World News: 03 October 2022

Nobel Prize goes to Svante Paabo for Neanderthal work
Through his pioneering research, Svante Paabo accomplished something seemingly impossible: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

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Record avian flu outbreak sees 48 million birds culled in UK and EU
In the UK, 161 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were detected in poultry and captive birds, leading to the culling of 3.2 million birds.

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Riot police raid Iran’s Sharif University after student protest
Students were demonstrating inside the prestigious Sharif University of Technology in the capital on Sunday afternoon when riot police surrounded the university for several hours, trapping the students and leaving several injured, before arresting a number of them in the latest crackdown on protesters, according to an official university students’ association and reports on local outlets.

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Kim Kardashian charged over crypto 'pump and dump' case
According to the feds, Kardashian “failed to disclose” that she was paid $250,000 to post an item to her tens of millions of Instagram followers touting EMAX crypto tokens, the digital coin that was offered up for sale by EthereumMax.

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Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traoré: 'No more red tape'
Burkina Faso's junta chief and new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, met with cabinet officials on Sunday following the military coup. Former junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba also offered his resignation following talks with the new leader.

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Fans of Sydney United 58 condemned for Nazi salutes during Australia Cup final
Football Australia has launched an investigation into the behaviour of Sydney United 58 fans who chanted songs with fascist links and displayed apparent Nazi salutes during the Australia Cup final. The organisation also condemned the booing of the Welcome To Country at CommBank Stadium, while the NSW Board of Jewish Deputies described supporters' conduct as "reprehensible".

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