Mexicans honour Santa Muerte on Day of the Dead
• Nov 1, 2025, 4:35 PM
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As Mexico marks Día de los Muertos, families adorn altars with marigolds, candles and colourful sugar skulls – calaveritas – to celebrate departed loved ones. Across the country, people honour the deceased as well as Santa Meurte, a folk saint who represents healing, protection and safe passage to the afterlife by devotees.
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On the trail of migrant smugglers 3/3: Gang war shootouts on a trafficking highway
• 5:59 AM
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EXCLUSIVE. A motorway rest stop near Dijon became the site of a deadly bid for vengeance between migrant trafficking gangs in February 2025. An Iraqi migrant was killed and a police officer from France’s elite tactical unit wounded in a shootout that spa
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Trump downplays US war threat in Venezuela, says Maduro’s days are ‘numbered’
• 3:58 AM
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President Donald Trump on Sunday downplayed the prospect of US military action in Venezuela but warned President Nicolas Maduro’s “days are numbered.” The comments come as Washington boosts its military presence in the Caribbean and targets alleged drug-
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Several killed as magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan
• 1:42 AM
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight Sunday into Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 260, provincial officials said. The quake, at a depth of 28 km (17 miles) near Mazar-i-Sharif, hit two months after a tremo
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UK set to strip Andrew of last remaining military title in latest royal shake-up
• 1:09 AM
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The British government said on Sunday it would strip Prince Andrew of his honorary title of vice-admiral, his last remaining military rank. Andrew lost his other titles in 2022 when Queen Elizabeth II removed them after he was sued by Virginia Giuffre, J
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