Twin Galaxies in Virgo

Spiral galaxy pair NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 share this sharp cosmic vista with lonely elliptical galaxy NGC 4564. All are members of the large Virgo Galaxy Cluster. With their classic spiral arms, dust lanes, and star clusters, the eye-catching spiral pair is also known as the Butterfly Galaxies or the Siamese Twins. Very close together, the galaxy twins don’t seem to be too distorted by gravitational tides. Their giant molecular clouds are known to be colliding though and are likely fueling the formation of massive star clusters. The galaxy twins are about 52 million light-years distant, while their bright cores appear separated by about 20,000 light-years. Of course, the spiky foreground stars lie within our own Milky Way. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2RXVF4a

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As Democrats Target Trump’s Tax Returns, Audit Claims Loom Large by REUTERS

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Congressional Democrats exploring ways to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns may target the adequacy of the Internal Revenue Service audit that Trump often cites as his reason for not making the returns public, according to sources famili…

Published: January 31, 2019 at 05:29PM

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Airbnb Criticizes Hawaii Attempt to Subpoena Host Records by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Airbnb is pushing back against Hawaii’s attempt to find tax delinquents by subpoenaing 10 years’ worth of invoices, receipts and other records from the home-sharing platform’s island hosts, calling it an unprecedented, “massive intrusion” that vio…

Published: January 31, 2019 at 03:16PM

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Less Scottish Fish for EU Diners Without Brexit Deal-Fishermen by REUTERS

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Fewer Scottish langoustines, scallops and salmon will reach the plates of gourmands in the European Union if there is a no-deal Brexit because border delays could mean they rot before they can be delivered, fishing officials said.

Published: January 31, 2019 at 12:35PM

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Late-Blossoming Zapata Upstages Ronaldo by REUTERS

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Duvan Zapata did not make Colombia’s World Cup squad last year and his transfer from Sampdoria to Atalanta in the summer caused barely a stir.

Published: January 31, 2019 at 09:44AM

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Sharks Drawn to Warm Waters by Israeli Coastal Power Plant by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A giant power plant with billowing smoke may not look like the most natural habitat for sea life. But the hot water gushing from an industrial plant in Israel’s northern city of Hadera has drawn schools of sharks that are increasingly endangered b…

Published: January 31, 2019 at 01:32AM

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Sharpless 308: Star Bubble

Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a Full Moon. That corresponds to a diameter of 60 light-years at its estimated distance. The massive star that created the bubble, a Wolf-Rayet star, is the bright one near the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars have over 20 times the mass of the Sun and are thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova phase of massive star evolution. Fast winds from this Wolf-Rayet star create the bubble-shaped nebula as they sweep up slower moving material from an earlier phase of evolution. The windblown nebula has an age of about 70,000 years. Relatively faint emission captured in the expansive image is dominated by the glow of ionized oxygen atoms mapped to a blue hue. SH2-308 is also known as The Dolphin Nebula. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2SfJfnB

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Tanzania Hunts Child Abductors Over Suspected Witchcraft-Linked Killings by REUTERS

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Tanzania has launched a manhunt for suspects in the abduction and murder of up to 10 children this month in cases believed to be linked to witchcraft, the home affairs minister said on Wednesday.

Published: January 30, 2019 at 09:58AM

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The Latest: Brazil Family Digs for Relative Buried in Mud by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Latest on the deadly collapse of a dam at a Brazil iron ore mining complex (all times local):

Published: January 30, 2019 at 09:21AM

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Access to UK Fishing Waters Post-Brexit Is Not Up for Renegotiation: UK PM May by REUTERS

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Access to Britain’s fishing waters is not up for renegotiation in any talks with the European Union over possible changes lawmakers have demanded to the country’s exit deal, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday.

Published: January 30, 2019 at 08:15AM

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What Soybean Politics Tell Us About Argentina and China by BROOK LARMER

By BROOK LARMER

A new superpower’s influence is growing in Latin America.

