The rising price of diesel pushes up shelf prices on everything from bread to baseball bats to circuit breakers. Because the effect on prices is so widespread, it may also have motivated the Federal Reserve to push up interest rates

Trump and Zelenskyy met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York as Washington again seeks to revive negotiations aimed at ending Russia's full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022 and has now lasted about 4½ years.