuel prices high as crude retreats

Google shifts AI power back to Brin as DeepMind’s Hassabis steps aside

‘People are going to kill me’: Haitians fear deportation as US revokes protected status


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