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Australia: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji Leaves Widespread Destruction in Queensland

The slow-moving system swept across the Central Highlands and Coalfield regions on Monday, January 12. Wind gusts reached 113 km/h on Hamilton Island. Early estimates suggest that more than 48,000 livestock have perished in the floods, which continue to inundate vast areas of Queensland—stretching from the coast at Mackay, 1,000 kilometres west to Cloncurry, and north to Townsville and Cairns. Central Queensland is the latest region to feel the impact of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji, with Clermont recently enduring its heaviest rainfall in 110 years.

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Sweden: Historic Kiruna Church Moved Amid Mining Subsidence Threat

Sweden’s landmark, a historic 113-year-old Kiruna Church, began a slow-motion journey to a new location, as the town faces a threat of ground subsidence from years of iron ore mining at Europe's biggest underground mine.

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World's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (L), the world oldest man, is congratulated by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 as he turned 113 years. Tanabe was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest man in June last year.

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Japan's oldest person Toyonaga dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneyo Toyonaga (file photo), who has been recognized as Japan's oldest person, died of natural causes in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, on Feb. 21. She was 113. She became the nation's oldest person in August last year when the then oldest person, Shitsu Nakano of Fukuoka Prefecture, died at the age of 113 years and seven months.

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World's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (L), the world oldest man, is congratulated by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 as he turned 113 years. Tanabe was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest man in June last year. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest person Toyonaga dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneyo Toyonaga (file photo), who has been recognized as Japan's oldest person, died of natural causes in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, on Feb. 21. She was 113. She became the nation's oldest person in August last year when the then oldest person, Shitsu Nakano of Fukuoka Prefecture, died at the age of 113 years and seven months. (Kyodo)

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Death of world's oldest living man

File photo taken in April 2018 shows Masazo Nonaka eating a cake in Ashoro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido when Guinness World Records recognized him as the world's oldest man at 112 years and 259 days. He passed away at 113 on Jan. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death of world's oldest living man

File photo taken in April 2018 shows Masazo Nonaka (C) posing in Ashoro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido with a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing him as the world's oldest man at 112 years and 259 days. He passed away at 113 on Jan. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo