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When the moon completely covers the sun during a rare total solar eclipse over western Iceland on Aug. 12, most people will be focused on the spectacular solar corona glowing around the moon’s silhouette. The eclipse — Iceland’s first since 1954 — comes in the wake of strong solar activity in the past few years, alerting some to the possibility of aurora during totality itself. While some say it’s unlikely and even impossible, there’s a possibility that totality itself could cause aurora.

Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung’s hit cat-and-mouse thriller series is entering its endgame. Made in Korea, Disney+’s prestige period crime drama, will return Sept. 9 for a second and final season, with the streamer dropping a teaser trailer for the six-episode conclusion on Tuesday.

Morgan Wright, a former US state department anti-terror adviser, told the BBC that these kinds of attacks are usually attributed to North Korea or Iran.

"And who are we in conflict with right now? Well, it's Iran. So they become, they go to the top of the listed terms of nations capable, and also having a desire to do something like this," he said.

The newly established beetle genus Luffy was not given its name simply as a playful reference. Researchers selected it because the insects have distinctive physical features that closely resemble the unusual abilities of Luffy, the main character in One Piece.

Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) is one of many beloved "Ted Lasso" cast members not returning full time to season 4.

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When the Ted Lasso season 4 cast returns on Apple TV this week, it will be missing a number of fan favorites. The new season follows a women’s soccer team, which required replacing the players who had grown and changed and matured during three years of Ted’s tutelage.

Netanyahu and board director Maldenov meet amid tensions over Gaza disarmament roadmap and recent Israeli attacks.

The US-led Board of Peace has said that an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza will only take place after the disarmament of Hamas is complete, following a meeting between the body’s director, Nickolay Mladenov, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

ByYolande Knell