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Australian actor Russell Crowe won the Golden Globe award for 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television' for his role playing FOX News head Roger Ailes in The Loudest Voice, but the actor accepted the award in absentia, choosing to stay in Australia to protect his family and property from the catastrophic fires blazing across the country.

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US president Donald Trump's administration issued a warning to the French government regarding its plan to implement a new tax regime for large US tech firms, making them liable to pay taxes in the countries they operate in rather than the country they were incorporated. French economic minister Bruno Le Maire has warned that any retaliatory sanctions from the US will be repaid in kind.

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After US president Donald Trump was criticized for ordering the assassination of top Iranian military official Major-General Qassem Soleimani without first seeking congressional approval, he has stated that he will be providing Congress due notice regarding his actions on the conflict with Iran on Twitter, and that congressional leaders should follow his account to receive these updates.

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Famous Australian actor Russel Crowe has recently won a Golden Globe and instead of sending in a regular acceptance speech, he wrote a speech that discussed the current climate change crisis in Australia. He encouraged people to donate to help save Australia's wildlife and fight the fires. He was not present at the ceremony as he had to stay home to protect his family.

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According to two senior US officials, the administration, for the most part, is against the bombing of cultural sites in Iran. They said that the destruction of cultural sites will only further unite and antagonize the Iranian people and is thus poor strategy. There is no indication that the US will actually bomb these sites despite Trump's statements.

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Chernobyl has been awarded the Best Limited TV series at the 2020 Golden Globes. The show is just five episodes long and follows the real-life events of the 1986 nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl. The show was critically acclaimed for its production quality and historical accuracy. The show also received overwhelmingly positive audience reactions upon release.

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The German foreign minister has called for a crisis meeting of all the foreign ministers in the European Union in order to discuss the escalation in the Middle East. He specifically expressed concern regarding Iraq's involvement in the situation saying Iraq should not become unstable due to the conflict in the region.

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According to a statement released by Austria's foreign ministry, it was targeted in a cyber attack by what it suspects to be a hacking group working for a foreign power. The attack started on Saturday night, the same day the country's Green party expressed support for a coalition government, and is suspected to continue for several days, but no data has been reported compromised due to the ministry's swift countermeasures.

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Iranian State Television has announced that the country will no longer abide by the 2015 nuclear deal that was previously preventing it from getting enough material to construct a nuclear bomb. It had been steadily moving away from the deal since 2018 and has now fully withdrawn. It has not said what level its nuclear program will immediately reach.

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Boeing has said that it has found some previously unknown concerns regarding their 737 MAX jets. The planes have been grounded for some time now due to software issues that led to two fatal crashes in 2018. The new problems have to do with the wiring of the planes but it is unknown how serious this new issue is.

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Ford has recently bought two bipedal robots that can lift 40 pounds each, from Agility Robotics. They are the first company to buy such robots and intend to use them alongside self-driving cars in order to make deliveries. The robots are equipped with advanced navigation and balance software and hardware.

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Scientists working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have managed to create solar cells that are just as efficient as the MOVPE type but significantly cheaper. By using aluminum in the top layer of the cell in a cost-effective way, they have created significantly more power-efficient solar panels.

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A team of very dedicated modders has just released a large almost DLC-Esque mod called Vice City remastered. This mod adds the entire map from the fan-favorite GTA Vice City to GTA 5. Although the mod does not allow players to replay the games iconic missions, it does add a few of its own new missions.

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Liverpool has once again managed to snatch victory from Everton while playing at Anfield, further increasing Everton's long losing streak at the stadium. The FA Cup match ended 1-0 with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claiming the team's performance was "sensationally good". Liverpool made a number of changes to their lineup for this match in order to give their more experienced players some rest.

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Iraq's parliament has passed a new resolution calling for the end of all foreign military presence within its borders. It has made this decision to avoid become a central part of a future conflict that may involve major world powers. Currently, around 5,000 US troops are present in Iraq, mostly in advisory roles.

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Days after the Turkish parliament approved Libyan president Fayez al-Sarraj's request for Turkish military intervention in the country, Libya's eastern dominated parliament has rejected the notion, deeming such an act a violation of the country's sovereignty. The country has been split between al-Sarraj's NATO-backed western Libyan General National Accord, and the eastern Libyan militant Libyan National Army led by General Khalifa Haftar.

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Real Madrid scored a comfortable 3 goals against opponents Getafe in their La Liga match-up, with Madrid's first goal resulting from an unfortunate fumble by Getafe's goalkeeper David Soria, the second scored off a free kick by Toni Kroos, and the third coming in injury time by star Croatian player Luka Modric. Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga, but were overtaken by Barcelona shortly after.

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Spanish Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Novak Djokovic secured opening round victories for their country teams in the ATP Cup being held in Australia. Nadal won his matches 6-3, 5-2 to clinch victory for Spain against Georgia, while Djokovic won 7-6, 7-6 to secure victory for Serbia.

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A top British diplomat in Mauritius, David Snoxell, has stated that the UK's politically paramount designation as a member of the UN's security council might be endangered due its refusal to comply with the International Court of Justice's ruling, which rules the country's military occupation of the largest of the Chagos Islands, which Britain purchased from Mauritius in 1965, is illegal.

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Yoshiyuki Momose's Ni No Kuni movie produced by Level-5 is slated for a Netflix release on January 16, and is reportedly a dubbed version. The movie is based on a new story that forms part of the first game, tracing the journey of two characters who undertake a journey into another world to rescue a friend, but discover that the friend's otherworldly counterpart is also in need of help.

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Developer Rockstar Games' GTA V, even though it was launched in 2013, has maintained its position in the top-selling games list every year due to continuous updates and new content. Now, the game has surprisingly also been made available on Xbox Game Pass, with subscribers getting a 10 percent discount on the the game's Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack or Shark Cash Cards.

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A collaborative study between researchers at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Beijing's Peking University has found that climate change may be causing springs to arrive earlier, which in turn might lead to a much drier and hotter summer climate in the northern hemisphere, raising maximum summer temperatures by 0.07 Celsius per decade.

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Hollywood stars and native Australians Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are the latest in a growing list of Hollywood celebrities such as Hugh Jackman and Nick Kroll to pledge donations for local fire services working to manage the catastrophic fires that have ravaged southern Australia this year. The couple has pledged 500,000 USD to the cause, and urged others to join in the donations.

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American pop star Alecia Beth Moore, better known by her on-stage persona Pink, recently expressed deep concern on Twitter for the families affected in Australia's catastrophic fire season this year, which has killed 23 people and destroyed 1300 houses with no signs of slowing down, and has pledged 500,000 USD to the cause, to be donated directly to local fire services in Australia.

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German car manufacturer Daimler, which owns the popular Mercedes-Benz brand, has launched a recall program for over 744,000 vehicles sold in the US, from the C, CLK, CLS and E-class families, between the time periods 2001-11, due to the discovery that the vehicles' sunroofs are not built according to specification and are in danger of detaching and causing injury to passengers.

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