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Pussycat dolls staged a reunion for fans on X-Factor finale. Image via The Mirror.
Entertainment
X-Factor finale sees Pussycat Dolls reunion

After nearly 10 years apart, pop star group The Pussycat Dolls reunited for a special performance in the finale of The X-Factor: Celebrity, held in London. They also performed a new song for the starstruck audience, "React", along with fan favorites such as "Buttons", "Don't Grow Up" and "Don't Cha".

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Sun Dec 01 - EOnline
Apex Legends has become one of the most popular online shooters in the world,image via Respawn
Gaming
Apex Legends to raise level cap and add more rewards in latest update

Respawn, the company behind Apex Legends has announced that they will be increasing the level cap from 100 to 500. This will also lead to an increase in the number of level up rewards in order to get players to come back to the game. The update is expected to attract both new and returning players alike.

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Sun Dec 01 - Gamespot
Pryor is currently in the hospital and will make a full recovery, image via Getty Images
Sports
Famous NFL player stabbed by woman and charged with assault

Terrelle Pryor was stabbed in his apartment by a woman and has been hospitalized. He is now in stable condition and the woman has been arrested and charged with attempted homicide. The police have also charged Pryor with assault as it is currently unclear how the altercation between the two started.

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Sun Dec 01 - WTAE
Rian Johnson directed The Last Jedi, image via Disney
Entertainment
Rian Johnson expresses interest in directing Mandalorian episode

Rian Johnson, director of 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', has said that he would be interested in directing a season 2 episode of the Mandalorian. The show has attracted a large amount of attention since it first aired on Disney+ and has not finished its first season yet. Rian Johnson is a divisive figure in the Star Wars community as many disliked his film.

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Sun Dec 01 - Yahoo
Wind turbines will be able to harness the increase in wind speeds, image via Getty Images
Science
Wind speeds are rising, making wind power more viable

According to a new study, wind speeds have risen dramatically all over the world over the course of the last ten years. Researchers claim that wind speeds will only continue to increase and this is expected to benefit wind turbines. Even a small increase in wind speed can increase power generation by a lot.

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Sun Dec 01 - WBUR
Scientists are still looking for a suitable dumping site for the waste, image via Bloomberg
Science
Germany to shut down all of its nuclear power plants and dispose of radioactive waste

German scientists have begun looking for a suitable dumping site where they can dispose of 28,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste for 1 million years. Since Germany will be shutting down all of its nuclear plants by the year 2022, they will no longer be able to use their temporary storage facilities.

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Sun Dec 01 - CNN
Smartphones made up a large portion of this years black Friday sales, image via Getty Images
Business
This Black Friday may have been the biggest one yet, pulling in record numbers

This year's Black Friday pulled in a record $7.4 billion in online sales as more and more Americans turn to their mobile phones to shop. Many claim that Cyber Monday will be even larger, with Adobe predicting $9.4 billion in online sales. Electronics have brought in the most revenue this year.

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Sun Dec 01 - CNN
The new law will come into effect on Sunday, image via AFP
Technology
China makes face scans mandatory for mobile phone users

The Chinese government has made it mandatory for everyone who is signing up for mobile services to undergo a face-scan. This is being done in order to confirm the identities of all the internet users in the country, so no one in the country can post on the internet anonymously.

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Sun Dec 01 - BBC
The man responsible for the attacks was released from prison last year, Image via EPA-EFE
Politics
UK government investigates early release of London Bridge attacker

After the attack on London Bridge on Friday, the British government is looking into why the attacker was released from prison early despite being convicted of terrorism-related crimes. Justice Department officials claim he appeared to have been completely rehabilitated and took part in a number of rehabilitation programs before and after his release.

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Sun Dec 01 - BBC
Protests in Hong Kong have refused to die down over the last few months, image via Reuters
Politics
China accuses UN of encouraging Hong Kong protests

The Chinese government has accused U.N. commissioner, Michelle Bachelet of inflaming the Hong Kong protests. The commissioner wrote an article on Saturday in which she encouraged the government to use meaningful and inclusive dialogue to solve the crisis and hold an investigation into police brutality against protesters. China claims this article interferes with the internal affairs of the state.

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Sun Dec 01 - APNews
People are unhappy with the governments current climate plan, image via AP
Politics
Thousands of Germans gather to protest coal mines

An environmental activist group has set up camp in a coal mine in Germany in order to protest the government's plan to tackle climate change. The protesters are demanding that the mine be shut down and that large changes be made to society and the economy. The protest is entirely non-violent.

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Sun Dec 01 - EuroNews
Chile government cancels sports events amid violent protests. Image via CNN.
Sports
Protests forces cancellation of sports events in Chile

Demonstrations against the rising prices of transport within the Chilean capital of Santiago, often turning violent, have forced the government to cancel scheduled sports events. These include the football season, which ended early and Universidad Catolica, the leader by 17 points, were declared league winners. Chile's World Rally Championship racing event, to be held in April, has also been cancelled.

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Sat Nov 30 - BBC
Suriname president judged guilty of murder, 20 years in jail. Image via Reuters.
Politics
Suriname's ex-military president convicted for murder

Suriname's ex-military president Desi Bouterse, who took power by toppling prime minister Henck Arron's government in 1980, was judged guilty by the court for the murder of 16 of his political opponent and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Only one of his targets survived the assassination attempt and managed to deliver testimony against him. Abroad on a tour of China at the moment, president Bouterse will appeal the decision.

