All news for 2024-12-07

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The rise and fall of El Negro Willy, the prison-guard mafia boss of Ecuador
The first sign that armed gang members had invaded a TV station in Guayaquil came when two masked youths appeared in the corner of the screen during a live news broadcast.
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The overlooked human smuggling route through the Darien
After a long flight over a sea of trees, the ocean begins to emerge through the window of the twin-propeller plane. The vast Pacific meets the Darién jungle in the remote Colombian town of Juradó, in the northwestern Chocó department.
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UK house prices hit record highs as demand shows no signs of slowing
House prices have now reached record levels as lower mortgage rates have helped improve buyer confidence for the fifth month in a row.
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Revealed: the tech bosses who invested $394.1m in the US election—and how they compared to Elon Musk
FEC filings reveal a glimpse of the tech industry’s financial influence on Washington.
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Polite comrades: How Moscow pioneered the use of “little green men” in Estonia a century ago
A hundred years ago, on Dec. 1, 1924, Estonian communists attempted a coup d’état that enjoyed the direct backing of Soviet Russia — despite the Tartu Peace Treaty signed in 1920.
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Prince William to meet Donald Trump in Paris ahead of Notre-Dame reopening
The Prince of Wales is set to meet Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, as the pair join world leaders for the ceremonial reopening of Notre-Dame.
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Four-year-old boy dies after being struck by bus in Tipton
Officers are seeking dash cam footage of the incident which happened shortly before 4.55pm on Friday in High Street, Tipton, in Sandwell.
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Storm Darragh claims first victim as man in his 40s dies when tree hits van on dual carriageway
Storm Darragh has claimed its first victim after a man died when a tree fell onto his van on dual carriageway in Lincolnshire.
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Motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon fails as leader imposes martial law
A push to impeach South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol fell through on Saturday following a boycott of the vote by the conservative governing party.
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Mike Tyson responds to £1.25m lawsuit over Jake Paul fight
Mike Tyson lost out to Jake Paul in a lucrative clash in Texas last month but the fight has courted controversy both before and after the final bell - and his lawyers have spoken out in the face of more legal action
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Teenage Everton fan spent ‘all his savings’ flying from Australia for postponed Merseyside derby
Football fans were left frustrated by the postponement of Saturday’s Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool, but none more so than a teenage Everton supporter who spent ‘all his savings’ flying from Australia to attend the game.
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Former SPFU head Sennychenko’s $10 billion scam: how Swiss financier Oleh Tsyura helped plunder Ukraine
The name of Oleh Tsyura emerged in a scandal related to the former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko, and a grandiose scheme that cost Ukraine over ten billion hryvnias.