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Argentine prosecutors argued on Thursday that the “chaotic” medical team treating football legend Diego Maradona at the time of his death should receive prison sentences up to 12 years. Seven medical professionals have been on trial since April over Maradona’s death on November 25, 2020 while convalescing after surgery for a brain clot. The star […]

The United States on Thursday filed new torture charges against ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, bolstering a mounting criminal case against the pair held in US custody. Maduro and Flores already face drug trafficking and firearms charges in the United States after they were snatched from their Caracas compound in an […]

When Benin and Burkina Faso flew to Buenos Aires for friendlies against Argentina — including superstar Lionel Messi’s swansong– it would have seemed like dreamland for players who rarely if ever rub shoulders with the aristocrats of the ‘Beautiful Game’. In reality, the organisation was a shambles, a member of the Benin delegation told AFP. […]

UK police said Thursday they had arrested two Latvians inside a military base in southeast England housing US and NATO intelligence hubs after the perimeter fence was breached. The incident comes days after an incident near another military base in southwest England. Counter-terrorism police said the two men, aged 36 and 32, were arrested at the […]

A drone attack caused a fire at a data centre belonging to Russian technology giant Yandex, the company told AFP Thursday, in the first strike of its kind on Russia. Images posted on social media showed thick, black smoke pouring from the roof of the building, which the company said was in the central Ryazan […]

A Mexican judge is expected to hand down his verdict Thursday in the high-profile murder trial of three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and their American friend in 2024. Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s […]

Oil prices soared more than five percent Thursday following reports that the United States could launch fresh attacks on Iran before next month’s midterm elections, risking further supply disruptions. Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rallied to $105.48 a barrel before paring gains. The main US contract, West Texas Intermediate, reached as high as […]

The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally “foggy,” her lawyer said in an interview broadcast Thursday. Pike, 50, had been considered brain dead following two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital last Wednesday that failed to kill her. Doctors had been planning to […]