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Far-right leader Le Pen to attend Brigitte Bardot's funeral
France's three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is to attend the funeral next week of 1950s and 1960s film star Brigitte Bardot,…
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‘The glue that held family together’: Slain hostage Lior Rudaeff’s family pays tribute at funeral
Thousands gathered to honor First Sergeant (res.) Lior Rudaeff at a funeral in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak's cemetery, following the return of his…
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Thousands attend state funeral of former Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga
Thousands of mourners are attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a national stadium in the Kenyan capital.…
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Bus crash kills 25 people returning from funeral in Kenya
A bus carrying mourners from a funeral has crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, local authorities say. The driver lost control,…
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A bus carrying mourners from a funeral overturns in Kenya, killing 21 people
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday…
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Liberian president killed in coup gets state funeral after 45 years
Liberia's former President William Tolbert is having a symbolic reburial, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body…
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Funeral of Zambian ex-president in doubt as national mourning cancelled
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has abruptly ended the national mourning period of former President Edgar Lungu in an escalating…
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Zambia's president not wanted at predecessor's funeral, family says
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, who died last week, left instructions that his successor Hakainde Hichilema "should not be anywhere…
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Funeral row causes chaos for mourners of Zambia's ex-president
Arranging a funeral can be testing at the best of times - let alone for a former head of state. Amid that intense, initial stage of grief,…
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Video of Palestinian flags at Vatican misrepresented as pope's funeral
Christians in the Gaza Strip joined mourners around the world in grieving Pope Francis, who maintained close contact with their small…
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Francis, the TV Pope, Takes His Final Journey
Shortly after Pope Francis died, on Monday, the Vatican released a brief document he had authored in 2022, outlining his last testament:…
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Trump Faces Backlash from Mourners at Pope's Funeral after He Breaks Dress Code and Wears Blue Suit and Blue Tie Instead of Black
Donald Trump has been facing backlash for allegedly violating the dress code at the Pope's funeral by showing up in a blue suit and…
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Pope Francis funeral in photos: Key images from historic day
By Emma Marsden is a freelance news reporter for Newsweek who has lived in the U.K and the U.S. Her interests are trending news, politics,…
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Watch Pope Francis' funeral live from St. Peter's Square
Watch live footage of the funeral of Pope Francis from St Peter's Square in Vatican City, streaming live here on Newsweek. You can also…
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Funeral held in Kenya for TikTok content moderator following death in unclear circumstances
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The funeral was held on Thursday for a Kenya-based Nigerian content moderator who died in unclear circumstances last…
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Tens of thousands attend Nasrallah funeral as Hezbollah claims it's down but not out
BEIRUT — On a Friday evening in September, a squadron of Israeli warplanes streaked through the skies of Lebanon and dropped some 85 tons…
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Aga Khan's funeral service held in Portugal ahead of private burial ceremony in Egypt
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The funeral of Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, has taken place in Lisbon.…
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Funeral service held for child killed in Magdeburg attack
A funeral service was held in northern Germany on Saturday for a 9-year-old boy killed in the car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in…
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Watch: Mike Pence’s Wife Snubs Trump at Jimmy Carter Funeral
Last month, Smirnov pleaded guilty to four felony charges, which included one count of obstruction of justice and three tax evasion…
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Jimmy Carter Was an Honorable Leader—and an Even Better Man | Opinio
"Max, this is Jimmy. Jimmy Carter." It was an early Sunday morning. I was about to go out for a morning run when my telephone rang. "Can…
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MAGA furious over Donald Trump's apparent U-turn on Jimmy Carter
Many MAGA supporters are against a eulogy President-elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about former President Jimmy Carter, who…
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Syria funeral procession explosion footage falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict
Screenshot of the false post The video recirculated alongside a similar false claim on Xand Facebook in October this year. Indian Prime…
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Funeral home in Poland apologizes after a corpse falls out of a hearse in traffic
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A funeral home in Poland issued an unusual apology on Saturday after a corpse that it was transporting fell out of a…
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Kenyan funeral video circulates in posts about Thai school bus crash victims
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken October 7, 2024 It circulated online after a devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at…