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Gaming
League of Legends tournament to go online only due to coronavirus fears

The League of Legends Chinese Pro League will resume after being canceled earlier this year due to the coronavirus. The matches will be streamed online and no spectators will be allowed to attend the event to prevent the spread of the deadly new virus. The tournament will resume on March 9th.

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Sat Feb 29 - PCGamer
Disney-owned Hotstar removes John Oliver episode that criticized PM Modi. Image via Deccan Herald.
Politics
Disney India removes Modi-critical John Oliver episode

Hotstar, the Disney-owned platform with the largest on-demand video streaming service in India, has removed the latest episode of HBO's "Late Night with John Oliver" due to its criticism of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The episode is available on HBO's own streaming service in India, where more than 4 million have watched it.

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Fri Feb 28 - TechCrunch
Iconic Princeton University mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson dead at 96. Image via News Booklet.
Science
Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson dies aged 96

Freeman Dyson, the famous mathematician and iconic physics professor at Princeton University, has died aged 96 due to injuries sustained from suffering a fall during his visit to the university. Dyson's contributions to physics include the famous Dyson Sphere, which has been featured in Star Trek, and the Dyson Tree, a genetically modified plant that would be able to survive a journey into space.

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Fri Feb 28 - MaineRepublic
Food Delivery startup DoorDash applies for confidential IPO. Image via CNBC.
Technology
Food delivery startup DoorDash files for confidential IPO

The 13 billion USD food delivery startup DoorDash, which some say is currently the largest on-demand food delivery company in the US, has stated that it has applied for a confidential IPO, which will allow it to explore some of the benefits of a public listing without being subjected to strict scrutiny that accompanies a regular IPO.

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Fri Feb 28 - TechCrunch
Scientists find largest explosion since the Big Bang in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster. Image via Cnet.
Science
Scientists find the largest explosion since the Big Bang

A collaboration of scientists operating telescopes in the US, Europe, India, and Australia have found what they believe to be the greatest explosion in the universe since the Big Bang. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster containing thousands of galaxies. The black hole blew a one-and-a-half-million light-year hole in the middle of the cluster.

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Fri Feb 28 - BBC
Coronavirus panic has lost world markets 5 trillion USD. Image via Headtopics.
Business
Coronavirus update: $5 trillion lost as markets spiral

With the recent cancellation of the Geneva car exhibition, the uncertainty and panic caused by fears of a coronavirus pandemic has lost world share markets up to 5 trillion USD as new cases continue to be detected, with three more countries recording their first coronavirus cases and China's death toll at more than 2800, with 78,800 recorded cases, while the international death toll stands at 70, with 4200 infected.

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Fri Feb 28 - Reuters
Pope Francis' sudden illness sparks coronavirus fears. Image via New York Post.
International
Pope Francis illness sparks coronavirus fears

Only a day after Pope Francis met and blessed an Ash Wednesday congregation without the use of a mask, he has been spotted as seeming to have a cold during today's service. Vatican authorities are not revealing whether the Pope has been tested for the coronavirus, only stating that the Pope could not attend Mass for the beginning of Lent because he is suffering from a slight illness.

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Fri Feb 28 - AsiaTimes
TikTok dance goes mainstream in Doja Cat's new music video Say So. Image via Dexerto.
Entertainment
TikTok dance goes mainstream in new Doja Cat music video

A viral TikTok dance by social media star and Alabama teen Haley Sharpe has gone mainstream in the new music video for Doja Cat's song "Say So", in which Doja Cat invited Sharpe herself to perform the dance with her. The song features Doja Cat lounging in her apartment in a 70s Los Angeles vibe that ends in a discotheque dance-off between her and the repairman from her apartment.

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Fri Feb 28 - Vulture
Chinese three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years over anti-doping scandal. Image via Yahoo News.
Sports
Chinese triple Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Sun Yang banned

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued an eight-year ban on Chinese three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang, citing failure to comply with its regulators when they approached him to collect samples for an anti-doping test in September 2018. Sun Yang has announced that he will appeal the decision.

