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🇯🇵 VIDEO: As Super Mario turns 40, meet the record-breaking Japanese mega-fan.

As Nintendo's iconic Super Mario turns 40, AFP meets the record-breaking Japanese mega-fan Kikai who has accumulated more than 20,000 items of memorabilia of the moustachioed plumber.

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🇳🇱 VIDEO: Europe hyperloop test hits new speed record in Dutch trial

Dutch tech start-up Hardt Hyperloop tests its futuristic hyperloop transport system. The company says it has set a European speed record for the system and could reach 700 kilometres (435 miles) per hour once longer tracks are built.

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🇺🇸 VIDEO: Mourners hold vigil for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk

People gather for a candlelight vigil at Orem City Center Park in Orem, Utah, for right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead during a public event at Utah Valley University.

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🇫🇷 VIDEO: French street artist inspired by Super Mario

With small, colourful tiles, French artist In The Woup creates mosaics of Mario characters and puts them up on city walls around the globe, from Italy to Kyrgyzstan and Mexico.

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🇷🇺 🇧🇾 Russia and its key ally Belarus have begun major joint military drills, putting NATO on edge days after Poland accused Moscow of escalating tensions by firing attack drones through its airspace.
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🇯🇵 The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has hit a record high of nearly 100,000, with almost 90 percent of them women, ministry data show.
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