Brent crude futures rose 95 cents, or 1.3%, to $74.80 a barrel by 2300 GMT on Sunday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $70.04 a barrel, up 88 cents, or 1.3%.
Even as the western strategists calculated the ramifications of the unfolding Russian civil war and the impending removal of Putin from power at the Kremlin, the Wagner mutiny fizzled out in hours.
New Hampshire's first openly transgender lawmaker was arrested after investigators found that she solicited child pornography from a daycare employee she was previously in an intimate relationship with.
Prigozhin, the owner and founder of the mercenary organization, has leveled accusations against Russia, claiming that his war camps in Ukraine were bombed.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said earlier on Thursday that it was premature to determine whether the implosion occurred at the moment of the last communication.