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He repeated claims that the U.S.

has destroyed Iran's military, urged patience with high costs brought on by the spike in oil prices, and said countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz should take action to secure the passage.

Following the speech, oil prices rose above $105 a barrel.

Stocks in Asia lost ground after Wednesday's gains on Wall Street.

A top world energy policy group has detailed the extent to which Gulf countries have had to drastically reduce their oil and gas production due to the lack of

export possibilities through the state of Hormuz.

And Paris Eleanor Beardsley reports a Paris-based international energy agency says millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic meters of natural gas have gone unexploited since the war began.

A medical examiner in Buffalo, New York, has ruled the death of a Rohingya refugee a homicide.

And 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam had been dropped off by Border Patrol agents in freezing weather.

Ryan Zunder of Buffalo, Toronto Public Media reports on renewed calls for justice from Alam's refugee community.

The four astronauts who blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday evening are currently in Earth orbit.

Officials say they are to spend a day checking their capsule before firing the main engine that will propel them toward a flight around the moon.

Three Americans and a Canadian are on board.

The 10-day trip is a step toward returning people to the lunar surface.

A new paper in the journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests mental health care providers should ask patients regularly about their use of AI chatbots, just like they ask patients about sleep, exercise, diet, and substance abuse, appears Ritu Chatterjee reports.

Tiger Woods has formally turned down the Ryder Cup captaincy as he steps away from golf.

Also Wednesday, a Florida judge approved Woods' motion to leave the country to seek treatment.

The judge's approval came a day after Woods entered a not guilty plea to suspicion of driving under the influence.

I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.