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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has announced that the country is experiencing its hottest day on record. Australia is currently going through extreme drought and heatwave, while also fighting against numerous wildfires all over the country. Scientists expect temperatures to rise even further later in the week so this new record may soon be broken.

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The Australian government has given environmental approval to Equinor, a Norwegian energy company, to drill for oil in the Australian bight. The company has claimed that the drilling can be done safely although environmental groups have raised some concerns regarding the decision. These groups have claimed that no scientists or environmentalists were consulted when this decision was made.

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The United States Congress has unveiled its new government spending bill in order to avoid another temporary government shutdown. The bill includes a reduction in funds for Trump's border wall, reducing it from $5 billion to $1.37 billion. They have also suggested raising the age at which a person can purchase tobacco to 21.

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Toyota has announced that they will be adding self-driving technology to commercial vehicles such as taxis and on-demand ride service cars. They have said that it will take time before the tech is available for personal vehicles as it is not advanced enough yet. The software is currently able to drive on the highway without human interference.

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The United Nations security council will meet behind closed doors to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Kashmir on Tuesday. The meeting is taking place at China's request and will be the first meeting on the issue since August. Pakistan's Foreign Minister sent a letter to the UN regarding the situation on December 12th.

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Russia and China have submitted a formal proposal to the United Nations to ease sanctions on North Korea. They have suggested allowing North Korea to export seafood and textiles in order to create more dialogue with the nuclear-armed state. Negotiations regarding the bill are to start on Tuesday and the US will still be able to veto the decision.

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Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, an Ethiopian national who was already in prison for terror offenses, was recently caught organizing an ISIS cell in the prison. He was training other prisoners to commit future terrorist attacks once they were released. Some of the prisoners were planning to travel abroad to join ISIS.

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Hundreds of Vox's freelance workers are about to lose their jobs as California has passed a new law that forbids freelance writers from submitting more than 35 articles a year. The law means that companies will have to reclassify freelancers as employees or fire them entirely. Contractors will be able to apply for jobs at the company.

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There are thousands of islands in the Pacific that still do not have internet access as so few people live there. A satellite startup called Kacific has found that enough people live on these islands that launching a satellite to give them internet access will be profitable. SpaceX has already launched the first of these satellites.

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HBO's Watchmen season 1 has come to a close with the finale episode airing on Sunday night. The episode managed to get 1.6 million views, beating out the first episode as the most viewed episode of the season. The show has steadily gained more and more support via word of mouth and has ended on a high note.

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Everton has said that ex-Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti is their first choice to become their next manager and that they are going to increase their efforts to secure a deal with him. They have also said that they are talking to other candidates as well and will only make an appointment when the right person is selected.

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Ghost Recon: Breakpoint's big new 1.1 update that was due to release on December 18th has been delayed. The update was going to come with gameplay changes and a Terminator live event. The game received poor reviews upon release and the developers promised to fix some of the game's largest problems in this update.

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Arsenal midfielder and star player Mesut Ozil recently expressed his views condemning China's treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority, and the team's management had responded by distancing themselves from Ozil's personal views. However, Arsenal's Sunday match against Manchester City was removed from the schedules of China's state television CCTV as a result of Ozil's comments.

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Manchester City, reigning Premier League champions, delivered a crushing 0-3 defeat to Arsenal in the Premier League match held at Emirates Stadium, with star player Kevin De Bruyne scoring twice and Raheem Sterling scored once to give City an insurmountable 3-0 lead before the end of the first half. The win places City 14 points behind league leaders Liverpool.

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The Welsh rugby team's former attack coach, Rob Howley, is facing an 18 month ban due to breaches of the World Rugby Union's betting violations. Howley was found to have placed over 300 bets on the Welsh rugby team with three bookmakers, one of which reported his actions to the Welsh Rugby Union, since they contributed a breach of the WRU's betting and corruption regulations.

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Chinese state councilor and acting foreign minister Wang Yi has stated that after months of the prolonged trade war between the United States and China, the Chinese government is going to attempt to strengthen ties with the European Union to become less dependent on US trade, emphasizing that the EU should view China as a collaborator instead of a competitor.

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson, whose Conservative party won a historic majority in the general elections this week, announced his intentions to sign into law a resolution requiring all Brexit negotiations to conclude before 2020. He hopes that the move will accelerate negotiations with the EU, since in the absence of a comprehensive trade deal, UK companies would be burdened under the more stringent requirements of the World Trade Organization.

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The original Surgeon Simulator hit game was released in 2013, by indie developers Bossa Studios, building on a prototype made by an employee in just under 48 hours for the Global Game Jam competition. The company recently released a trailer for a sequel to Surgeon Simulator featuring multiplayer co-op supporting up to four players, which will be available on the Epic Games store in 2020.

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In a presentation made to a joint meeting of American and European societies for cell biology, researcher Tai Chaiamarit revealed hitherto unknown mechanisms by which the incurable prion disease affects the brain. Chaiamarit reported that prions, which are chains of misfolded proteins, cause traffic jams in axons, the neural pathways that connect various parts of the brain, and thus cause severe neurodegenerative diseases.

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Splash News and Picture Agency has declared a lawsuit against movie star Liam Hemsworth, claiming up to 150,000 USD in damages, after Hemsworth posted an image of himself on Instagram on the set of his new movie Isn't it Romantic. The picture in question was taken by the agency's photographer Janet Mayer, and the agency is claiming Hemsworth's public posting of the image constitutes unauthorized use.

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At the San Diego Comic-Con, Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance to reveal the first trailer for Top Gun 2, a sequel for the original film released 34 years ago which first introduced audiences to Tom Cruise. Cruise will reprise his role as daring US Navy pilot Pete Maverick, and the sequel will also include Val Kilmer from the original movie, though he did not appear in the trailer.

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Following the Federal Aviation Administration's decision not to renew licences for Boeing's Max 737 in 2020, the company has announced that it is halting manufacturing for the plane, and may have to shut down production completely, pending federal negotiations. Boeing's Max 737 is its most popular plane, but its licence has been suspended after two Max 737s crashed this year, killing 346 people.

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Websites and services managed by the government of New Orleans, USA, were targeted in a cyberattack, due to which employees were instructed to take all servers, computers and other devices offline as a precaution. No theft of data or passwords was detected, and the NOLA.gov website was taken offline until officials could be certain that government systems were not compromised, though emergency services were still maintained.

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Marry Mubaiwa, the wife of the Vice President of Zimbabwe has been charged with attempted murder after she tried to remove her very sick husband from the hospital. She was fully aware of his condition and removed a medical intravenous drip before trying to sneak him out. She has also been charged with laundering $1 million to South Africa.

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Amazon is developing a new large scale game called 'New World' and is planning to release it in May. The game is said to include a massive open world that players will be able to explore with their friends. It takes place in a high fantasy setting and will only be available for PC.

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