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   Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at   
   100 mn degrees   
   Phys.org, 24 Dec 2020   
   The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research(KSTAR), a   
   superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set   
   the new world ...   
      
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   Aid Holdup Threatens Another Blow for Already-Shaky US Economy   
   Bloomberg, 25 Dec 2020 17:49Z   
   President Donald Trump's decision to hold up pandemic relief just before   
   Christmas threatens to cause hardship for mns waiting on unemployment   
   benefits ...   
      
   Trump Warns Republicans Who Didn't Back Election Fraud Claims: 'I Will NEVER   
   FORGET!'   
   Newsweek, 25 Dec 2020 01:34Z   
   President Donald Trump lashed out at some Republican lawmakers Thu on   
   social media for not embracing his baseless allegations of election fraud.   
      
     Military on alert over Trump's martial law threat: `The craziness is   
     unprecedented'   
     Yahoo News, 24 Dec 2020 23:34Z   
     According to a new report, ranking officers have discussed what they would   
     do if the president declared martial law. President Donald Trump has filed   
     lawsuits ...   
      
   [Deepfake!]   
   'Disgraceful': UK's Channel 4 criticised for airing deepfake of Queen's   
   Christmas message   
   ABC News, 25 Dec 2020 04:19Z   
   The UK television station is under fire for a digitally altered video of the   
   Queen giving her annual Christmas message, but it says the segment is   
   "a stark warning" about the "proliferation of misinformation" in the digital   
   age.   
      
   Singapore and Denmark find cases of new COVID-19 strain spreading rapidly   
   through the UK   
   ABC News, 24 Dec 2020 13:58Z   
   As countries around the world close borders with the UK to stop the spread   
   of a new coronavirus strain, Singapore and Denmark identify infections of   
   the variant within their borders.   
      
   Brexit deal leaves fishing and services sectors in the dark: experts   
   Business Insider, 25 Dec 2020 13:11Z   
   Leaders from the fishing sector are left questioning the new Brexit deal,   
   with many questions still left answered and the UK having to make concessions.   
      
   New South Wales issues COVID-19 alert for flight passengers and multiple   
   Sydney bus routes   
   ABC News, 25 Dec 2020 10:16Z   
   New South Wales Health issues warnings to passengers of a regional flight   
   out of Sydney and multiple bus routes going into the Sydney CBD over the   
   past week.   
      
   The coal industry comes tumbling down in the American West   
   Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec 2020   
   The demolition of 3 smokestacks at Navajo Generation Station capped off   
   another tumultuous year for coal power.   
      
   Asia Today: S. Korea reports record surge, ramps up testing   
   The Associated Press, 25 Dec 2020 06:16Z   
   Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has reported its largest daily increase in   
   coronavirus infections on Christmas Day, as the prime minister pleaded for ...   
      
   Hospital Workers Start to `Turn Against Each Other' to Get Covid-19 Vaccine   
   The New York Times, 24 Dec 2020 21:29Z   
   I am so disappointed and saddened that this happened," a New York hospital   
   executive wrote to his staff after workers who did not have priority cut the   
   line for ...   
      
   US to require people flying from the UK to test negative for Covid, CDC says   
   CNBC, 25 Dec 2020 05:09Z   
      
   Pfizer COVID Vaccine Causing More Allergies Than Expected Says White House's   
   Moncef Slaoui   
   msnNOW, 24 Dec 2020 14:33Z   
   The Pfizer COVID vaccine has triggered more allergic reactions than would be   
   expected, according to Operation Warp Speed chief scientific adviser Moncef ...   
      
   Google reportedly tightens grip on research into `sensitive topics'   
   Google is currently under fire for apparently pushing out a researcher whose   
   work warned of bias in AI, and now a report from Reuters says others doing   
   such ...   
   TechCrunchYesterday   
      
   How fish and fruit became the classic Aussie Christmas dinner   
   ABC/The Conversation, 24 Dec 2020 at 7:30pm   
   When British colonials came to Australia, they stuck to their winter   
   Christmas traditions of roast meats and plum puddings. But over the centuries,   
   Australians found their own ways to celebrate.   
      
   NSW Premier urges people to avoid Sydney CBD for Boxing Day sales   
   ABC News, 24 Dec 2020 at 9:22pm   
   Gladys Berejiklian says there are still concerns about COVID-19 spreading to   
   Sydney's CBD and has asked for people to avoid the area tomorrow, adding   
   that anyone who does shop should wear a mask.   
      
     Three COVID-19 cases have now spread to Sydney's CBD from the northern   
     beaches. Here's what we know   
     ABC News, 24 Dec 2020 19:57Z   
     Bondi Icebergs and a busy food court in Sydney's CBD are the latest venues   
     added to the list of coronavirus exposure sites in New South Wales after a   
     third CBD case was confirmed.   
      
     Christmas could lead to 'worst-case scenario' for New Year's Eve, experts   
   fear   
     ABC News, 24 Dec 2020 18:58Z   
     With Sydney on a knife-edge as the Avalon cluster continues to grow, experts   
     are concerned that celebrations over the next week, particularly New Year's   
     Eve, could become coronavirus superspreading events.   
      
     NSW records 7 new local COVID-19 cases, as testing figures reach   
     nearly 70,000   
     ABC News, 25 Dec 2020 0:59Z   
     Seven new local COVID-19 cases are recorded in New South Wales, with 4 of   
     them linked to the northern beaches cluster, as people continue to come   
     forward in record numbers for testing.   
      
   Man who suffered broken leg during arrest secures $854,000 compensation   
   ABC News, 24 Dec 2020 at 9:57pm   
   The Supreme Court of South Australia upholds an $854,000 compensation   
   payment for a man whose leg was broken as police arrested him more than   
   seven years ago.   
      
   Boris Johnson yields to reality, but Brexit will come back to haunt Britain   
   ABC News, 24 Dec 2020 at 11:52pm   
   Just as the British Prime Minister ceded whatever was necessary to steam his   
   way into Number 10, it now seems clear he's done much of the same to get his   
   Brexit trade deal and his tabloid applause, writes Europe correspondent   
   Linton Besser.   
      
   Why I'm spending Christmas in bed -- like 1000s of Sydneysiders   
   ABC News, 25 Dec 2020 03:59Z   
   If you'd asked me a few weeks ago what my Christmas looked like, I wouldn't   
   have said eating an entire panettone in bed on my own, writes Annika Blau.   
      
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