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Thousands of people came out onto the streets of Baghdad to mourn military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an American airstrike. The government organized an elaborate funeral procession for the general on Saturday. The killing has split public opinion in Iraq with some approving and others disapproving of the decision.

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Samsung has announced that its subsidiary 'Star Labs' has been working on artificial CGI generated humans that are powered by AI. They have been vague as to how this technology works but have said that it can be used for entertainment or as a kind of digital receptionist. It is unclear whether or not this technology will bring anything new to the table.

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Guru, a new tech startup has announced that they have figured out how to wirelessly charge smartphones via radio waves. Their technology will be cheaper and faster than the wireless chargers currently on the market. The company will create its first prototypes early next week in collaboration with some large electronics companies.

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BBC America has announced that 'Killing Eve' will be getting a fourth season, thanks to the incredibly high ratings of the first two. The third season is going to air in several months sometime in the Spring. The show will get a new head writer for the fourth season but the new writer has not been announced yet.

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Rune 2 publisher Ragnarok has confirmed that it has finally received the source code for the game from Human Head Studios. This came after a long legal dispute where Ragnarok claimed that it never received the source code from Human Head, who at the time was being bought by Bethesda. This update is a sign that the dispute is ending.

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Tottenham striker Harry Kane is going to be unable to play for the foreseeable future due to a torn hamstring. The injury happened during his game against Southhampton where Tottenham lost 1-0. Kane is one of Tottenham's best attacking players, having scored 27 goals over the course of 31 games.

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Amazon has threatened to fire a group of employees for speaking out on environmental issues. According to a source they were told they were in violation of the company policies. Amazon told BBC that these were not new rules. The group has called to limit its work with fossil fuel companies and cut off ties with politicians and lobbyists denying climate change to achieve zero emissions by 2030.

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Liverpool comfortably defeated Sheffield United 2-0 in the Premier League match-up to finish a stunning year-long unbeaten record to match a record run as leaders in the Premier League. Liverpool stars Mohamed Saleh and Sadio Mane each scored a goal in the first half of the game to lead Liverpool to maintain their insurmountable 13-point lead over second place Leicester and rivals Manchester City.

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A cousin of the starfish, called Ophiocoma wendtii, residing in the coral reefs of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico is the second creature known to use extraocular vision to navigate. Due to light sensing cells called photoreceptors covering its body and pigment cells, called chromatophores. Each of these cells act like a pixel on an image, and together give the animal an all-round view of its surroundings.

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For the first time since its original release in 2015, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was reported by Steam to have surpassed 100,000 concurrent players, which is far greater than the number of concurrent players the game received in the first week of its launch. The sudden upsurge in the game's popularity has been attributed to the massively popular Netflix Witcher show coupled with heavy discounts on Steam.

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The popular singer-songwriter and rapper Post Malone is known for sporting 52 tattoos all over his body, including several on his face. To celebrate the new year, Malone has recently posted pictures on his Instagram of his new face tattoo, which is in the shape of a medieval gauntlet.

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Dr. Enass Abo-Hamed, heading the H2Go Power team at Imperial College in London, has discovered a novel way to store hydrogen gas in tanks that does not require the use of large, heavy tanks, which has made possible the use of aluminium hydrogen storage tanks that are light enough to power drones. Dr. Abo-Hamed has expressed her hopes that the discovery will help make renewable energy garner more acceptance.

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Turkey has announced that it will be deploying troops in Libya in order to help the United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord. Details regarding this deployment are still unknown but many critics have said that more foreign interference will only make the situation in Libya more complicated and could even make things worse.

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The US government has announced that it will be increasing the scope of the program that sends migrants coming in from Mexico back and then hears their asylum cases in Mexico. The program has already been used to send back 56,000 migrants and was struggling to deal with the large number of cases coming in.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Iran will react harshly to the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and has declared three days of mourning for the fallen leader. Any conflict between Iran and the US will likely destabilize the entire region. The US government has so far provided no evidence to justify this killing.

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The US embassy in Baghdad has said that all American citizens still in Iraq should leave as soon as possible as they may be trapped in the country if they don't. This statement came in response to the US killing of high ranking Iranian military leaders in an air strike.

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Astrophysicist Ron Mallet has said that he has theoretically figured out time travel. He has written an equation that he claims can be used as the foundation of an actual time machine. Although scientists have been aware of theoretical methods of traveling to the future, Mallet claims his equation can be used to travel to the past as well.

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According to a new study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative more female directors made top-grossing films than ever before in the history of cinema. Around 10.6% of the top films of the year were by women, which is still a minority of cases. These low numbers are often attributed to the lack of opportunities for women in Hollywood.

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The CW has shared an official description of the new Arrow spin-off show that will star Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy, and Juliana Harkavy. The show will follow three superheroines who are attempting to solve a kidnapping case and is set 20 years in the future. It will take place in the Arrowverse and will likely feature Green Arrow in the first episode.

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The Indian government has announced that it will be commissioning a nuclear reactor every year in order to boost commercial use of nuclear energy. They are likely going to build the next water reactor at the Kakrapar nuclear plant in Gujarat. India's Kaiga-1 reactor currently holds the world record for most continuous days of operation.

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The original fan-favorite Stalker games are finally getting a sequel with the new game being built entirely on Unreal Engine. The developers have decided not to use the same engine as the original game in order to provide a smoother experience for players as well as modders. The game currently does not have a release date.

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Renowned football player Wayne Rooney has recently played his first match as captain of Derby County, ending the game at 2-1. This was Rooney's first game since October when he played for DC United. This puts Derby County eight points ahead of sixth place, saving them from the relegation zone.

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Following a powerful push by the forces of General Khalifa Haftar against the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the UN-supported government of Libya has requested military support from Turkey, adding that while this would constitute an escalation of violence in the region, such an act may not be necessary if Haftar called off his offensive. Turkey will soon hold a vote on fulfilling the Libyan government's request.

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Scottish Peter Wright defeated three-time PDC World Darts champion and widely regarded as one of the greatest darts players in history, Michael Van Gerwen, to become the oldest darts player to win his first PDC title, at 50 years of age. Wright outclassed Van Gerwen 7-3 in a shocking upset, winning three successive sets against his world number one opponent.

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Habib Jemli, an agricultural engineer appointed to head the government about a month ago to revive the Tunisia's faltering economy, has been struggling to make rival parties see eye to eye on most issues, but recently announced success in forming a cabinet composed of autonomous technocrats. Jemli's choices will be submitted for ratification in parliament by Tunisian president Kais Saied.

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