Published: January 30, 2019 at 05:00AM

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Wide Field View of Great American Eclipse

Only in the fleeting darkness of a total solar eclipse is the light of the solar corona easily visible. Normally overwhelmed by the bright solar disk, the expansive corona, the sun’s outer atmosphere, is an alluring sight. But the subtle details and extreme ranges in the corona’s brightness, although discernible to the eye, are notoriously difficult to photograph. Pictured here, however, using over 120 images and meticulous digital processing, is a detailed wide-angle image of the Sun’s corona taken during the Great American Eclipse in 2017 August. Clearly visible are intricate layers and glowing caustics of an ever changing mixture of hot gas and magnetic fields. Hundreds of stars as faint as 11th magnitude are visible behind the Moon and Sun, with Mars appearing in red on the far right. The next total eclipse of the Sun will occur on July 2 and be visible during sunset from a thin swath across Chile and Argentina. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2TnnUG4

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Waste Unleashed From Brazil Dam on Its Way to a Larger River by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A torrent of muddy mining waste unleashed by a dam breach that killed at least 84 people in southeastern Brazil is now heading down a small river with high concentrations of iron oxide. It threatens to contaminate a much larger river that provides…

Published: January 30, 2019 at 12:02AM

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NOAA Extends Protected Zone for Endangered Right Whales by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The federal government is extending the duration of a protected area off of Massachusetts to try to keep endangered right whales safe.

Published: January 29, 2019 at 06:23PM

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Ireland Ready to Tap Range of Emergency Aid in No-Deal Brexit: PM by REUTERS

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Ireland has alerted the European Commission that it will seek emergency aid in the event of a no-deal Brexit and is considering a range of other ways to help firms cope, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.

Published: January 29, 2019 at 06:09PM

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Will Sports Betting Transform How Games Are Watched, and Even Played? by BRUCE SCHOENFELD

By BRUCE SCHOENFELD

After decades of resistance to sports gambling, team owners and state officials are laying the groundwork for it — with potentially huge implications.

Published: January 29, 2019 at 05:00AM

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Ultima Thule from New Horizons

How do distant asteroids differ from those near the Sun? To help find out, NASA sent the robotic New Horizons spacecraft past the classical Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, the farthest asteroid yet visited by a human spacecraft. Zooming past the 30-km long space rock on January 1, the featured image is the highest resolution picture of Ultima Thule’s surface beamed back so far. Utima Thuli does look different than imaged asteroids of the inner Solar System, as it shows unusual surface texture, relatively few obvious craters, and nearly spherical lobes. Its shape is hypothesized to have formed from the coalescence of early Solar System rubble in into two objects — Ultima and Thule — which then spiraled together and stuck. Research will continue into understanding the origin of different surface regions on Ultima Thule, whether it has a thin atmosphere, how it obtained its red color, and what this new knowledge of the ancient Solar System tells us about the formation of our Earth. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2Uk6z0M

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The Prosecution Rests Its Case and El Chapo Decides Not to Testify by ALAN FEUER

By ALAN FEUER

The monumental 10-week presentation by prosecutors included intercepted text messages, grenade launchers and even El Chapo’s own underwear drawer.

Published: January 28, 2019 at 07:13PM

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Underwater Search for Plane to Begin in Channel This Weekend by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The man leading a private search of the missing plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala said on Monday there was a “very good chance” of finding the aircraft.

Published: January 28, 2019 at 07:51AM

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Cutting Up Big Fish and Cultivating an Even Bigger Fan Base by PRIYA KRISHNA

By PRIYA KRISHNA

Baracat Paiva of Boston is the charismatic star of Instagram videos in which he turns huge fish into fillets in seconds. But he started as a pro soccer player in Brazil.

Published: January 28, 2019 at 11:41AM

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WWII-Era Grenade in Car’s Trunk Prompts Taco Bell Evacuation by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

When a World War II-era hand grenade came to a Taco Bell in central Florida, everyone else had to leave.

Published: January 28, 2019 at 11:30AM

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The Long Gas Tail of Spiral Galaxy D100

Why is there long red streak attached to this galaxy? The streak is made mostly of glowing hydrogen that has been systematically stripped away as the galaxy moved through the ambient hot gas in a cluster of galaxies. Specifically, the galaxy is spiral galaxy D100, and cluster is the Coma Cluster of galaxies. The red path connects to the center of D100 because the outer gas, gravitationally held less strongly, has already been stripped away by ram pressure. The extended gas tail is about 200,000 light-years long, contains about 400,000 times the mass of our Sun, and stars are forming within it. Galaxy D99, visible to D100’s lower left, appears red because it glows primarily from the light of old red stars — young blue stars can no longer form because D99 has been stripped of its star-forming gas. The featured false-color picture is a digitally enhanced composite of images from Earth-orbiting Hubble and the ground-based Subaru telescope. Studying remarkable systems like this bolsters our understanding of how galaxies evolve in clusters. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2DEtkqV

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‘The Nation Has Stood Up’: Indigenous Clans in Canada Battle Pipeline Project by AMBER BRACKEN

By AMBER BRACKEN

On one side of a barricade in remote British Columbia, members of the Wet’suwet’en people hoped to stop a pipeline that would cross their traditional land. On the other side were heavily armed police.

