diff --git a/database_caller.py b/database_caller.py
index 26e938c..7a53641 100755
--- a/database_caller.py
+++ b/database_caller.py
@@ -516,24 +516,16 @@ def updateForex(api_key, logf):
 
 def updateNews(api_key, logf):
     
-    #'https://bm7p954xoh.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/default/ScriptsAPI/news?category=technology'
-    #'https://bm7p954xoh.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/default/ScriptsAPI/news?country=GB'
-    #'https://bm7p954xoh.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/default/ScriptsAPI/news?lang=en'
-    
-    
     try:
         f = open('csv/news_settings.json', 'r')
         all_settings = json.load(f)
         f.close()
-        
-        
-        
-        
+
         if all_settings['use_country']:
             if all_settings['country'] == 'Worldwide':
                 url = 'https://bm7p954xoh.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/default/ScriptsAPI/news_worldwide?'
             else:
-                c_dict = {'United States':'US', 'Australia':'AU', 'Canada': 'CA', 'Great Britain':'GB', 'New Zealand':'NZ', 'Ireland':'IE', 'Singapore':'SG', 'South Africa': 'ZA'}
+                c_dict = {'United States':'US', 'Australia':'AU', 'Canada': 'CA', 'Great Britain':'GB', 'New Zealand':'NZ', 'Ireland':'IE', 'Singapore':'SG', 'South Africa': 'ZA', 'Germany': 'DE', 'Hong Kong': 'HK', 'Japan': 'JP', 'South Korea': 'KR', 'China': 'CN', 'France': 'FR', 'India': 'IN', 'Italy': 'IT', 'Switzerland': 'CH', 'Netherlands': 'NL', 'Spain': 'ES', 'Brazil': 'BR', 'Portugal': 'PT'}
                 cc = c_dict[all_settings['country']]
                 url = 'https://bm7p954xoh.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/default/ScriptsAPI/news?country={}'.format(cc)
         elif all_settings['use_category']:
@@ -547,9 +539,7 @@ def updateNews(api_key, logf):
             max_headlines = int(all_settings['num_headlines'])
             #load user settings
             headlines = data[:max_headlines]
-            headline_sources = [headline['source'] for headline in headlines]
-            
-                
+            headline_sources = [headline['source'] for headline in headlines]  
             headline_titles = [headline['title'] for headline in headlines]
             
             headline_times = [headline['publishedAt'] for headline in headlines]