QUIRKY WORLD ... Our daily look at some of the world’s stranger stories

AUSTRIA: As the campaign for Austria’s general election enters its gruelling final phase, two high-profile contenders have gone beyond rolling up their shirt sleeves — they have taken off their shirts.

Posing bare-chested is the newest twist in the rivalry between populist candidate Frank Stronach and Heinz-Christian Strache, who heads the anti-immigrant and EU-sceptic Freedom Party, as they compete for the protest vote ahead of the Sept 29 poll.

Stronach was first to remove his shirt, revealing a trim 80-year-old upper body in photos showing him wearing only jeans and a smile.