Published: January 27, 2019 at 06:45PM

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‘Glass’ Is No. 1 Again, McConaughey’s ‘Serenity’ Flops by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Matthew McConaughey notched one of the worst debuts of his career, Oscar nominees saw only modest bumps and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” easily remained No. 1 on a quiet weekend in movie theaters.

Published: January 27, 2019 at 12:17PM

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Japanese Fans Celebrate Osaka’s Rise to Top of Tennis World by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Led by a congratulatory tweet from the prime minister, Japan reveled in Naomi Osaka’s dramatic Australian Open win on Sunday.

Published: January 26, 2019 at 08:41AM

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UN, Church Officials Press Italy to Let Migrants Disembark by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Three United Nations agencies appealed Saturday to Italy to allow 47 migrants off a private rescue ship after a week in cold weather and decried a “‘boat-by-boat” approach that keeps vulnerable asylum-seekers at sea while European nations squabble…

Published: January 26, 2019 at 08:35AM

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Your Canada Vacation Suggestions for 2019 by IAN AUSTEN

By IAN AUSTEN

In the spirit of The Times’s global 52 Places to Go in 2019 list, we present some travel tips from Canada Letter readers.

Published: January 26, 2019 at 12:30AM

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The Umbra of Earth

The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, it has a circular cross section most easily seen during a lunar eclipse. For example, on January 21 the Full Moon slid across the northern half of Earth’s umbral shadow, entertaining moonwatchers around much of the planet. In the total phase of the eclipse, the Moon was completely within the umbra for 63 minutes. Recorded under clear, dark skies from the hills near Chiuduno, Italy this composite eclipse image uses successive pictures from totality (center) and partial phases to trace out a large part of the umbra’s curved edge. Reflecting sunlight scattered by the atmosphere into Earth’s shadow, the lunar surface appears reddened during totality. But close to the umbra’s edge, the limb of the eclipsed Moon shows a distinct blue hue. The blue eclipsed moonlight originates as rays of sunlight pass through layers high in the upper stratosphere, colored by ozone that scatters red light and transmits blue. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2B3vkaD

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Deep Freeze Grips Upper Midwest, More Bitter Cold to Come by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An arctic wave has wrapped parts of the Midwest in numbing cold, sending temperatures plunging and prompting officials to close dozens of schools on Friday, but forecasters say the worst may be yet to come.

Published: January 25, 2019 at 12:32AM

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Lack of Jobs in India Drove Migrants On to Boat for New Zealand, Say Relatives by REUTERS

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In a dark alleyway no wider than arms’ length, a single ladies’ shoe is all that remains on the boarded-up doorstep of Prabhu Dhandapani, his wife and their eight-year-old daughter.

Published: January 25, 2019 at 04:24AM

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News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines by CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN

By CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN

Did you stay up to date this week?

Published: January 25, 2019 at 03:40AM

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Moon Struck

Craters produced by ancient impacts on the airless Moon have long been a familiar sight. But only since the 1990s have observers began to regularly record and study optical flashes on the lunar surface, likely explosions resulting from impacting meteoroids. Of course, the flashes are difficult to see against a bright, sunlit lunar surface. But during the January 21 total eclipse many imagers serendipitously captured a meteoroid impact flash against the dim red Moon. Found while examining images taken shortly before the total eclipse phase began, the flash is indicated in the inset above, near the Moon’s darkened western limb. Estimates based on the flash duration recorded by the Moon Impact Detection and Analysis System (MIDAS) telescopes in southern Spain indicate the impactor’s mass was about 10 kilograms and created a crater between seven and ten meters in diameter. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2CKI9GQ

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Bolsonaro Finds Anticorruption Vow Threatened by Cases Close to Home by SHASTA DARLINGTON and MANUELA ANDREONI

By SHASTA DARLINGTON and MANUELA ANDREONI

Just three weeks into his term, Jair Bolsonaro, who rode to power by denouncing corruption and elitist privilege, is fending off charges that his administration is engaging in more of the same.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 05:39PM

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Why a Border Wall Could Mean Trouble for Wildlife by JOHN SCHWARTZ

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

If the Trump administration extends the wall at the southern border, it could degrade important habitats for animals and plants, even birds and insects.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 05:14PM

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Douglas Costle, Who Helped Create Environmental Agency, Dies at 79 by SAM ROBERTS

By SAM ROBERTS

He helped conceive the E.P.A. that President Nixon created in 1970 and then served as its administrator under President Carter from 1977 to 1981.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 01:42PM

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How a Global Reputation Is Changing an Amateur Derby by RORY SMITH

By RORY SMITH

In the Netherlands, thousands of fans turn up every year to watch IJsselmeervogels play S.V. Spakenburg. But can a local derby lose some of its spark when it earns a place on the soccer tourism circuit?

