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🇦🇺 Australian lawmaker wounded in attack has lost both her legs, husband says Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being hit by a car, her husband said, in what police described as a targeted attack.

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🇧🇷 Brazil's presidential candidates seek to disqualify each other Both candidates in the Brazilian election have called for the disqualification of their rivals over allegations of social media malfeasance.

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🌎 The El Nino weather phenomenon gripping the planet is heading off the charts, the United Nations warned Wednesday, saying countries should take urgent action to prepare for the worst. [1/2] ➡️ u.afp.com/SCjX

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🤿 Hong Kong hosts gruelling underwater hockey tournament Hong Kong's annual underwater hockey tournament, ominously advertised as "physical hell", drew a roster of hardcore enthusiasts from countries across Asia to the Chinese city over the weekend.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Russia's Vladimir Putin began talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff on ending the Ukraine war in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, with the American official saying he had brought "ideas" for a possible peace deal. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCVD

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🇬🇧 The local communities being pushed out by Britain’s padel boom Padel is surging in popularity across the UK, but the sport’s rapid expansion is creating tensions.

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🇯🇵 Thousands move Japan’s historic Hirosaki castle with ropes Chanting in unison, hundreds of volunteers in northern Japan have been heaving on ropes to pull a 400-tonne castle back towards its original position.

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Wildfires in Chile rage for third day, entire towns wiped out u.afp.com/SB5w

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VIDEO: 🇬🇱 Greenlanders weigh drastic options amid US threats Some Greenlanders are considering what they would do if the US invades the Arctic island, as Donald Trump continues to double down on his desire to seize the self-governing Danish territory

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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 'We have a bully in Washington': Canadians react after trade talks with US fail At the border between the United States and Canada, Canadians react as Prime Minister Mark Carney announces he will slap retaliatory tariffs on the United States after walking away from a "bad deal" on trade

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🇬🇧 Larry the cat celebrates 15 years as Downing Street's chief mouser The UK's most famous feline, Larry the cat, marks 15 years as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power of 10 Downing Street.

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Cambodia unveils a statue of the landmine-hunting rat, Magawa, the only rat ever awarded the PDSA Gold Medal for animal bravery. The giant African pouched rat, originally from Tanzania, helped detect over 100 mines and other unexploded ordinance covering an area equivalent to 20 football pitches

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🇦🇺 Australian lawmaker wounded in attack has lost both her legs, husband says Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being hit by a car, her husband said, in what police described as a targeted attack.

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🇧🇷 Brazil's presidential candidates seek to disqualify each other Both candidates in the Brazilian election have called for the disqualification of their rivals over allegations of social media malfeasance.

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🇬🇧 The local communities being pushed out by Britain’s padel boom Padel is surging in popularity across the UK, but the sport’s rapid expansion is creating tensions.

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🐢 Green turtles offer glimmer of hope as other species decline Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to "least concern" in global conservation rankings, thanks to decades of efforts including egg relocation, marine protection and trade bans.

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🇦🇱 Still smiling at 117, Albanian may be world's oldest woman At 117, Qamile Marra is not concerned with proving she may be the world's oldest woman, but official documents suggest she is two days older than Ethel Caterham, recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living woman.

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🇦🇺 Australian lawmaker loses leg in car ramming attack Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has lost a leg after being struck by a car in a deliberate attack.

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French farmers protest EU-Mercosur trade deal in Paris. More than 50 tractors head towards the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as farmers protest against the trade deal between the EU and Mercosur, which will be signed in Paraguay on January 17, according to European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen

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🇪🇺 Farmers across Europe protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal Thousands of farmers across the EU take to the streets to protest against the European Union's trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur.

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🇰🇷 Thousands partake in annual ice fishing festival in South Korea People gather atop a frozen river in South Korea’s Hwacheon for the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, hoping to catch a Sancheoneo [mountain trout].

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🇵🇰 Hindu couples tie the knot at mass wedding in Karachi Seventy-five Hindu couples from across the country get married at a mass wedding ceremony in Pakistan’s city of Karachi, organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council.

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🇧🇷 'Ancient, wonderful, ancestral culture' celebrated in Ouro Preto A traditional Afro-Brazilian festival honors Our Lady of the Rosary, Saint Ifigenia, Saint Benedict, and Chico Rei, a Congolese king enslaved by the Portuguese who later became a symbol of resistance in Brazilian folklore.

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Gaza cancer patient awaits opening of Rafah border crossing Abdullah Al-Hissi, 30, was diagnosed with lymphoma in his leg a year and a half ago and has been waiting for over a year to get permission to leave Gaza for treatment as the Rafah border crossing is still closed.

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