In the day's other news, OPEC is drastically cutting oil production
by two million barrels a day to boost sagging oil prices. The alliance
of Oil producing countries made that announcement at a meeting in
Vienna. The move will likely cause another spike in gas prices for
consumers. White House officials called the decision shortsighted,
especially as the global economy is already reeling from the impact
of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russia's President Vladimir Putin officially signed documents
today to annex for regions of Ukraine. This comes as the Russian
military is losing its grip on some of the areas Putin is trying
to claim as his own. Ukraine reported new advances against Russian
forces in her song Hark Eve and Donetsk.
Elsewhere, Residents in Kiev were angered by the illegal annexation.
Steve No. For me, It's strange. There is sovereignty. There is a
country there is a year when we became independent, there is a state
borders ministries. I can't understand why people decided to change
it like that. Kremlin spokesman insisted that territories that have
been recaptured by Ukraine in recent days will be returned to Russian
control.
Aid workers and Tigre forces in Ethiopia today confirmed that as
many as 65 people were killed in an airstrike in the country's northern
Tigre region. It happened yesterday at a school that was sheltering
people displaced by the two year long internal conflict. Survivors
of the strike fled the nearby town of Shire about 15 miles from the
blast.
A malfunctioning South Korean ballistic missile blew up as it hit
the ground today during a live fire drill with the U. S. The missile
crashed inside an air force base near the city of Gang Yang, where
there were no reports of injuries. The joint military drill was a
Reprisal for North Korea's nuclear capable ballistic missile that
flew over Japan the previous day. US. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
called the North provocations dangerous and reckless.
I think what we're seeing is that if they continue down this road,
it will only increase.
The condemnation increase the isolation
increase the steps that are taken
in response to their actions. Hours later, North Korea launched two
more ballistic missiles towards its own East coast. It is now conducted
seven test firings In 12 days, A US federal appeals court upheld
a lower court ruling against the legality of Dhaka, the Obama era
program for young immigrants, but it sent the case back to a lower
court.
To consider new Biden administration rules For now, the 594,000 existing
DACA recipients can still renew their status.
Wall Street closed lower today after its two day rally lost some
steam. Jones Industrial Average shed 42 points to close at 30,000
to 70 for the NASDAQ fell. 28 points in the S and P 500 slips seven.
A Russian cosmonaut has launched from the U. S. For the first time
in 20 years, this time with the private firm Space X. She rocketed
to the International space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida,
along with two NASA astronauts and another from Japan. They're due
to arrive tomorrow and stay for five months.
This year's Nobel Peace Nobel Prize that is in chemistry went to
three scientists for developing a way to snap molecules together.
The groundbreaking work of Americans Caroline Burt Tosi and Barry
Sharpless and Danish scientist Morton Meld. All has been used to
design better cancer treatments and to map DNA.
Tosi, who was based at Stanford University, described the moment
she heard the news.
I was sound asleep as a person is at two AM usually. And, um,
I got jarred awake by the phone. At first. I thought it was
some dream or something, you know, But then I kind of
Then the adrenaline kicked in, you know, and, um and then it's like,
Oh, my God.
Her fellow American Prize winner Barry Sharpless, is now the fifth
person to receive a Nobel twice. He also won the chemistry Nobel
Prize in 2001.
And the family of the cinematographer who died on the rust film set
has agreed to settle their wrongful death lawsuit. Alina Hutchins
were shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin last October. He insists
that it was an accident. The exact terms of the settlement have not
been disclosed, but Hutchins husband will take over as executive
producer.
When the film resumes production in January. Still to come on the
news are we examined several Senate races that could decide control
of Congress.
A new documentary from our own news. Our team examines trauma from
gun violence in America.
Singer Linda Ronstadt reflects on her roots plus much more.
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