Published: January 24, 2019 at 01:25PM

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Search for Emiliano Sala and Pilot in English Channel Ended by Officials by ILIANA MAGRA

By ILIANA MAGRA

The plane carrying the Argentine soccer player and the pilot David Ibbotson went down in the English Channel on Monday evening.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 01:21PM

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Hawaii Coral Reefs Stabilizing Following Bleaching Event by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Coral reefs off the Big Island are stabilizing nearly four years after Hawaii’s worst bleaching event, an environmental organization said.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 10:38AM

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Sea Lion Bites Alaska Fisherman, Tries to Drag Him Into Sea by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A sea lion lunged onto a fishing boat off the Aleutian Islands last weekend, biting a crew member on the leg and trying to pull him into the water, officials said.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 10:11AM

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‘Serenity’ Review: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and One Very Bad Mess by WESLEY MORRIS

By WESLEY MORRIS

As Captain Baker Dill, McConaughey is asked to throw his ex-wife’s new husband into the ocean. He should have thrown the script in instead.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 09:00AM

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Uncharted Waters: Scientists to Explore Indian Ocean Depths by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scientists prepared Thursday to embark on an unprecedented, years-long mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the coming decades.

Published: January 24, 2019 at 01:23AM

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Matterhorn, Moon, and Meteor

Fans of planet Earth probably recognize the Matterhorn in the foreground of this night skyscape. Famed in mountaineering history, the 4,478 meter Alpine mountain stands next to the totally eclipsed Moon. In spite of -22 degree C temperatures, the inspired scene was captured on the morning of January 21 from the mountains near Zermatt, Switzerland. Different exposures record the dim red light reflected by the Moon fully immersed in Earth’s shadow. Seen directly above the famous Alpine peak, but about 600 light-years away, are the stars of the Praesepe or Beehive star cluster also known as Messier 44. An added reward to the cold eclipse vigil, a bright and colorful meteor flashed below the temporarily dimmmed Moon, just tracing the Matterhorn’s north-eastern climbing route along Hornli ridge. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2W7h4Gy

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To Hall of Famers, Baseball Has Transformed at Dizzying Pace by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Baseball has transformed at dizzying speed since Edgar Martinez took his final swing and Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay threw their final pitches.

Published: January 23, 2019 at 07:32PM

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Tycoon of the Pre-Owned by ALEXANDRA JACOBS

By ALEXANDRA JACOBS

Can Silicon Valley survivor Julie Wainwright’s luxury consignment company, the RealReal, save retail?

Published: January 23, 2019 at 03:57PM

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Shutdown Makes It Tough for Groups to Help Endangered Whales by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.

Published: January 23, 2019 at 09:56AM

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$1.3 Million Homes in Louisiana, New York and California by JULIE LASKY

By JULIE LASKY

A 1906 home in New Orleans, a colonial in East Hampton and a ranch-style house in Santa Cruz.

Published: January 23, 2019 at 09:01AM

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EU Readies Support for Fishermen in Case of No-Deal Brexit by REUTERS

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The European Union’s executive on Wednesday proposed two laws to support fishermen hit by a no-deal Brexit, an example of how the bloc is stepping up contingency plans as March 29 nears and Britain is undecided about how to move forward.

Published: January 23, 2019 at 08:03AM

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The Latest: EU Proposes No-Deal Brexit Fishing Rules by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Latest on Britain’s exit from the European Union (all times local):

Published: January 23, 2019 at 06:29AM

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Braving Dangerous Waters, Iranians Seek a Better Life in Britain by REUTERS

By REUTERS

The traffickers told Fardin Gholami that a fishing boat would take him from France to England at midnight, but when he and five other Iranian asylum seekers got to the beach, all they found was an inflatable dinghy with nobody to sail it.

Published: January 23, 2019 at 04:12AM

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Seoul Accuses Japanese Patrol Plane of Threatening Flight by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Korea’s military has accused Japan of a “clear provocation” over what it says was a threatening low-altitude flight by a Japanese patrol plane over a South Korean warship.

Published: January 23, 2019 at 02:56AM

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