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Retail giant Amazon's Germany branch executive has stated that the company is eyeing a possible expansion into Germany, which is Amazon's second biggest market after the United States. Amazon, which is one of the world's most valuable public companies, already operates Whole Foods stores and Amazon Go food stores in the US and UK. No timeline has been provided for the planned expansion.

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A video featuring former US vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Jo Biden seemingly expressing racist sentiments is making the rounds on social media such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. The 19-second video is a misleading edit of Biden's speech in Derry, New Hampshire, and the Twitter user who popularized it is claiming it was meant for humorous purposes.

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Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX will be launching its Starfleet rocket for the first time in just a few months. The rocket is almost entirely reusable and if successful, should reduce the cost of traveling to Mars by a considerable amount. The program's final aim is to successfully colonize Mars.

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'Star Wars: The Clone Wars', a fan favorite animated series that takes place between the second and third Star Wars episode, is finally getting its seventh season. Disney has announced that fans will be able to watch the new season on February 17th on Disney+. The show has not had new episodes since 2014.

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Federal prosecutors are currently investigating a number of people who used to be Wells Fargo executives and may be close to arresting them. The executives were all connected to the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal and will likely face criminal charges. The bank is also in talks with the US Justice Department to resolve this issue.

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The authorities in Hong Kong have recently created and activated a new 'serious response' level in order to deal with a new infectious disease. The illness is speculated to have from mainland China and appears to be a kind of pneumonia. They have installed a new thermal imaging system to scan the temperatures of everyone entering Hong Kong.

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The homepage of a US federal library website was recently changed to a pro-Iranian message accompanied by an image of a bloody Donald Trump being punched in the face. This change was made by hackers claiming to be from Iran. The website was taken down soon after this message was uploaded.

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As Australia's multiple bushfires rage on, smoke from these fires has traveled all the way to New Zealand where it has darkened the sky in some places. The sky in the city of Auckland turned orange due to the smoke and temperatures in the area dropped around 4 to 5 degrees.

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The National Society of Film Critics has announced its annual awards, naming Parasite the best film of the year. The voting took place in New York and LA, with 38 different critics placing their votes. Parasite also managed to get the best screenplay award but the best cinematography award went to 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire'.

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According to a new study, there are currently 50.6 million adults over 50 in America who regularly play video games. Most of these people play either on their phone/tablet or computers and largely stick to puzzle or word games. Over a third of these gamers claim they are constantly looking for and trying out new games.

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Manchester has had its first home game without a shot on target since 2015, against the Wolverhampton Wanderers. The match ended in a draw without any goals at all and will be replayed in the middle of January, the only weekend Manu had without a game. Manu is set to play against Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-final on Tuesday.

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A 23-year-old Parisian man currently identified Nathan C. went on a murderous rampage in a park in the town of Villejuif wielding a knife, leaving one person dead and two more injured. The attacker was shot dead by French police, and while copies of the Qur'an were found in the man's belongings and a witness reports hearing him recite Islamic verses, authorities are hesitant to call the attack religiously motivated.

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After the two countries tied in the opening singles rounds, with Britain's Cameron Norrie winning his match but Dan Evans losing to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, Britain has now lost the tie after doubles contenders Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury lost their match against Dimitrov and Alexandar Lazarov

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Following months of violent protests from supporters of ousted Bolivian president Evo Morales, who stayed in power for 14 years, the president of the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal Salvador Romero has announced that the country will host new elections on May 3, 2020, with presidential and parliamentary elections being held on the same day. Morales, who has fled the country, has announced he will not run in the 2020 elections.

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According to SuperData's gaming report Year in Review, Epic's Fortnite has again topped the charts as the bestselling game of the year, though the figures are not record-breaking like they were in 2018. Fortnite earned a whopping 1.8 billion USD in 2019, followed by familiar popular gaming titles such as FIFA 19, GTA V and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The gaming industry overall earned a record 120 billion USD.

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Francis Arnold, the woman who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2018, has retracted her latest paper. She posted on social media apologizing for doing a poor job. The paper was retracted because some data from a lab notebook was missing and her experiment was not consistent when performed by other scientists.

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Iran's ambassador to the UN has written a letter to the security council urging them to condemn the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. He described the drone strike as a 'criminal act' in the letter. It is unlikely that the UN will issue such a condemnation as the US can just veto the decision.

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In a groundbreaking study, researchers led by MIT's Vishal Patil have utilized fibers that change colors when placed under varying amounts of strain to test the strength and durability of various kinds of knots. While knots have been used by humans for millennia, little is known about the mathematical interactions between the various levels of strain utilized in different knots, which this study explored with great success.

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Canadian singer and model Justin Bieber announced a hiatus from music in 2015, after the release of his popular album Purpose, citing mental health reasons. The pop star recently announced his return to the music scene with the release of his new single 'Yummy' to commemorate the new year, dedicated to his wife and longtime girlfriend Hailey Baldwin.

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Photographer Larry Singer has filed a lawsuit against Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop for copyright infringement, stating the company used his photograph of the Fort Lauderdale house in an online city guide published on Goop's website. Singer has claimed damages of up to 150,000 USD along with any profits Goop made from his work.

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A statement released by the Trump administration reports that the government will be restricting the overseas sales of sensitive technologies by next week, due to rising security and safety concerns about China's access to advanced AI software exported by US companies. The legislation will require companies to seek a license before selling technology or software that could affect national security.

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Variety magazine reports that Snapchat has purchases a startup called AI Factory which specializes in image and video recognition, using the company's expertise in its Cameos feature that allows users to place selfies into looping videos. The move has reignited concerns about deepfakes, the video equivalents of manipulated bogus images in Photoshop, and how the rapidly improving technology might contribute to misinformation campaigns on social media.

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NASA deployed the Asteria spacecraft, a suitcase-sized satellite termed a CubeSat, from the International Space Station in 2017 with the mission to observe dimming in stars' brightness as evidence of orbiting planets. Asteria successfully finished three missions before losing contact on December 5, 2019, and is thought to be lost.

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An American court has ruled that the two men who accused Micheal Jackson of sexual abuse in the documentary 'Leaving Neverland' can sue his companies for damages. Micheal Jackson's estate has denied these claims and condemned the documentary when it was released. The men claim the abuse happened in the '90s when they were children.

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The Australian government has announced that up to 3,000 army reservists will be deployed along with a third navy ship to assist in the firefighting effort. The scale of the emergency has grown and thus more resources will be needed to tackle it. The government has previously faced criticism for not taking tougher action against climate change.

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