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Palestinian doctor continues to serve at Gaza hospital despite losing leg

Deir el-Balah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinian paediatrician Khaled al-Saidani moves through his Gaza hospital with determination, using a prosthetic leg and an aluminium walker as he cares for children also injured in the war. He knows all too well the devastating impact of wounds sustained during war, having lost his right leg after an Israeli air strike on his house last year.

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Chile announces largest ever seizure of methamphetamine

Santiago de Chile (AFP) – Chile announces the largest seizure of methamphetamine made to date in the South American country, with 844 kilos of this synthetic drug whose sale value was estimated at approximately 16 million dollars.

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Anti-war Russian theatre in Latvia fights language ban

Riga (AFP) – As Riga Russian Theatre’s actors rehearse the season’s big premiere, “Lady Macbeth”, they know the play’s poster will not crop up around the Latvian capital as it normally would. The city council has prohibited the theatre from advertising its shows in Russian — the language of the Baltic state’s biggest minority. The use of the language and more generally the rights of ethnic Russians living in Latvia have become sensitive issues in a country that fervently backs Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.

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Bungling arsonist in Australia sets pants on fire

Melbourne (AFP) – Australian police release CCTV footage of a bungling arsonist who set their own pants alight and had to hot-foot it from the scene without them. The attack took place in the early hours of Christmas morning on a fast-food outlet in the southern city of Melbourne.

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Lebanon ex-president wishes newly elected president ‘success’

Baabda (AFP) – “To congratulate him and wish him success in these difficult circumstances, of course this is an obligation,” says former Lebanese president Michel Aoun after meeting newly elected president Joseph Aoun at the presidential Palace in Baabda. Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president, ending a more than two-year vacancy in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.

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Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro sworn in for third presidential term

Caracas (AFP) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is sworn for a third six-year term in office, shunned internationally over claims of voter fraud and repression, but bolstered by a loyal military. Maduro takes the oath before parliament, vowing his next term would be a “period of peace,” a day after thousands took to the streets to protest his alleged power grab. IMAGES

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China wildlife bounty hunters take their boar war online

Weinan (China) (AFP) – In the frigid night of China’s Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers’ livelihoods. China’s wild boars — today numbering two million — were a protected species from 2000 until 2023, but emerged from safeguarding last year with a reputation for devastating crops.

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