Tweets Of The Day

•Putin signs laws illegally annexing 4 Ukrainian regions
•EU weighs sanctions on Iran over crackdown on protests
•South Korea, US launch missiles after North Korea test

Today's top stories in 1 minute: pic.twitter.com/prKPrWCiH5

— DW News (@dwnews) October 5, 2022

From Russian President Vladimir Putin formalizing the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, to South Korea and the U.S. conducting rare military drills. Here are the 5⃣ stories you need to know today pic.twitter.com/sv5w5gc4gF

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2022

Oil prices set to rise as Opec countries cut output https://t.co/xLQD2lNucO

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 5, 2022

OPEC+ agreed to steep oil production cuts, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S. administration called the surprise decision shortsighted https://t.co/0o1YOoDIE7 pic.twitter.com/FFxeXfbGOj

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2022

CIA Director William Burns stated that, in the CIA’s assessment, due to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s instructions to his military to be prepared to invade Taiwan by no later than 2027. https://t.co/Ld3g2KGka8

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) October 5, 2022

A girls' school in Iran brought a member of the IRGC-run Basij paramilitary to speak to students. The girls welcomed the speaker by taking off their headscarves & chanting "get lost, Basiji".

Teenage girls have been at the forefront of protests for days.pic.twitter.com/kvskgB8qas

— Kian Sharifi (@KianSharifi) October 5, 2022

In 2020, Democrats blocked Trump's proposal to buy American oil at $24 a barrel.

Yesterday, a Biden official disclosed a secret offer to buy OPEC+ oil at $80 a barrel in exchange for not cutting production.

Biden's efforts backfired. The US is weakened.https://t.co/ygwOZqPIBk

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 5, 2022

For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S. on Wednesday, launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanese astronauts.
They’re due to arrive at the space station Thursday and won’t be back until March. https://t.co/Zkdi0SlsuU pic.twitter.com/mtx1SSWfE2

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 5, 2022

JUST IN: Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for the development of click chemistry.https://t.co/VTcHyiyJui

— DW News (@dwnews) October 5, 2022