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UNGA: Iran bids US to turn West Asia into a dangerous region

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Hassan Rouhani speaks in the initial video recording played at the 75th UNGA session at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept 22, 2020. (AP Photo) IRAN took advantage of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of UNGA to vent its anger on the United States (US). Its president Hassan Rouhani slammed the US, claiming Washington had turned West Asia into a dangerous region. It involves the sale of billions of dollars worth of weapons to countries in the region. "They are selling billions of dollars worth of weapons to their clients, turning our region into a dangerous region. "And they are still trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to try to deprive Iran of its minimum defense and to ignore international law and global consensus, in order to extend arms embargoes on Iran. "This is contrary to the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 document," he said on Tuesday. Iran and the US have been known to be enemies since the 1979 Islami

International astronomers discover new planet 'LTT 9779b'

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LTT 9779b orbits its stars 60 times closer than Earth orbits the sun.  - Photo: University of Chile THE international astronomical team, including researchers from the University of Cambridge, unveiled the discovery of a new class of planets previously called 'Ultrahot Neptune' in the solar system on Monday. Citing a joint study conducted by the University of Cambridge and the University of De Chile in the journal  Nature Astronomy  , the giant planet orbits its star 60 times closer than Earth orbits the sun. The findings were recorded through the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satelllite (TESS) which is a system used for space observation. The planet named 'LTT 9779b' is filled with metal with temperatures up to 1,700 degrees Celsius. Located about 260 light-years from the solar system, the planet, which has a nine percent atmosphere, is 28 times larger than Earth. According to Professor James Jenkins of the Department of Astronomy from the University of De Chile, the