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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...

                          After four years of listening for martian earthquakes,                                       NASA's InSight mission is destroyed. The fixed lander's solar panels were covered in Martian dust, which caused it to lose power after four years of producing significant findings about the red planet's interior. The Mars InSight mission of NASA has ended. Mission management has been anticipating this for months since dust buildup on the lander's solar panels has prevented the stationary spacecraft from receiving the sunlight it needs to generate power. The most recent communication came from InSight on December 15; the spacecraft was sent to Mars more than four years ago to measure the planet's seismic activity. However, after two failed efforts at communication, NASA said on Wednesday that it was unlikely ...

According to a study released on Monday, the fast melting ice sheet in Greenland would eventually cause the global sea level to rise by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters), which is more than twice as much as predicted. That is due to something that might be referred to as zombie ice. That is doomed ice that is no longer being replenished by parent glaciers that are now receiving less snow, despite still being tied to thicker sections of ice. Without replenishment, the climate change-induced melting of the fatal ice will definitely raise sea levels, according to research co-author and glaciologist William Colgan of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. "Ice is dead. According to Colgan, it will simply melt and vanish off the ice sheet. No matter which climate (emissions) scenario we choose at this time, this ice has been relegated to the ocean. It is "more like one foot in the grave," according to the study's principal author, glaciologist Jason Box of th...

  At the MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift accepts the trophy for "All Too Wellbest "'s longform video. VIDEO OF THE YEAR Doja Cat -- "Woman" -- Kemosabe Records / RCA Records Drake ft. Future & Young Thug -- "Way 2 Sexy" -- OVO/Republic Ed Sheeran -- "Shivers" -- Atlantic Records Harry Styles -- "As It Was" -- Columbia Records Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow -- "INDUSTRY BABY" -- Columbia Records Olivia Rodrigo -- "brutal" -- Geffen Records Taylor Swift -- "All Too Well" (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) -- Republic Records ARTIST OF THE YEAR Bad Bunny -- Rimas Entertainment *WINNER Drake -- OVO/Republic Ed Sheeran -- Atlantic Records Harry Styles -- Columbia Records Jack Harlow -- Generation Now / Atlantic Records Lil Nas X -- Columbia Records Lizzo -- Atlantic Records SONG OF THE YEAR Adele -- "Easy On Me" -- Columbia Records Billie Eilish -- "Happier Than Ever" -- Darkroom...