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A busy week for ballot boxes; Germany’s finger fighting champs; A cricket kid hits big; and Pikachu’s big problem.

Canada just had an election, and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party won for the fourth time in a row! Meanwhile, their rival lost a seat he’d held for 20 years—double ouch!

Over in Germany, folks gathered to battle with… fingers! Fingerhakeln is a wild sport where competitors yank each other across a table using only one finger.

At just 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed a blazing 100 runs in the IPL—one of the fastest ever! From backyard beginnings to cricket stadiums, this teen’s got skills, determination, and a dad who literally fed the bowlers he wore out in training!

A real protester in a Pikachu costume got turned into a viral fake-news frenzy, thanks to AI. Images showed Pikachu marching with riot police—except they were totally made up. Even Pikachu needs fact-checking!

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