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Fri Feb 28 - ABCNews
Student activist Greta Thunberg joined by tens of thousands in Bristol climate change strike. Image via Sky News.
International
Tens of thousands join Greta Thunberg's Bristol climate strike

The climate change student activist Greta Thunberg recently arrived in Bristol by train and was driven to the city's center in a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, where more than 30,000 joined her in the Youth Strike for Climate, many of them students skipping school. Traffic was brought to a standstill in some parts of the city as businesses shut down and schools closed due to the protests.

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Fri Feb 28 - TheGuardian
Today's Google Doodle honors the life and work of iconic Alice in Wonderland illustrator John Tenniel. Image via CNet.
International
Today's Google Doodle honors iconic illustrator John Tenniel

Google's latest doodle on the company's homepage celebrates the 200th birthday of legendary illustrator John Tenniel, whose Victorian drawings and iconic representations of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland characters earned him great renown. Tenniel was a self-taught artist who submitted his first oil painting to the Society of British Artists when he was only 16 years old.

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Fri Feb 28 - Metro
The Stannard Rock lighthouse is called the loneliest place in the world. Image via Mlive.
International
This US lighthouse is known as the loneliest place in the world

The Stannard Rock lighthouse, located 40 km off the coast of Manitou Island, is known as the loneliest place in the world. The lighthouse is located in the northern half of Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake, near the Keweenaw Peninsula, and serves to help ships navigate the extremely dangerous reefs around the area along with helping to monitor evaporation rates in the lake.

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Thu Feb 27 - DelhiPlanet
Taylor Swift's newest music video features her shocking transformation into a man. Image via Sky News.
Entertainment
Taylor Swift premiers 'The Man' music video, where she plays The Man

In her newest music video, for the song 'The Man' from the album Lover, criticizing male music industry executives, Taylor Swift underwent a shocking transformation into a man through prosthetic makeup. Swift's video also referenced Scooter Braun, the investor who bought out her back catalog and former label Big Machine Records last year, who according to Swift tried to prevent her from performing her old songs at the AMA Awards.

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Thu Feb 27 - BBC
Facebook scraps F8 developers conference due to coronavirus outbreak. Image via CNBC.
Technology
Facebook scraps F8 conference amid coronavirus fears

Social media giant Facebook has announced that it is cancelling this year's F8 developers conference due to the coronavirus outbreak, following the recent cancellation of the Mobile World Congress and other mass events. While Facebook is canceling the in-person aspect of the F8, Facebook will still connect with developers by hosting local events and live streaming.

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Thu Feb 27 - TechCrunch
Goldman Sachs predicts zero growth for US companies in 2020 due to coronavirus. Image via CNBC.
Business
Goldman Sachs predicts zero growth in 2020 due to coronavirus

The venerable financial institution Goldman Sachs has released its economic forecast for the US for 2020, predicting zero earnings growth for American companies this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq fell steeply today following the release of the report, signifying that investors are taking these financial forecasts seriously.

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Thu Feb 27 - TechCrunch
Iran's vice president contracts coronavirus, former Vatican ambassador dies due to the infection. Image via Middle East Eye.
International
Coronavirus update: Iranian Vatican ambassador dies of coronavirus, the vice president also infected

The coronavirus outbreak has struck two high-profile politicians in Iran, with Hadi Khosroshahi, Iran's former ambassador to the Vatican, dying due to the infection, and the country's most prominent female politician and vice president of women and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, has also been diagnosed with coronavirus. The death toll has crossed 2,800 with more than 82,000 people infected worldwide.

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Thu Feb 27 - DailyMail
Polish model loses vision permanently in both eyes after dying them black. Image via Al Bawaba.
International
Polish model goes blind after dying eyes black

The 25-year-old Polish model living in the city of Wroclaw, Aleksandra Sadowska, has lost vision completely and permanently in both of her eyes after she dyed them black while trying to look like the popular rapper Popek, who has also had his eyes dyed black. The tattooist she visited in Wroclaw may face up to three years in prison since he lacked the expertise to perform the procedure.

