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A State Department spokesman condemned the North Korean missile launch into the Sea of Japan, calling it a violation of several UN Security Council resolutions. Meanwhile, the US Indo-Pacific Command said that North Korea's action does not pose an imminent threat to any country.

The Pentagon said Monday it had tested a supersonic weapon that could travel five times faster than sound. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in July that his country had tested a supersonic cruise missile that is unparalleled in the world.

Brent crude rose for a sixth straight day to more than $ 80 a barrel on Tuesday, the highest level since late October 2018.

The US Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it would spend $ 9.1 billion in compensation to telecom operators who had been forced to remove Chinese telecommunications equipment made by companies such as Huawei and Zedia to avoid compromising national security.

The Japanese Defense Ministry said the missile fired from North Korea was probably a ballistic missile. Less than an hour after the shooting, North Korea's representative to the United Nations said that because of other countries' "hostile" policies, North Korea had the right to test its weapons.