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Police to dig up man’s body after wife’s ‘poisoned’ Christmas cake kills three
This is the woman who baked a ‘poisoned’ Christmas cake that is believed to have killed her two sisters and a niece.
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A South Korean plane with 181 passengers crashed, only two people survived
179 people are presumed dead after a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea.
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Putin apologises for Azerbaijan Airlines plane ‘shot down by Russian missile’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people on Christmas Day.
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At least 15 injured as high-speed train crashes into fire truck
At least 15 people have been wounded after a high-speed train ploughed into a fire truck in Florida.
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Donald Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban in hopes of ’political resolution’
US President-elect Donald Trump has requested that the US Supreme Court delay an upcoming TikTok ban as he tries to formulate a "political resolution".
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British woman jailed in Thailand for attempting to have sex on a table identified and pictured
The identity of a British woman languishing in a Thai prison cell after allegedly trying to have sex on a glass table has been revealed.
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US sanctions billionaire founder of Georgia Dream party
The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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South Korean crypto boss Do Kwon to be extradited to the US
South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will be extradited to the United States from Montenegro over the collapse of two digital tokens - TerraUSD and Luna tokens.
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Israel raids and burns one of Gaza’s last hospitals, forcing patients and staff to strip
Israeli troops have stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the northernmost part of Gaza, setting fires and forcing staff and patients to remove their clothes in the courtyard.
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Two sailors die on separate yachts during Sydney to Hobart race - as 15 other boats withdraw
Race organisers said 15 other yachts - including favourite Master Lock Comanche - withdrew from the Sydney to Hobart competition over poor weather conditions.
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Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to “sudden loss of consciousness at home,” the hospital said in a statement
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Head of WHO claims to have been in Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes on Houthi targets
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, says he was at a Yemeni airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes.
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Pope Francis opens ‘holy door’ at one of largest prisons in Italy
Pontiff opens sacred portal at Rebibbia jail outside Rome to show ‘hope does not disappoint’
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Finnish coastguard boards tanker suspected of causing power and internet cable outages
Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea
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France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day
French authorities carry out 12 rescue operations off northern coast during ‘intense’ day of attempted crossings
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US business leaders poised to set a record with donations to Trump’s inaugural fund
Donations, not restricted by campaign finance laws, come as industries seek favor with incoming administration
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Hudson Joseph Meek, young star of Baby Driver, dies at 16 after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills
The young star of hit 2017 film Baby Driver has died at just 16 years of age after a freak accident involving a moving vehicle.
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Azerbaijan Airlines pilot’s chilling final five words revealed before crash that killed 38
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane is suspected to have been wrongly targeted as a suspected Ukrainian drone by a surface-to-air missile shot from Chechnya
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Asma al-Assad, wife of Bashar al-Assad, faces a ’50/50 chance of survival’ as her ’vicious condition returns’
In May, Syria’s presidency announced that the then-first lady of the Middle Eastern country had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia - an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and the blood.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane ‘shot down by Russian air defense,’ shocking footage reveals
Children are among the 32 people who have so far been rescued alive from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed on Christmas Day.
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Serbian students rally in Belgrade in ongoing protest over train station disaster
Hundreds march on state prosecutor’s office to demand justice after 15 people killed when renovated roof collapsed
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Incredible moment as survivors are pulled from the wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane carrying 67 people has crashed in Kazakhstan.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, with ’dozens feared dead’
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane carrying 72 people has crashed in Kazakhstan.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sued by former assistant claiming star forced her to clean up after ‘Wild King Night’ parties
Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by a former assistant over claims the star instructed him to clear up after parties the star referred to as “Wild King Nights”.
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Turkey says more than 25,000 Syrians have returned home since Assad’s fall
More than 25,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by Islamist-led HTS rebels, Turkey’s interior minister said Tuesday.