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Thu Feb 27 - DailyMail
David Beckham reveals he kept a souvenir from the first time he met his wife and former Spice Girl Victoria. Image via Yahoo News.
Sports
David Beckham reveals he kept a souvenir from the first time he met Victoria

Appearing on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, English football legend, the 44-year-old David Beckham revealed that he kept a souvenir from his first meeting with his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl who came to one of his matches in 1997. After a few drinks, Beckham gathered the courage to speak to her, and she wrote down her number on her train ticket, which Beckham has kept ever since.

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Thu Feb 27 - DailyMail
UK faces hand sanitizer shortages amid coronavirus fears. Image via Metro.
International
Britain faces hand sanitizer shortage due to coronavirus fears

Amid widespread alarm caused by the coronavirus outbreak, British employers and families are panic-buying hand sanitizers in bulk, leading to many Boots outlets in the country to impose a limit of 4 on the number of hand sanitizers customers can buy, with Dettol's On the Go Antibacterial Hand Gel showing up as completely out of stock on the company website. Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's are facing similar severe shortages.

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Thu Feb 27 - Mirror
Iconic American thriller novelist Clive Cussler dead at 88. Image via CNN.
Entertainment
Iconic thriller author Clive Cussler dead at 88

Clive Cussler, an iconic American novelist who penned more than 80 adventure thrillers with 17 New York Times bestsellers, has died aged 88 due to unknown reasons. Cussler has sold upwards of 100 million books globally and amassed a fortune of 120 million USD. He was also an enthusiastic underwater explorer, with his National Underwater and Marine Agency helping authorities find more than 60 shipwreck sites.

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Thu Feb 27 - TheGuardian
Viral London Underground singer Charlotte Awbery performs 'Shallow' on Ellen. Image via Indy100.
Entertainment
Viral London Underground singer Charlotte Awbery performs on Ellen

Charlotte Awbery, the 31-year-old professional singer who has been performing for 15 years, recently went viral when she performed the hit song 'Shallow' from Oscar-nominated movie A Star is Born while waiting for her underground train in London, as part of a prank video for YouTuber Kevin Freshwater. Awbery performed the song again for her appearance on the Ellen Show, with 'Shallow' re-entering the iTunes Top 40 after her performance.

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Thu Feb 27 - Standard
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Entertainment
Netflix makes deals with six new anime creators

Netflix has just signed new deals with six different anime and manga creators in Japan in order to add more anime to its current lineup. The creators will create new original shows for the platform although they have not revealed any details regarding these new shows as of yet. Netflix signed deals with five other creators last year.

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Thu Feb 27 - Variety
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Entertainment
Disney reportedly cancels Lizzie McGuire revival for being 'too adult'

According to some insider sources, Disney will not be moving forward with the Lizzie McGuire revival show. They fired show creator Terri Minsky after she had completed just two episodes although Hilary Duff has not removed herself from the project just yet. According to the report, Disney wanted a more family-friendly show while Minsky wanted to tell a more mature story.

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Thu Feb 27 - Variety
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Entertainment
Home Alone actor returns to Hollywood with a new role in American Horror Story

Macaulay Culkin, a former child actor best known for his starring roles in the first two Home Alone films, has been cast in the tenth season of American Horror Story. This will be his first-ever regular TV role and marks his return to acting. He retired when he was 12 as he had already made enough money to never have to work again.

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Thu Feb 27 - DailyMail
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Politics
Polls show Democrats believe Sanders could beat Trump in the election

Democratic presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders, has remained in the lead for the Democratic presidential nomination. Although his competitors claim he will not be able to beat Trump in the 2020 election. Although according to a recent poll 27% Democrats believe Sanders is the strongest candidate to take on Trump with Bloomberg coming in second at 20%.

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Thu Feb 27 - Reuters