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Ex-pro wrestling star Buff Bagwell has right leg amputated: ‘This is hard’

Buff Bagwell competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1991 to 2001.
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Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong bringing on highest storm alert

Authorities axe flights and school classes as typhoon closes in, with China’s Hainan and Guangdong provinces also on high alert

Hong Kong issued its highest tropical cyclone warning as Typhoon Wipha battered the city, with authorities cancelling school classes and grounding hundreds of flights.

Wipha was located around 60km south-east of Hong Kong as of 10am on Sunday, according to the city’s weather observatory. Huge waves were spotted off the eastern coast of Hong Kong Island.

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Arctic birders combat impact of climate change and avian flu on delicate ecosystem

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Police issue Amber Alert for 9-year-old abducted from Lake George

Police sent an alert to people’s phones saying Melina Galanis Frattolin was last seen southbound in a white van on I-87 near exit 22 at 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
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EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu

Michael McGrath awaits results of secret shopper investigation amid crackdown on Chinese retail platforms

The EU justice commissioner has expressed shock at the toxicity and dangers of some goods being sold by Shein and Temu, amid a crackdown on the popular Chinese retail platforms.

With 12m low-value parcels each day coming into the EU from online retailers outside the bloc, Michael McGrath has vowed to crack down on the sale of goods that blatantly break the law.

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Four dead after two-car crash in remote central Queensland

Two others seriously injured and Capricorn Highway closed between mining towns Comet and Blackwater amid horror weekend on Queensland roads

Four people have been killed in a two-car crash on a remote highway in Queensland’s central highlands.

Police remained at the scene on the Capricorn Highway, between the historical coal mining towns of Comet and Blackwater, on Sunday afternoon. The highway was cut between the towns and was likely to be closed for some time.

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Max Holloway wins UFC 318

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Minority government the new normal in Tasmania as voters turn away from major parties

State’s unusual electoral system makes winning a majority difficult at the best of times. Now, facing another hung parliament, Labor is in a sticky situation

Tasmania has just had its second state election in 16 months, the shortest gap between state polls in Australia since Queensland in 1957.

For some voters it was their fifth trip to the ballot box in less than two years.

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Man shot in the face by moped-riding hooligans at NYC park

A man was shot in the face in a Manhattan park by two moped riding armed hooligans —- discharging his own gun at the attempted robbers as they fled, according to sources.
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Vietnam tour boat survivor describes his escape

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