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The Presidents Cup, hosted at Royal Melbourne in Australia, featured a standoff between the United States team headed by golfing star Tiger Woods against an Internationals team. While Woods and his teammate Justin Thomas emerged victorious in their pairing, the Internationals team, featuring Mexico's Ancer and South Africa's Oosthuizen managed to put a substantial 4-1 lead on the board against the others.

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After failing to meet the October 31 deadline for the UK's departure from the European Union, which it joined in 1973, prime minister Boris Johnson called for general elections to be held to revitalize political will in the country and win a Conservative majority in parliament, promising that if he won he would accomplish Brexit and spend more on health, education and the police.

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Valve has revealed that its newest and much-awaited VR addition to the highly popular Half-Life franchise, Half-Life: Alyx, will share the same linear story structure and mechanics of past Half-Life games, with no plans for a multiplayer. Valve's announcement to release the game on VR has boosted Valve's Index headset sales, with the headset occupying the number one seller spot on Steam for several days.

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A recent survey of the impact of fishing on populations of marine life founds that modern fishing techniques, i.e. the use of large nets, are mainly to blame for the endangered status of 13 small cetacean species, along with a dozen species of small whales and dolphins, who may be headed for extinction, with the Chinese baiji river dolphin already believed extinct.

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Scientists at the University of Leeds in England simulated the early Earth's atmosphere on a computer, in an attempt to explain the Great Oxidation Event, which occurred 2.4 billion years ago and greatly increased oxygen levels on Earth, and ultimately allowed for life to evolve. The simulation suggests that gradual changes in nutrient cycles alone may have been responsible for the oxygen-richness, not necessarily a large event.

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Saudi government-owned oil giant Aramco became the most valuable company in the world yesterday, when its public offering raised 25.6 billion USD to value the company at 1.78 trillion USD, the largest initial public offering and company valuation in history. Today, the company's valuation briefly passed the 2 trillion USD mark, which is how much Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman had initially wanted the public offering to raise.

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American airline Delta's chief executive Ed Bastian released a statement announcing substantial profit growth expectations for the airline in 2020, with share prices increasing from 6.75 to 7.75 USD. He ascribes the growth to the growing popularity of air travel despite rising climate change concerns from investors and anti-air travel protests in European countries.

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Harbor Air, an airline founded and headed by Greg McDougall in the city of Vancouver in Canada, successfully performed the world's first commercial flight powered fully by an electric motor rather than combustion. McDougall piloted the plane himself, which was a 62-year-old DHC-2 De Havilland Beaver seaplane with 6 passengers, and was modified to run on electric power.

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EA, the studio that created Anthem, has released a new winter update for the game. The update has changed the cosmetics of the game by adding snow and has also added a large amount of new content including missions and weapons. The developers have also fixed a large number of bugs that were present in the game.

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New Story, a non-profit organization, has built the world's first-ever 3D printed neighborhood in Southern Mexico. The initiative is being pushed in order to combat homelessness in some of the world's poorest communities and could revolutionize the housing crisis. The houses are built to withstand even the most rugged of conditions.

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US aviation regulators have said that the Boeing 737 jet will not be approved for flight before 2020 as the investigation into the jet's software is still ongoing. This setback could force Boeing to cut or stop all production of the aircraft and also force airlines to find replacements for their own 737 jets.

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Youtube has announced a new policy update that will no longer allow content that insults people in a racist or homophobic way. They updated their harassment policy in response to a complaint one of the content creators on the site lodged against another. The complaint attracted a large amount of public attention, forcing the site to take action.

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Liverpool defender, Andrew Robinson, has said that his team is finally getting the respect it deserves. He referenced the team's excellent track record over the last two years and said that no team in the Champions League would want to face Liverpool in the next stages of the tournament. Liverpool has played two finals in the last two years.

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The Chilean air force has said that a cargo plane carrying 38 people that was headed for Antarctica, has crashed before reaching its destination. Rescue teams have been unable to find any survivors but did find debris belonging to the plane. It is currently unknown what caused the crash although an investigation has been launched into the matter.

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ex-Hollywood bigshot Harvey Weinstein has managed to negotiate a settlement deal with those accusing him of sexually abusing or harassing them. The deal says that he would not have to admit wrongdoing and will have to pay $47 million, $25 million of which will compensate the victims. Many of the victims have said that the deal is unacceptable as it does not hold Weinstein accountable.

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was only of age 17, has posted an eerie tweet explaining that she is not suicidal. In the tweet, she mentioned that many powerful people want her silenced. Many people speculate that Jeffry Epstein was murdered in prison in order to prevent him from testifying.

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US Ambassador Kelly Craft has warned North Korea that their missile tests are 'deeply unproductive' and that the US is willing to come to an agreement with the country. Negotiations between the two countries broke down earlier this year and North Korea has been using its missile tests to place pressure on the US.

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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2019. The 16-year-old Swedish girl inspired millions of people to take action against climate change all over the world. She has also spoken at the UN and has met a large number of world leaders. She is the youngest person ever to have won this award.

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In a historically unprecedented turn of events, Israel may be forced to conduct its third elections this year, amid political mistrust and a deepening divide along party lines in the country. While the parties of both prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz believe the new election results will only be marginally different, all parties have agreed to dissolve the legislature and conduct a fresh vote.

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Liverpool defeated Red Bull Salzburg 0-2 in an elegantly played match, with star player Mohamed Salah scoring a goal to become one of the league's top scoring players this season, behind only Lionel Messi. Naby Keita scored the first goal with a header, with Salah following up in the following couple of minutes. Liverpool's win in this match takes them to Champion's League's last 16 as Group E winners.

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Capcom recently announced it would be remaking part 3 of its highly popular Resident Evil series, after 2019's critically and commercially Resident Evil 2 remake. The game will be released on April 3, 2020 on PS4, and will feature a multiplayer mode based on the Resident Evil Resistance mechanic of 1v4 players.

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Congress is passing a landmark resolution that will form two new US governmental bodies to watch over the country's research practices and prevent foreign powers from wielding too much influence in US research. One will be based directly in the White House and will be responsible for coordinating with various agencies to prevent exploitation or undue access to crucial research being done in US institutions.

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Martin Scorcese's latest mafia thriller "The Irishman" was released on Netflix on November 27 after being out in cinemas for three weeks. According to Netflix, the movie garnered 26 million viewers in its first week, lower than Sandra Bullock's Bird Box at 45 million, and also lower than the 30.9 million who watched Adam Sandler's comedy Murder Mystery, co-starring Friends star Jennifer Aniston.

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In the latest statistics for UK's pop industry compiled by the Official Charts Company, Ed Sheeran has come out on top as the hit artist of the decade. His albums have spent more time at number 1 on the charts than any other artist, with 79 weeks in total for both singles and albums. Sheeran's singles also stayed in the Top 40s for a combined record of 572 weeks.

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In the case filed by New York attorney general against Exxon Mobil, one of the world's largest oil companies, the attorney general claimed that the oil giant had deliberately presented misleading data about climate change to their investors. Exxon argued that they had used different figures to highlight different issues and had striven to provide accurate information, an opinion the court has upheld.

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