Chief executive pay climbed by almost 6% in 2025, reaching an average of $17.7 million, as corporate boards rewarded leaders for increasing profits and delivering stronger returns to shareholders. Compensation packages were also designed to encourage executives to remain in their roles and sustain company performance in the coming years. Among the companies reviewed in the AP’s analysis, a worker earning the median salary would need 200 years to match what a CEO earned in a single year. In the

SEVASTOPOL, Crimea, June 10 – Residents in Russian-controlled Crimea were dealing with fuel rationing on Wednesday after Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted deliveries from mainland Russia, according to a Reuters witness. More than four years after launching its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia is contending with near-daily Ukrainian attacks targeting its energy facilities. At the same time, Western sanctions have increased the cost and complexity of exporting Russian crude, as Moscow continues