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Brazil football legend Pele has died at the age of 82. He had been battling colon cancer and spent Christmas in hospital, receiving treatment for cardiac and renal dysfunction, before his death was confirmed on December 29. Pele's daughter Kely Nascimento confirmed the news on Instagram, in a post that said: "Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace." She then added three heartbroken emojis. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, Pele is the only man to have won the World Cup on three occasions, as he helped Brazil to success at the 1958, 1962 and 1970 tournaments, also winning the Golden Ball for best player at the latter. At the first of those, the then-17-year-old became the youngest player to appear at a men's World Cup although his record was subsequently broken by Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside. |
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| Ms Trump's former chief of staff tells the January 6 select committee that the ex-First Lady 'didn't trust' her husband's final chief of staff |
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| Billionaire's fortune has fallen by $200bn, roughly equivalent to the GDP of Greece |
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| A former employee has been unable to locate West to serve him legal papers |
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| Mr Gaetz's seat representing Florida's first congressional district was once held by Scarborough, who is now the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme |
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Why might tens of thousands of deported veterans finally be coming home? |
For Hector Barajas, it was a long and winding journey to become a full US citizen. Even a stint in the military didn't seem to promise any guarantees. He came to the US with his family at the age of seven from Zacatecas, Mexico, and was a US permanent resident. As a teenager, he joined the Army as soon as he could, seeking new opportunities. "I wanted to be a GI Joe, but also I wanted to serve my country," he tells The Independent. "I wanted to get away from the environment I was growing up in. Compton, California, was pretty heavy back in the 1990s." After six years as a paratrooper, Mr Barajas was discharged. He struggled with drugs and alcohol, soon finding himself in prison. At the end of his sentence, in 2004, he found out he was being deported. This is his story, which could yet have a happy ending. |
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| – The number of 'likes' – and counting – that Greta Thunberg's reply to right-wing troll Andrew Tate has garnered, in which the Swedish climate activist accused the aggressor of having 'small d*** energy'. |
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| "I plan to get through this and, in the meantime, to keep making progress every day in Congress for American democracy." |
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