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30 killed in crowd crush @ India's Kumbh Mela festival
BBC
KUMBH, India- At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say.
UK govt backs contentious 3rd runway @ London’s Heathrow Airport
WASHINGTON TIMES
LONDON, England, UK- The U.K. government is backing the construction of a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, Treasury chief Rachel Reeves said Wednesday in a speech designed to signal to the business world that the new Labour government is serious about turning around the economy.
British tabloid admits to decades of spying on Prince Harry in landmark settlement
WASHINGTON TIMES
LONDON, England, UK- Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.
Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes who lived in exile in Nicaragua dies at 65
ABC NEWS
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador- Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.
Gaza ceasefire talks in final stages: MoFA Spokesperson
THE PENINSULA
DOHA, Qatar- Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari has said talks on Gaza ceasefire deal have reached the final stages.
Mozambique's Chapo sworn in as President after disputed election
TIMES LIVE
MOZAMBIQUE- Daniel Chapo of Mozambique's long-governing Frelimo party was sworn in as president on Wednesday at a sparsely attended ceremony after months of protests against his disputed election victory.
2 bodies found in landing gear of JetBlue plane at Florida airport
LA TIMES
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, USA- Two bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida airport, authorities said.
British woman who vanished 52 years ago found ‘safe and well’
EURO NEWS
WEST MIDLANDS, England, UK- A British woman who disappeared more than half a century ago has been found alive and well, UK police have confirmed.
Musk defends Cybertruck after Trump hotel explosion
THE INDEPENDENT
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA- Elon Musk has leaped to the defense of his Tesla Cybertruck after one of the vehicles exploded outside of a Donald Trump-owned luxury hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year’s Day in what now appears to have been a terrorist incident that left one person dead and seven more injured.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter passes away at 100
THE CARTER CENTER
ATLANTA, Georgia, USA- Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 29, at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. He was 100, the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
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