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Sat Nov 30 - BBC
Jesus artifact will return to Bethlehem, pope orders. Image via Reuters.
International
Christian artifact soon to return to Bethlehem

Pope Francis recently ordered the Vatican to return a revered artifact, a piece of wood said to belong to the manger in which Jesus was born, to its origins in Bethlehem. This is the first time the artifact will be leaving Europe in over a thousand years, journeying from its housing in the Vatican's Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to the Franciscan Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem.

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Sat Nov 30 - BBC
Pakistan flounder, Australians Warner and Starc perform at Oval test. Image via Cricket Australia.
Sports
Australia v Pakistan: Warner topples Bradman's record

At the pink-ball test cricket match being played between Australia and Pakistan at the Oval in Adelaide, Pakistan floundered as the Australian team shined in all departments. While batting, David Warner broke records with an unbeaten 335 runs, the 10th highest ever in all of test cricket. In bowling, seamer Mitchell Starc took 4 wickets to leave Pakistan at an almost sure loss at 96 runs with 6 losses.

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Sat Nov 30 - TheGuardian
2 dead, 2 injured in London Bridge stabbing by jihadist. Image via itv
Politics
Convicted jihadist assaults on London Bridge, 2 dead

Usman Khan, a 28-year-old who was previously imprisoned for planning a terrorist attack along with several others, armed himself with a knife and assaulted pedestrians on London Bridge, leaving a man and a woman dead and another two injured from the wounds. Khan was apprehended by two passersby who defended themselves with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk, before police arrived on the scene.

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Sat Nov 30 - TheGuardian
Black Friday challenge: Cards Against Humanity pitches human writers against AI. Image via the gift central
Gaming
Cards Against Humanity creators race against AI

Maintaining their yearly tradition of parodying capitalism on Black Friday, the creators of the "Cards Against Humanity" card game are currently hosting a 16-hour live stream where they race against an artificially intelligent neural network trained to write CAH cards, with the best selling team winning the challenge. The loser will have their job replaced by the winner, though it is unclear if this is a joke.

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Sat Nov 30 - TheVerge
Research finds ancient warrior's remnants are connected to the Rosetta Stone. Image via Science News
Science
A warrior's bones are connected to the Rosetta Stone message

Archaeologists studying the bones of an Egyptian soldier killed more than two thousand years ago say it is highly likely these are the remains of someone who participated in the civil war during the reign of Ptolemy V, which was fought from 206 to 186 BC. This is the very same war mentioned in the Rosetta Stone message, the landmark find that helped archaeologists translate several ancient languages.

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Sat Nov 30 - ScienceNews
Bolsonaro blames DiCaprio for forest fires, produces no evidence. Image via AFP.
Entertainment
Brazilian president accuses Dicaprio of funding forest fires

In a bizarre turn of events, Brazilian far-right president Jair Bolsonaro claimed that Leonardo DiCaprio had, through NGOs such as World Wildlife Fund, paid money to deliberately fuel the devastating forest fires that raged through the Amazon a few weeks ago. When pressed, Bolsonaro admitted he did not possess evidence for his claim. DiCaprio has denied making any donations to WWF, whereas WWF have also rejected Bolsonaro's claims.

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Sat Nov 30 - SkyNews
German manufacturer announces layoff of more than 10,000 people. Image via stuttgarter-zeitung.de
Business
Daimler decides to lay off more than 10,000 employees

German car manufacturer and parent company of Mercedes-Benz, Daimler announced that due to the worldwide push to go from combustion engines to electric, the company would be laying off employees "in the five figures" in order to cut down on costs and also to reduce their carbon footprint. aiming to manufacture cars in a more responsible way.

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Sat Nov 30 - BBC
Loudspeakers broadcasting healthy sounds can help coral reef rehabilitation, study finds. Image via Vlad61.
Science
Loudspeakers may aid coral restoration

Researchers at the University of Exeter found that playing the sounds of a healthy coral reef on loudspeakers placed near damaged reefs has a real impact on the amount of fish that choose to settle there. The study found that the number of fish was doubled, while species diversity also increased by half, providing a unique new method for coral reef restoration efforts.

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Sat Nov 30 - Cnet
His current contract is going to last until 2021, image via Reuters
Sports
Manchesterr City manager open to new contract with the team

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City's current manager, has said that he is open to staying on with the team for longer. His current contract was extended last year and will end in 2021. He has been with the club for the last five years but has not reached the Champions League final with them yet.

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Sat Nov 30 - BBC
Global link has been up for nine years and is shutting down in February, image via Shutterstock
Gaming
Pokemon Global Link is shutting down and users are being given free Pokemon

Nintendo has announced that Pokemon Global Link is going to shut down in February and all current users will be given free Pokemon as compensation. The service has been used by players to battle each other online for the past nine years. It is going to be functionally replaced by Pokemon Sword and Sheild's new Battle Stadium feature.

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Sat Nov 30 - Gamespot
The movie will be from the perspective of Michael's famous glove, image via Getty Images
Entertainment
Johnny Depp announces new musical based on Michael Jackson

Hollywood superstar, Johnny Depp, has announced that he is producing a musical based on Michael Jackson. The play will tell the story of the 'King of Pop' from the perspective of his iconic glove and will debut on 25th January. The current title for the musical is 'For the Love of Glove: An Unauthorized Musical Fable About the Life of Michael Jackson, as Told by His Glove'.

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Sat Nov 30 - ToneDeaf
The move is going to hit cinemas in mid-December, image via Disney
Entertainment
Terminally ill "Star Wars" fan to get early screening of upcoming movie

Disney has announced that Rowans Hospice, a star wars fan with a terminal illness, will get to see 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' before it hits theatres in mid-December. Rowans made a plea on Twitter saying he really wanted to watch the film but would likely not live to see mid-December. Disney has decided to honor his request.

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Sat Nov 30 - CNN