The for-sixty-dollar question: a cap on Russian oil

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 11:05 a.m.

Shippers and insurers of Russian crude are now subject to a $60-per-barrel price cap. That may spark Russian production cuts\u2014or an oil-market realignment that undercuts the cap. Senegal might be out of the World Cup, but a visit to its football-academy machinery reveals why it will continue to create star players. And why it\u2019s harder to get deodorant in Manhattan.

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