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Five people have been charged in relation to the killing of Liam Payne.
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Five people have been charged in relation to the killing of Liam Payne.

According to the police in Argentina, five persons have been charged in relation to One Direction singer Liam Payne's death. The 31-year-old celebrity passed away on October 16th, following a fall from a Buenos Aires hotel's third-floor balcony. According to the prosecutor's office in Argentina, Payne's friend Roger Nores, the hotel's manager Gilda Martin, and its receptionist Esteban Grassi have all been charged with manslaughter. Braian Paiz, a server, and Ezequiel Pereyra, who also worked a
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Kenyan police use tear gas during a demonstration against suspected kidnappings by the government.
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Kenyan police use tear gas during a demonstration against suspected kidnappings by the government.

In Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, police have used tear gas to scatter demonstrators protesting what they claim is a spate of mysterious kidnappings of government critics. Human rights organisations claim that dozens of Kenyans have been kidnapped in recent months and blame the illegal arrests on Kenya's intelligence and police forces. According to Kenyan officials, the government does not support or participate in extrajudicial executions or kidnappings. With clouds of tear gas hanging in th
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More than 300 prisoners of war traded between Russia and Ukraine.
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More than 300 prisoners of war traded between Russia and Ukraine.

In a deal mediated by the United Arab Emirates ahead of New Year's Eve, Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 300 prisoners of war (POWs), according to officials from both nations. On Monday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksyy announced that 189 Ukrainians had returned home, while the Russian Ministry of Defence announced that it had exchanged 150 Ukrainian detainees. The disparity in the published numbers has no clear explanation. "For all of us, the news of our people's return from Russian
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Following three years of army rule, Chad casts a ballot in the general election.
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Following three years of army rule, Chad casts a ballot in the general election.

With the opposition calling for a boycott, attendance was predicted to be low for Sunday's general election, which the government believes is a crucial step in eliminating military rule. According to the elections administration organisation ANGE, midday numbers indicated a turnout of only 38% to elect a new parliament, regional assemblies, and local councils. Voter disinterest was attributed to the "cold weather" by election officials in the affluent neighbourhood where the president's family
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179 people killed in South Korean jet disaster, cause is being investigated.
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179 people killed in South Korean jet disaster, cause is being investigated.

After a Jeju Air flight crashed at a South Korean airport on Sunday, all of the passengers and the majority of the crew perished. Only two survivors—both cabin crew—were rescued from the flaming wreckage, leaving 179 of the 181 passengers on board the Boeing 737-800 dead. The aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed into a wall in a huge explosion as it touched down at Muan International Airport in the south of the nation. With six crew members and 175 passengers, many of whom were vacatione
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Azerbaijani president requests "admission of guilt" by Russia in plane crash.
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Azerbaijani president requests "admission of guilt" by Russia in plane crash.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev blasted Russia for putting forward “absurd” theories initially and said Moscow must compensate victims’ families. President of Azerbaijan, on Sunday, asked Russia to acknowledge its fault in the incident which resulted in the Christmas Day crash of one of passenger aircrafts, which claimed the lives of 38 people, to accept responsibility for it, and to compensate government and bereaved people. First, the Russian side must apologize to Azerbaijan,” he said. “
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Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, Dies at 100
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Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, Dies at 100

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100. Carter served as the 39th president of the United States and 76th governor of Georgia and won a Nobel Prize for his work as a global humanitarian dedicated to waging peace and fighting disease. He was the longest-lived U.S. president, as well as the one with the longest post-presidency. Carter died at home this afternoon in Plains, Ga., surrounded by family, The Carter Center, The Atlanta Journal Constitution and The Washington Postreported.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History with Closest-Ever Approach to the Sun
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History with Closest-Ever Approach to the Sun

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by. Nasa said the probe was "safe" and operating normally after it passed just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface. The probe plunged into our star's outer atmosphere on Christmas Eve, endur
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