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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
Features/Interviews

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers…
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
World

Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters

MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found two bodies in an abandoned building occupied by migrants and other squatters…
Security guard dies in quicksand in Egypt’s Daqahliya archaeological area
Egypt

Security guard dies in quicksand in Egypt’s Daqahliya archaeological area

Security forces in Egypt’s Daqahliya Governorate retrieved on Thursday the body of a security guard who died after falling in quicksand…
Key questions about the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist
Middle East

Key questions about the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist

Iran’s top nuclear scientist was killed Friday in the outskirts of Tehran, once again setting the Middle East on edge and threatening…
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
World

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986…
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s former prime minister, dies of virus
Middle East

Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s former prime minister, dies of virus

CAIRO (AP) — Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister and leader of the country’s largest political party, has…
Al-Qaida names new North Africa leader, reports kidnap death
Middle East

Al-Qaida names new North Africa leader, reports kidnap death

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Al-Qaida’s North African branch said it has appointed a new leader after confirming the death of…
Dubai ‘jetman’ Vincent Reffet killed in training incident
Middle East

Dubai ‘jetman’ Vincent Reffet killed in training incident

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Dubai’s “jetmen,” whose flights over the world’s tallest building and alongside a…
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies at age 79
Middle East

Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies at age 79

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent…
Bahrain’s long-serving prime minister dies at age 84
Middle East

Bahrain’s long-serving prime minister dies at age 84

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers…
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