Family fears for U.S. hostage Ryan Corbett’s health in Taliban prison after “deeply disturbing” phone call

The family of Ryan Corbett, an American humanitarian who has been imprisoned without charge by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since August 2022, said a brief, “disturbing” phone call from him this week has them increasingly concerned about his declining mental and physical health. Anna Corbett, Ryan’s wife, said in a statement that she and their three

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New image reveals Milky Way’s black hole is surrounded by powerful “twisted” magnetic fields, astronomers say

Astronomers have discovered powerful “twisted” magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way, the European Southern Observatory said Wednesday. A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) for the first time showed in polarized light a ring of magnetic fields surrounding the Sagittarius A* black hole.

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