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      Brazil and Argentina to discuss                     common currency       ARGENTINA                                                          BRAZIL                                  In a joint piece they wrote, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentine President Alberto Fernandez stated that Brazil and Argentina wanted to integrate their economies more, even by creating a unified currency. The paragraph that was posted on the Argentine website Perfil reads, "We seek to remove the obstacles to our exchanges, simplify and modernize the procedures and stimulate the use of local currencies." According to the report, "We also decided to forward discussions on ...

         NASA Stops Trying to Repair Lucy's Troublesome Solar Array According to NASA, the circular solar array is 98% extended and is powering the Lucy spacecraft, which is now traveling to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, adequately. NASA is pausing efforts to deploy a fussy solar array on the Lucy spacecraft because they believe Lucy is too cold and that efforts will be more successful when Lucy is closer to the Sun in December 2024. One of the two 24-foot-wide (7-meter-wide) solar arrays on the spacecraft, which powers Lucy, failed to fully unfold after launch in October 2021 and remained in an unlatched state. Despite prior attempts by NASA to fully deploy the array, the agency stated in a blog post that the Lucy team will be postponing attempts due to the spacecraft's extreme cold. However, NASA isn't worried about the situation and estimated in a blog post that the array is 98% deployed and will be strong enough to last the balance of Lucy's 12-year voyage to ...

 California mass shooting leaves at least 10 dead, others injured at Lunar New Year festival A place where people had gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year was the scene of a mass shooting late Saturday in Monterey Park, California, in which at least 10 people were murdered and numerous others were hurt, according to authorities. 10 individuals were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, who also reported that 10 additional victims were transported to nearby hospitals in a range of situations, from stable to critical. After the shooting, the suspect—whom officials had previously described as a man—reportedly fled the scene and is still at large, according to Meyer. The suspect's identity was not immediately known. Around 10:30 p.m., officers arrived at the dance ballroom to find "people pouring out of the premises screaming," Meyer said, adding that officers entered the club as f...

 Since "Frozen," Taylor Swift's "Midnights" has spent the most weeks at the top of the album sales chart.    The album Midnights by Taylor Swift spends its 12th consecutive and overall week at the top of Billboard's Top Album Sales chart, which was published on January 21. According to Luminate, the album sold 25,000 copies in the U.S. during the week ending January 12 (a decrease of 58%). Since the 2014 Frozen soundtrack ruled for 13 nonconsecutive weeks at the top of the Top Album Sales chart, Midnights has spent more weeks at the top. Since the Titanic soundtrack spent all 16 of its No. 1 weeks back-to-back in 1998, Midnights has spent the most consecutive weeks at No. 1. At this time, Midnights' total album sales in the United States are 1.901 million. Taylor Swift Birthday: Dec 13, 1989 Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA On her way to becoming a global pop sensation, Taylor Swift wrote songs about the pleasures and hardships of adolescence. Swif...