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North Korea missile launches, Ukraine energy ceasefire dispute, oil dips, economics Nobel, Ravens win in OT

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North Korea fires several ballistic missiles; one flew more than 900 km

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the sea off its east coast on Monday morning, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said; one flew more than 900 km. Japan's vice defense minister Takashi Koyari said at least two…

✔ Sources: Al Jazeera (with AP, Reuters), ABC News, Euronews (with AFP)

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Zelenskyy says Russia kept hitting energy sites after Trump's ceasefire announcement

A day after President Trump posted that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia struck a power plant in Kharkiv right after the announcement and hit energy facilities in Kyiv and…

✔ Sources: ABC News (Australia), Reuters via Yahoo Finance, Helsinki Times

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Oil slips on hopes of more Russian supply; Brent stays above $100

Oil prices fell in early trading Monday after President Trump said Russia and Ukraine agreed to halt attacks on energy facilities, following his announcement of a diesel-supply deal with Russia. Brent crude stayed above $100 a barrel as conflict in the…

✔ Sources: Reuters via Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Finance

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Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win the Nobel Prize in economics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 economics prize to Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation": research on smoothing boom-and-bust…

✔ Sources: NPR, Reuters via Investing.com

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Without Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley leads Ravens past Falcons 30-23 in OT

With Lamar Jackson out with an ankle injury, Tyler Huntley threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Devontez Walker with 40 seconds left and Derrick Henry ran in the two-point conversion to tie the game, then Huntley scored on a 1-yard sneak in overtime as the…

✔ Sources: AP via KSAT, CBS Sports, WMAR 2 News

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