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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
North Korea firing two missiles eastwards into the sea.
The missiles launched at 6:01 a.m. and 6:23 a.m. Thursday local time. (5:01 and 5:23 p.m. Eastern US time today).
The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier has returned to the waters east of Korea after North Korea's launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile Tuesday...
The UN Security Council met today to discuss North Korea's missile launches and will continue the discussion next week...TASS RUSSIA
US POLITICS AND NEW POLLS IN GEORGIA'S STATEWIDE RACES FROM MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS.
THE FOX 5/INSIDER ADVANTAGE POLL SAYS THAT INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT US SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK LEADS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER HERSCHEL WALKER 47 TO 44 PERCENT AND THAT INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP LEADS DEMOCRAT CHALLENGER STACEY ABRAMS 50 TO 45 PERCENT.
ANOTHER POLLS FROM WXIA-TV/SURVEY USA CLAIMS THAT WARNOCK LEADS WALKER 50 TO 38 PERCENT WITH KEMP AHEAD OF ABRAMS 47 TO 45 PERCENT...MORE ON POLITICAL POLLS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
OPEC+ GROUP INCLUDING RUSSIA CUTTING WORLD OIL PRODUCTION BY TWO PERCENT
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The OPEC+ nations meeting this week in Vienna agreeing to a two percent cut in oil production.
This runs contrary to the Pre-Mid-Term Election Strategy of the Biden Administration.
Petroleum is being released from the US strategic reserve to move gasoline prices lower.
But this production cut will move gasoline prices higher.
News reports have appeared pinning blame on Russia and Saudi Arabia for the impending production cuts.
Two million fewer barrels of oil will be produced each day starting in November...SKY NEWS UK...TASS RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA STORY #2...
In response the Biden Administration announcing the release of more oil from the strategic reserve...FREE REPUBLIC POST-FOX BUSINESS STORY-DISCUSSION
NEW EU SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, RUSSIA WILL NOT SELL OIL TO 'PRICE CAP' COUNTRIES
THE EUROPEAN UNION AGREEING TO A NEW SET OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA.
THE SANCTIONS INCLUDE AN OIL PRICE CAP FOR SHIPS THAT TRANSPORT RUSSIAN OIL AS WELL AS A BAN ON IMPORTS OF OTHER RUSSIAN PRODUCTS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY...
RUSSIA'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER NOVAK SAYS RUSSIA WILL NOT SELL OIL TO ANY COUNTRIES ADHERING TO A 'PRICE CAP'...TASS RUSSIA...
THE PRICE OF OIL IN NEW YORK ROSE TODAY TO JUST OVER 88 DOLLARS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...
THE EARLY TREND ON WALL STREET TODAY WAS DOWN BUT STOCKS BEGAN TO CLAW INTO POSITIVE TERRITORY BY MID-AFTERNOON.
BUT AT THE CLOSE THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE WAS DOWN 42.45 POINTS WHILE THE NASDAQ DROPPED 27.77 POINTS...MARKETWATCH
In New Zealand the Reserve Bank raising the Official Cash Rate (Prime Lending Rate) .5 percent to 3.50 percent today.
It's the latest in a series of rate hikes by the bank...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT ORDERING THE CAGING OF BIRDS NATIONWIDE DUE TO BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
POLITICS IN THE US TODAY MANY POLLS BUT ONE TO NOTICE IS THE POLL DONE FOR GOVERNOR IN VERMONT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND A LOCAL TV STATION.
IT SHOWSREPUBLICAN PHIL SCOTT AT 48 PERCENT WITH DEMOCRAT BRENDA SIEGEL TRAILING AT 31 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS (LATEST POLLS)
Actor Alec Baldwin reaching a financial settlement with the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in the fatal shooting of Hutchins by Baldwin on a New Mexico movie set.
Also in the settlement the producers for the film "Rust".
The settlement provides for Hutchins husband, Matthew Hutchins, to become executive producer of the film with all the principals including Baldwin involved in it...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
AN EXPLOSION AT A MOSQUE IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN TODAY.
AT LEAST FOUR DEAD AND 25 WOUNDED IN THE BOMBING.
THE MOSQUE LOCATED NEAR THE INTERIOR MINISTRY SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED EMPLOYEES OF THE MINISTRY...REUTERS-NBC NEWS...
(COMMENT) MORE INDICATION THAT JIHADIST FORCES (ISIS KNOWN TO BE ACTIVE IN AFGHANISTAN) BACKED BY WESTERN NATIONS HAVE BEEN INSERTED INTO AFGHANISTAN TO UNDERMINE TALIBAN RULE.
US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SPEAKING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN.
BLINKEN PUSHING FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO THE ONGOING DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES THAT HAS LED TO RENEWED FIGHTING IN RECENT WEEKS...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
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TOUGH CHECHEN COMMANDER PROMOTED BY PUTIN
PROCLAIMS VICTORIES FOR CHECHEN UNITS
The Chechen leader Roman Kadyrov promoted to the rank of Colonel General by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is Kadyrov's second promotion this year...TASS RUSSIA...
Kadyrov proclaimed victories for Chechen units in Ukraine today...TASS RUSSIA
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