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San Lorenzo players huddle during a game. The top tier club is one of 10 that have been raided as part of the investigation into the AFA.

Police raid national football body in money laundering probe

A federal judge ordered raids on more than 10 soccer clubs, including top tier outfits San Lorenzo and Racing, as part of the ongoing investigation.

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Admiral Frank Bradley makes his way to a classified meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

‘Troubling’: Lawmakers watch second strike on drug boat

Admiral Frank M. Bradley is attending meetings with lawmakers after an attack on alleged drug smugglers included a follow-up strike that killed two survivors.

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Structures on Little Saint James, one of the private islands owned by Jeffrey Epstein.

‘Harrowing’: Dems release images of Epstein’s island home

In publicising the photos and videos, Democrats in Congress appeared to be intensifying pressure on the Justice Department to release its files on the Epstein case.

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Nasry Asfura has over 40 per cent of votes in early counting of the Honduras presidential election.

Conservative candidates tied in Honduras after Trump’s call

Two conservative candidates are in the lead after President Donald Trump’s endorsement of one injected the United States into a tight, potentially volatile presidential election.

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Four people are dead and 10 have been wounded in a suspected targeted shooting in California. (AP PHOTO)

Four people shot dead in US during child’s birthday party

Four people are dead after 14 people were shot at a family gathering in northern California in what officials believe was a targeted shooting.

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Detractors of former President Jair Bolsonaro celebrate his sentence for leading a coup attempt, outside the federal police headquarters, where he is under arrest in Brasilia.

Tears and champagne as Bolsonaro begins 27-year jail term

Brazilians have gathered outside the country’s federal police headquarters after the former President Jair Bolsonaro finally started his oft-delayed sentence for leading a coup attempt.

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Robert Eric Semenchucl used police databases to form relationships with vulnerable women.

Policeman uses victim database as own personal dating app

He spent years preying on victims of domestic violence, fostering relationships by using information he obtained illegally.

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The 23-year-old woman has been sentenced to two decades in prison for her role in the murder of the Perth brothers.

Woman jailed over role in Perth brothers’ murders

A woman has been jailed for 20 years over her role in a violent robbery that led to the deaths of two Perth brothers in Mexico.

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Canada's Ryan Wedding in action during the 2002 Winter Games.

FBI hunts Olympian turned cocaine kingpin over witness death

Authorities described former snowboarder Ryan James Wedding, who has joined forces with the powerful Sinaloa cartel, as a ‘modern day iteration of Pablo Escobar’.

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Accused drug lord Bao Tu Luu.

The sting that netted accused Australia-Americas coke lord

The fugitive, accused of running a vast cocaine pipeline stretching from the jungles of South America, is facing extradition to Australia charged over a 200kg major drug shipment.

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President Donald Trump says "I don't rule out anything" when it comes to Venezuela. (AP PHOTO)

US troop buildup as Trump stares down Venezuela

Donald Trump has flagged he's willing to dramatically escalate his administration's confrontation with Venezuela, amid a US military escalation in the Caribbean.

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The United States has skipped this year's UN climate talks after pulling out of the Paris agreement.

Thousands of protesters march on UN climate talks

Demonstrators are marching in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks.

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The location of the Australian mans arrest remains unknown.

Horror details emerge over Aussie music teacher who fled US

Mr Kaleel had previously entered a ‘no contest’ plea in 2016 to a charge of committing a lewd act on a teenage student, but later fought to withdraw that plea upon realising the immigration consequences.

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The US administration has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to the Caribbean.

Venezuela tensions rise as US aircraft carrier approaches

The USS Gerald R Ford joins a sprawling build-up that has fuelled speculation the Trump Administration intends to dramatically escalate its anti-drug campaign.

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Protesters clash with security forces in an attempt to storm the COP30 headquarters in Belem, Brazil.

COP30 chaos as protesters attempt to storm Brazil summit

There were heated scenes at the UN climate talks as protesters, some dressed in the garb of Brazilian indigenous groups, attempted to storm the summit being held in Brazil.

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