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Thursday, January 2, 2020

New Your Times - Health - Christian Health Cost-Sharing Ministries Offer No Guarantees

By REED ABELSON
NYT Health
Some state regulators are scrutinizing nonprofit groups that enroll Americans struggling to pay for medical care, but aren’t legally bound to cover their members’ claims.
Published date: January 2, 2020 at 02:00AM

Iowa Congresswoman Endorsing Joe Biden's Presidential Bid

By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
Joe Biden has landed a high-profile endorsement for his presidential bid as Rep. Abby Finkenauer becomes the first member of the Iowa congressional delegation to take sides in the Democratic nominating contest.
Published date: January 2, 2020 at 12:57PM
AP
New York Times article

German Employment Hits Record High in 2019

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
German employment reached a record high in 2019 as higher labour-market participation and increased immigration of foreign workers more than offset demographic change, the statistics office said on Thursday.
Published date: January 2, 2020 at 11:33AM
Reuters
New York Times article

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Exclusive: China Halts British Stock Link Over Political Tensions-Sources

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
China has temporarily blocked planned cross-border listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain, five sources told Reuters.
Published date: January 2, 2020 at 08:06AM
Reuters
New York Times article

Astronomy picture of the day by NASA - The Fainting of Betelgeuse

Begirt with many a blazing star, Orion the Hunter is one of the most recognizable constellations. In this night skyscape the Hunter's stars rise in the northern hemisphere's winter sky on December 30, 2019, tangled in bare trees near Newnan, Georgia, USA. Red super giant star Betelgeuse stands out in yellowish hues at Orion's shoulder left of center, but it no longer so strongly rivals the blue supergiant star Rigel at the Hunter's foot. In fact, skygazers around planet Earth can see a strikingly fainter Betelgeuse now, its brightness fading by more than half in the final months of 2019. Betelgeuse has long been known to be a variable star, changing its brightness in multiple cycles with approximate short and long term periods of hundreds of days to many years. The star is now close to its faintest since photometric measurements in 1926/27, likely due in part to a near coincidence in the minimum of short and long term cycles. Betelgeuse is also recognized as a nearby red supergiant star that will end its life in a core collapse supernova explosion sometime in the next 1,000 years, though that cosmic cataclysm will take place a safe 700 light-years or so from our fair planet. via NASA

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