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Tuesday 21 January 2020

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Swiss officials say they infiltrated a ring of spies at Davos

Officials say two Russians posing as plumbers stopped in Davos in August 2019 were part of a ring of spies sent by the Kremlin to spy on the Economic Forum.
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This map shows where China's mysterious, deadly Wuhan virus has spread across Asia, as a 6th death is confirmed

Chinese state media said six people have been killed by a mysterious virus as authorities repeatedly increase the number of people that are infected.
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An Iranian lawmaker is offering $3 million to 'whoever kills Trump'

Ahmad Hamzeh, who represents Kerman province, offered to pay a $US3 million reward to "whoever kills Trump" in a speech to the country's parliament.
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The RBA could buy Australia's coal mines and dirty power plants as a last resort to save the environment and the economy

As a last resort to avert an economic or financial disaster, the central bank could purchase 'carbon-intensive' assets.
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The booking site Trivago claimed it would find you the cheapest hotel room rates – but it actually promoted rooms for higher commission

While Trivago claimed to help customers find the cheapest rates on any hotel, the court found it would rank hotels that paid Trivago the most.
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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the Snowden story, charged with cybercrimes in Brazil for publishing texts that embarrassed officials

Greenwald has published articles based on text messages that raise ethical and legal questions about powerful officials, including Brazil's justice minister.
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Nick Kyrgios hit an outrageous lob between the legs during Australian Open, then mocked Alexander Zverev on Twitter to continue their off-court spat

Nick Kyrgios produced an outrageous between-the-legs lob in his Australian Open first-round victory before taking to Twitter to mock Alexander Zverev.
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Venezuela reportedly has less than $1 billion in cash, which is less than rapper Jay-Z's net worth

That's less than the net worth of many entrepreneurs and celebrities, including rapper Jay-Z and reality star Kylie Jenner.
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Trump's impeachment team is so worried that John Bolton could sink his defence that it has drawn up plans to make him testify behind closed doors

They are so concerned that they're working with the president's legal team on contingency plans to prevent any such testimony from going public.

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