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'No response to Biden'

US media are reporting that Saudi and Emirati leaders have snubbed President Joe Biden, and refused to speak to him in recent weeks. According to the Wall Street Journal, there has been some expectation of a phone call after earlier contacts by the White House were declined, but that those calls never came. Biden was apparently meaning to encourage the two Arab producers to pump more oil into the market, to bring down energy prices in the US. Washington has been attempting to push an array of oil producing countries including its adversary Venezuela, to balance the impact of Russia’s Ukraine attack on energy markets. The US president is reportedly considering a trip to Saudi Arabia to resolve difference with Crown Prince Bin Salman over a host of issues.

US record gas prices

Gas prices in the US hit an all-time high as President Joe Biden announces a full ban on energy supplies from Russia. Americans now have to pay an average of almost 4.2 dollars per gallon at the gas pumps, surpassing the previous high in 2008. And now with President Biden's ban on Russian oil and gas imports taking effect, the prices are expected to go up even more steeply. Russia exports more than 12% of the world’s crude oil. Any supply disruption will affect the cost of oil globally. American households are also grappling with the highest inflation rate in over 40 years.

Israeli atrocities

Another Palestinian has lost his life following an attack by the Israeli forces as tensions run high in the occupied territories. Palestinian sources say the 23-year-old man succumbed to his injuries sustained in an attack by troops in the city of Nablus a few days ago. The West Bank has been the scene of daily escalations, with Israeli forces killing several Palestinians within days. The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating security situation. 


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