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In the third and last round of match-ups in tennis's ATP Cup, the British team, on the verge of being knocked out, managed to comfortably defeat their Moldovan opponents 3-0, with both Dan Evans and Cameron Lorrie winning their matches 6-2, 6-2. The win means Britain will qualify for the next round only if Belgium manages to defeat Bulgaria 2-1 in their last round.

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Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's Socialist party prevented opposition leaders from entering Congress by posting armed guards at the gates, after which they elected ousted official Luis Parra as new head of Congress. A defiant opposition party held its own elections in the headquarters of a national newspaper and elected Juan Guaido as leader for a second term.

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Epic Games has continued its giveaway of free games into the new year, with the next free game Sundered: Eldritch Edition available for download from January 9th. Made by developer Thunder Lotus, the game features hand-drawn animation and Metroidvania mechanics, giving players the choice to fight for or against Eldritch powers. The game also features a multiplayer co-op supporting up to four players.

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A small study conducted in Colombia of mothers who suffered from the Zika virus while pregnant has revealed that while their births were healthy, the 70 babies studied suffered from long term developmental defects up to 18 months of age, with slowed movement and social interaction capabilities. The virus did not appear to affect the babies' fetal development and head circumference.

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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, also called TESS, has helped scientists correct their measurements regarding a nearby star system, improving estimates of the star's size and brightness, which has revealed that one of the planets in the system, TOI 700 d, about 20 percent more massive than Earth and with an orbital of 37 days, lies in the system's habitable zone.

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The co-creator of cult-favorite animated TV series Rick and Morty Justin Roiland, has announced that he is working on creating a new clay animated show called Gloop World for a Hollywood streaming startup called Quibi, short for Quick Bites, which focuses on short animated content. Roiland revealed Gloop World had been a seven-year-long dream of his, and would feature two blob roommates living in the clay animated world.

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While it is not clear what role Hollywood star Christian Bale might be playing in the fourth addition to Marvel's Thor franchise, he has been reported to be on the roster of stars being cast in the film, alongside Chris Hemsworth, reprising his role as the Norse god of thunder Thor, Natalie Portman playing Jane Foster and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi returning as the voice of Korg.

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French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has stated that following rising tensions between France and United States over France's introduction of a new 'digital tax' regime affecting mostly the large US tech firms, he has been engaged in a lengthy discussion with US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to find a reasonable compromise within exactly two weeks, ahead of the World Economic Forum meet in Switzerland's Davos ski resort.

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Ahead of the United States presidential election in 2020, Facebook has announced that it is going to remove all 'deepfake' videos from its platform, following concerns about their misinformation capabilities. 'Deepfakes' are defined by Facebook as videos edited or altered through artificial intelligence or machine learning in ways not immediately obvious to common users, and does include deepfakes made for parody or satire.

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The US government is launching a new program where they will now collect DNA samples from everyone held in immigration custody. This DNA will then be given to the FBI where it will be held in a giant criminal database indefinitely. Refusing to submit DNA could lead to someone being given criminal charges.

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Smoke from the numerous Australian bushfires has traveled even further than New Zealand, making it all the way to Latin America. Satellite imaging shows the smoke moving across the Pacific and into Chile. The fires have shown no sign of stopping and are producing even more smoke, New Zealand has decided to send aid to Australia to help with the relief efforts.

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called for better relations with North Korea, even inviting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Seoul. North Korea has been feuding with the US and has thus also been rejecting all South Korean attempts at diplomacy. President Moon also suggested having a unified Korean team compete in this year's Olympics.

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Pakistan's foreign minister has announced that the country will not take sides as the conflict between the US and Iran continues to escalate. Pakistan hopes to avoid any major upheavals, as it has a large Shi'ite population living within its borders. The country also shares a very large border with Iran.

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'Lucifer', a show that follows Satan and his various adventures on Earth, has cast Dennis Haysbert to play God in its fifth and final season. The show previously had Neil Gaiman voice God in season 3 but never gave him an onscreen appearance. The season will start with Lucifer having returned to Hell.

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Iran's parliament has passed a motion to label the US army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations. The motion was passed with no opposition and was brought forward in response to the US assassination of a prominent Iranian general. The government has promised a 'harsh revenge' for the killing but has not made any formal threats as of yet.

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Powerhouse Animation, the studio behind Netflix's critically acclaimed Castlevania series, has just made a few tweets teasing season 3 of the show. If the tweets are true then the third season will be released sometime this year, perhaps even within January. The show is considered to be the best video game adaptation of all time.

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Samsung has recently had its annual press conference and it took this opportunity to show off a number of new prototypes they have been developing. They brought out an exoskeleton that could help people work out as well as new Augmented Reality glasses, with a camera in the center. It is unclear whether or not this tech will make it to the market.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said that after having managed Manchester City, he could never manage Manchester United, even if it was the only offer on the table. However, he did say that he has enormous respect for the club and their manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, even saying that soon they will be in a position to fight for the Premier League title.

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Valve's new auto-battler, 'Dota Underlords', has suffered from an almost 90% drop in its player count over the last few months. The numbers dropped consistently every month, despite constant updates and positive player reviews. It is possible that this decrease is due to a lack of interest in the genre as a whole.

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Australian cricketing legend and one of the sport's most well-respected spin bowlers Shane Warne announced that to fund relief efforts for Australia's catastrophic bushfire season this year, he would be auctioning off the green cap he received in his international test debut for the Australian cricket team, which he wore throughout his career during which he took a national record 708 wickets. The bid currently stands at 301,500 AUD.

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Atlanta Hawks player Vince Carter, at 42 years old, played a game against the Indiana Pacers to become the only player in NBA history whose basketball career has lasted four decades. Carter debuted for the Hawks in 1999, and went on to play in the team every decade since. Carter is also the longest tenured NBA player with 22 seasons under his belt.

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After the Trump administration's Baghdad airstrike left top Iranian official Major-General Qasem Soleimani dead, one of the organizers of Soleimani's funeral, which was attended by thousands, has asked every Iranian citizen to contribute 1 USD towards setting a bounty on US president Donald Trump's head, with a goal to reach an 80 million USD reward for anyone who assassinates Trump.

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Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that in accordance with Libyan prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj's request and after due approval by the Turkish parliament, Turkey will begin to deploy its military in Libya to support the NATO-backed Government of National Accord led by al-Sarraj against attacks by rival government Libyan National Army's General Khalifa Haftar. Erdogan emphasised that the Turkish military is being deployed mainly as a peacekeeping force.

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Recent statistics released by Steam reveal that CS:GO has definitively surpassed Dota 2 as Valve's, and Steam's, most played game. In December 2019, CS:GO received a peak of 767,000, while Dota 2 reached 628,000 concurrent players, with similar numbers in the last 4 months. However, League of Legends remains the world's most popular PC game with well over a million concurrent players throughout the year.

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The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, also called LIGO for short, has detected gravitational waves from yet another neutron star collision, its second one after the groundbreaking 2017 detection provided the first direct evidence of Einstein's theory of general relativity. However, only one of the two detectors caught the explosion and there was no detectable flash of light, making it difficult for researches to pinpoint the collision's location.

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