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Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily Friday found Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister. The court dropped all the charges against Salvini in relation an incident in 2019, when he refused...
Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, has sounded defiant ahead of Friday’s court verdict in Sicily for blocking some 100 migrants at sea on a humanitarian rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister. Salvini, who leads the Euroskeptic, anti-migrant League,...
Argentine prosecutors charge 3 people linked to the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday. Prosecutor...
What we know about the death of Liam Payne
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities continue to investigate the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died Oct. 16 at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Payne was a beloved member of the group, which formed in 2010 after its...
Argentine police raid the Buenos Aires hotel where One Direction’s Liam Payne died
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony, a government official said Thursday. A police special investigations unit went to the...
Initial report shows Liam Payne had cocaine in his system when he died, says Argentine official
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An initial toxicology report for ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died last week after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, showed that he had cocaine in his system after his death, an Argentine official said. The final...
Directioners mourning singer Liam Payne leave tributes in London and other cities
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds gathered Sunday in London’s Kensington Gardens to mourn Liam Payne as fans around the world grieved for the One Direction singer who died this past week. Directioners, as supporters of the massively successful boy band are known, left tributes in London,...
Argentine authorities probe what happened before Liam Payne's fatal fall from his hotel balcony
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The circumstances surrounding the death of ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne were suspicious and possibly involved drugs, though there was no sign of a third party being involved, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday. Payne, 31, who died on Wednesday,...
