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A wolf roaming through a shopping centre in Germany bit a woman in Hamburg, marking what officials say is the first attack of its kind in modern times. The animal entered the complex in Hamburg’s Altona district on Tuesday evening, the city’s deputy mayor, Katharina Fegebank, said. She added that the wolf had already been seen several times in different parts of Hamburg over the past few days. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) said the incident is the first such case since wolves started returning to Germany…

Sydney records third shark attack in two days; surfer critically injured, northern beaches closed A shark mauled a surfer off a northern Sydney ocean beach, leaving him in critical condition in hospital with serious leg injuries, authorities said, in the city’s third shark attack in two days. New South Wales Police said members of the public pulled the man, believed to be in his 20s, from the water and began first aid before emergency services arrived. All of Sydney’s northern beaches were closed until further notice. Police…