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Europe · WashingtonThe Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its oil-exporting allies announced a 2 million barrel per day cut in oil production Wednesday, bucking months of pressure from Washington to increase production and potentially spiking gas prices again. See the Story
OPEC+ agrees deep cuts to oil production despite U.S. pressure
42% Center coverage: 107 sources
Europe · Cape CanaveralElon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched the next long-duration crew of the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, including a Russian cosmonaut hitching a ride with two Americans and a Japanese astronaut as part of the mission.See the Story
SpaceX launches new crew to the International Space Station
59% Center coverage: 91 sources
Kim Jong-Un · SeoulNorth Korea launched a ballistic missile Thursday toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said. The launch was the North’s sixth round of weapons firings in less than two weeks, which has prompted condemnation from the United States and other countries. The country has fired nearly 40 ballistic missiles over about 20 different launch events this year, exploiting Russia’s war on Ukraine and the resulting deep divide in the U.N. Security Council to accelerate its arms development without risking further sanctions.See the Story
N.Korea fires ballistic missile, South Korea says
48% Center coverage: 85 sources
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Europe · ParisOscar-winning actors Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche filmed themselves chopping off locks of their hair in a video posted Wednesday. The video, hashtagged HairForFreedom, comes with Iran engulfed by anti-government protests. Images of women elsewhere cutting their hair to show solidarity with Iranian women have gone viral.See the Story
French actresses and singers cut their hair in solidarity with Iranian women
42% Left coverage: 53 sources
DACA · WashingtonThe 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal district judge in Texas should take another look at the program. The ruling leaves the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals up in the air. Current DACA recipients are protected for now, but new applicants are barred.See the Story
U.S. appeals court sends DACA case back to lower court to consider new rules
59% Center coverage: 59 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonThe World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert Wednesday over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.See the Story
WHO probing Indian cough syrups after 66 kids die in Africa
38% Center coverage: 32 sources
US & CanadaA tender and touching letter that author John Steinbeck penned to his teenage son, offering fatherly advice after the young man confided that he was in love for the first time, is going up for auction.
Boston-based RR Auction says the handwritten draft of a letter to his eldest son, Thomas — then 14 — shows the Of Mice and Men author's empathy: He refused to dismiss it as puppy love.
"While this letter offers an intimate, private glimpse into St…See the Story
Steinbeck's Letter to Son on Love Goes on Sale
60% Center coverage: 15 sources
Terrorist Attack · LagosNigeria's military has secured the release of the remaining 23 hostages from a train attack by gunmen in northern Kaduna state in March, which saw dozens kidnapped and six others killed, a defence official said on Wednesday.
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Nigerian military says last hostages from March train attack freed
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Ebola · KampalaMargaret Nabisubi, an anesthetic officer, is Uganda's fourth health worker to succumb to the deadly Ebola Sudan virus. Uganda registered its first case of the Ebola Sudan strain September 20th in the Mubende district. The disease has spread to four other districts, Kassanda, Kyegegwa, Bunyangabu and now Kagadi.See the Story
Fourth Uganda Health Worker Dies as Ebola Spreads
50% Left coverage: 6 sources
Protestors · TehranIranian security forces deployed at universities in several cities on Wednesday, witnesses said, stepping up efforts to quell more than two weeks of protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police.See the Story
Iranian Police Deploy at Universities as Unrest Over Mahsa Amini's Death Churns On
50% Left coverage: 6 sources
Crime · WashingtonThere were a total of 1,326,600 violent crime incidents last year, the FBI says. The number of murders increased to 22,900 in 2021 from 22,000, an increase of 4.3%. The mixed data come as violent crime remains a concern for many Americans.See the Story
Large majority of Americans say violent crime a major problem: poll
67% Center coverage: 3 sources
