#UPDATE Renowned with Brazil's Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Argentine World Cup winning captain died of a heart attack, having undergone brain surgery earlier this month, a member of his entourage told AFP
#BREAKING "Ciao Diego": Napoli bid farewell to club legend Maradona
#BREAKING Maradona to be honoured by minute of silence before Wednesday's Champions League games, says UEFA
#BREAKING Pele mourns Maradona, saying, "I hope we'll play soccer together in the sky"
#UPDATE Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died at the age of 60, plunging his sport and his native Argentina into mourning u.afp.com/3Fay
#BREAKING Maradona to lay in state at presidential palace, says Argentinian presidency
#BREAKING Maradona remains to undergo autopsy Wednesday, says prosecutor
#UPDATE Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced three days of national mourning in the South American country u.afp.com/3Fay
#BREAKING Maradona's body arrives at presidential palace: Argentina TV
#UPDATE 'Eternal' Maradona's death plunges Argentina, football into mourning
The cry goes up outside the San Paolo Stadium in #Naples, southern Italy, where since daybreak Thursday tearful mourners have been laying candles and messages for football great Diego #Maradonau.afp.com/3Fyq
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Britain's government will later Wednesday launch spending plans for the next year as it seeks to support the coronavirus-ravaged economy and chart the nation's post-Brexit future 🇬🇧 u.afp.com/3FB2
#BREAKING UK economy forecast to slump 11.3% this year amid coronavirus
#BREAKING Covid-hit UK announces plan to slash foreign aid
The leader of Ethiopia's dissident Tigray region says his people are "ready to die" defending their homeland, rejecting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ultimatum that they surrender within 72 hours u.afp.com/3FYp
#UPDATE The UN Security Council will convene its first meeting Tuesday on #Tigray, where forces loyal to the northern Ethiopian region's ruling party have been battling federal soldiers for nearly three weeks, sparking a refugee exodus u.afp.com/3FPp
#BREAKING UN Security Council meeting on Ethiopia cancelled: diplomats
France is expected to loosen its coronavirus restrictions as the boss of a major airline says proof of vaccination will likely become the only way people can fly in a post-pandemic world u.afp.com/3FgU
#BREAKING EU chief announces latest vaccine contract with US firm Moderna, for up to 160 million doses
#BREAKING Israeli PM held secret talks in Saudi with Pompeo, crown prince: media
#UPDATE Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret talks in Saudi Arabia Sunday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, media said, in the first reported trip by an Israeli premier to the kingdom u.afp.com/3F5F
#BREAKING Saudi Arabia denies reported meeting between Crown Prince and Israel PM Netanyahu