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Melbourne, Australia
A spectator was ejected on the opening day of the Australian Open yesterday (Monday) for reportedly protesting against the wearing of masks.
 

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty celebrate the Jewish feast of 'Tu Bishvat' or "New Year of the Trees." as they sit with their rabbis around a long table filled with fruits, in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak, Israel, Jan. 16, 2022.
 

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TREASON CHARGES: Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko greets supporters as he arrives to attend a court session in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mr Poroshenko has returned to the country to face court on treason charges which he has said he believes are politically motivated. Photograph: Mikhail
Palinchak/AP Photo
 
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Migrants get on an inflatable dinghy, as they leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, in Wimereux, near Calais, France, Photograph: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

The Royal Navy will abandon the government’s plans to push back small boats in the English Channel amid concerns that they are illegal and could result in more migrant deaths. The government has never confirmed that it has actually pushed boats back and experts believe the circumstances in which it would be legal are so limited that it would be impossible to carry out.
 
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The Taliban are establishing a battalion of suicide attackers to serve in a new national army in Afghanistan.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the group’s spokesman, announced plans for a special forces unit of suicide bombers hours after the defence ministry said it would set up a national army of 100,000 fighters. “Our mujahidin who are martyrdom brigades will also be part of the army but they will be special forces,” Mujahid told Radio Free Europe. “These forces will be under the control the Ministry of Defence and will be used for special operations.”
Source: The Times
 
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Indonesia has named its new capital Nusantara, as lawmakers approve the shift from Jakarta to Kalimantan -- a jungle-covered area on the east of Borneo island
 
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A 555.55-carat black diamond has been unveiled by auction house Sotheby's Dubai. The rare gem, which Sotheby's has dubbed "The Enigma," is believed to have come from outer space -- either created from a meteoric impact or from a "diamond-bearing" asteroid that collided with Earth.
 
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Dover, UK
Lorries queue for the Port of Dover in Kent, as the Dover TAP is enforced due to the high volume of lorries waiting to cross the Channel. Dover TAP is a temporary traffic management system which queues port-bound lorries in the nearside (left) lane of the A20 to prevent Dover becoming congested with traffic and helping to improve its air quality
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
 
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Mountbolus, Ireland
Traditional Irish musicians play outside St Brigid’s Church, Co Offaly, at the end of the funeral of Ashling Murphy, who was murdered in Tullamore. 23-year-old Ashling, a primary school teacher and a talented musician, was found dead after going for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal
Photograph: Damien Eagers/PA
 
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Yesterday, killer Anders Behring Breivik raises his arm to make a Nazi salute as he arrives on the first day of his parole hearing
(NTB/AFP via Getty Images)
 
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned Russia against invading Ukraine, calling the former Soviet republic a "powerful" country with international friends. Turkey's supply of combat drones to Ukraine has drawn the wrath of Russia, which fears they could be used by Kyiv in its years-long conflict in two regions of the Moscow-backed separatist east.
 
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Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has warned an economic crash worse than the 2008 recession is coming and Australia’s negative gearing policies are a form of “Marxism”. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph, the best-selling author said the world was on the brink of a major change and this disruption would hit the global economy. He pointed to the rise of China, America’s waning influence and internal divisions, and years of Western governments printing “too much money” as major red flags.
 
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Tweed Heads, Australia
People attend a candlelight vigil at the school of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten, whose body was found in a barrel after she went missing in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney
Photograph: Regi Varghese/AAP
 
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Kabul, Afghanistan
A woman begs for alms next to children sleeping on a mattress in a market area on a cold snowy day
Photograph: Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images
 
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London, UK
The press preview of Christie’s auction Au Bord du Lac: an interior by François-Joseph Graf, featuring a collection of French decorative arts, furniture and paintings, mostly from the late-19th century
Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock
 
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Reuters / Wednesday, January 19, 2022
A customer gets a haircut in a concert hall as museums and concert halls protest against government rules allowing gyms and hairdressers to re-open while they have to stay shut due to coronavirus restrictions, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
 
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HMAS Adelaide embarks Australian Army CH-47 Chinook Heavy-lift helicopters before departing the port of Brisbane for Tonga to assist in relief efforts. Australia Department of Defence/via Reuters
 

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