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A emotional Rodger Federer with Rafael Nadal after he says goodbye to tennis as he retires, 2022. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Roger Federer paid tribute to his retiring rival Rafa Nadal on Tuesday, telling the Spaniard he challenged him like no other player and that he had made the tennis world proud during a glittering career lasting over two decades. Nadal is part of the Spain side that will begin their Davis Cup campaign against the Netherlands later on Tuesday, with the injury-plagued 22-times Grand Slam champion set to call time on his career after the team competition in Malaga. Federer, who was part of the "Big Three" of men's tennis alongside Nadal and Novak Djokovic, posted a letter on X looking back at his rivalry with the 38-year-old. "Let's start with the obvious: you beat me - a lot....

By Madi Chwasta, ABC Photo: Unsplash / Vlad Tchompalov Two Australian teenagers are fighting for their lives in Thai hospitals after consuming drinks suspected to contain methanol in Laos. Here's how methanol poisoning occurs, and some steps you can take to protect yourself while travelling. What is methanol and why is it used in alcoholic drinks? It's an odourless, colourless and flammable liquid which is the simplest form of alcohol. But it's not for drinking - methanol is used in lots of household and industrial products, like paint strippers, insecticides, inks and dyes, aerosol spray cans, and petrol. In countries with more relaxed liquor regulations, It's illegally added to alcoholic beverages - with potentially dangerous consequences. Professor David Ranson, the head of Monas...

By Andrius Sytas, Barbara Erling and Johan Ahlander, Reuters The C-Lion1 submarine telecommunications cable being laid to the bottom of the Baltic Sea by cable laying ship "Ile de Brehat" off the shore of Helsinki, Finland, 12 October 2015. Photo: AFP / Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva Two Baltic Sea communications cables have been damaged Germany, Poland, others say cause likely to be sabotage There is currently no evidence of sabotage European powers warn of escalating hybrid attacks Russia has repeatedly denied sabotaging infrastructure European governments accused Russia of escalating hybrid attacks on Ukraine's Western allies, as Baltic nations investigated whether the cutting of two fibre-optic telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea was sabotage. European officials have not...