内容摘要：In other dealings early Tuesday, U.S. benchmark crude oil picked up 19 cents to $65.47 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, was up 22 cents at $67.26.

In other dealings early Tuesday, U.S. benchmark crude oil picked up 19 cents to $65.47 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, was up 22 cents at $67.26.

as Moscow competes with the United States, Europe and Chinaacross the continent.

The two-year-old Africa Corps, which has links to a covert branch of Russia’s army, is ascendant at a time when U.S. and, forced out by sub-Saharan nations turning to Russia forMali, Burkina Faso and Niger have been battling fighters linked with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group for more than a decade.

At first, mercenary groups with an arms-length relationship to the Kremlin entered the fray in Africa. But increasingly, Russia is deploying its military might, and intelligence services, more directly.”We intend to expand our cooperation with African countries in all spheres, with an emphasis on economic cooperation and investments,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “This cooperation includes sensitive areas linked to defense and security.”

Russia’s 8,800-ton Baltic Leader and 5,800-ton Patria are among hundreds of ships that

to choke off resources for Russia’s war in Ukraine. The ships docked and unloaded in Conakry, Guinea, in late May, AP satellite images showed.“I wrote, ‘I will be French Open champion 2025’ like a bunch of times,” Gauff explained. “She (Thomas) wrote ‘I will be the Olympic champion’ and she ended up winning the gold. I think it’s a great mindset that she had.”

written by Gauff late on a Friday night, then it was finally time for bed, time to rest.Gauff then persuaded herself a little bit more, by staring at the mirror and convincing herself she was looking at the face of a soon-to-be French Open champion.

“Looking at myself in the mirror so I was trying to instil that belief, and obviously it happened. I didn’t know if it was going to work or not. (But) it did,” Gauff said, then laughed as she added: “When you’re desperate, you’re just trying anything to think that it’s going to help you win.”Gauff also posted on Instagram another message she wrote to herself