VIDEO: "The King never dies", say Pele's fans who came to the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo to pay tribute to the Brazilian football legend, who has died after a fight with cancer.
#UPDATE His face appeared on televisions around the world and dominated the homepages of news outlets everywhere as global media bowed to the late, great #Pele -- the undisputed "King" of football. #AFPSports u.afp.com/igdP
#UPDATE Tributes poured in from across Brazil and beyond Friday for football legend #Pele as the country held three days of mourning for the player widely regarded as the greatest of all time after his death at age 82. #AFPSports u.afp.com/igWD
#UPDATE Top flight football matches in England, Italy, France will all honour #Pele before each match in the upcoming round of games, it was announced Friday. u.afp.com/igmf
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#BREAKING Former pope Benedict XVI has died aged 95: Vatican
#UPDATE Former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages, died on Saturday aged 95, the Vatican announced ▶️ u.afp.com/ige2
#BREAKING Pope Francis to lead funeral of former pope Benedict XVI on January 5: Vatican
Myanmar junta court wraps up its trial of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi - a legal source tells @AFP - with the Nobel laureate jailed for a total of 33 years
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Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time has died at the age of 82, his family said Thursday.
"Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace," daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram
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Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the "beautiful game," has died at the age of 82, his family said Thursday u.afp.com/iggx
Israel's hawkish veteran Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to power Thursday after a stint in opposition, heading what analysts call the most right-wing government in the country's history. u.afp.com/igxP
Longevity of Israeli governments since 1948 (interim government) up until December 22, 2022, according to data published on the Knesset website. #AFPgraphics@AFP
#BREAKING Israel's parliament approves new Netanyahu government