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- The European Central Bank (ECB) did not change its ultra-expansionary monetary policy on Thursday, as expected. The central bank left interest rates at historic lows, even leaving the door open to further asset purchases if the eurozone economy gets worse, Reuters reports.

- A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Greece, leaving two people dead and at least 200 injured, The Guardian reports.

- U.S. football player O.J. Simpson will be granted parole in October after completing a nine year prison sentence, The New York Times reports.

- El País reports that the singer from the rock band Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, has passed away.

- Elon Musk announced on Thursday on Twitter that he received verbal government approval to carry out his project of building an underground Hyperloop that would connect Washington DC and New York in 29 minutes.

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