Ugandan student who featured in Disney movie dies aged 15
A Ugandan student who played a memorable role in a 2016 Disney film about a local chess prodigy has died at the age of 15.

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White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg says he is proud of his husband
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has said he is proud of his marriage and his husband.

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UN body says it will take months to verify ‘record& Antarctica temperatures
Record high temperatures reportedly measured in Antarctica will take months to verify, the UN weather agency has said.

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The US has evacuated some of its citizens from a cruise ship quarantined over coronavirus fears.

Two charter flights carrying some of the 380 Americans on board the Diamond Princess ship moored at Yokohama Port near Tokyo had left Japan for America on Sunday, the US State Department said.

Once back in the US, the repatriated passengers will have to

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A 'darling to many': Disney actress, 15, dies from brain tumourA 'darling to many': Disney actress, 15, dies from brain tumour

A 15-year-old Disney star has died from a brain tumour, her secondary school has said.

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who starred in the 2016 film Queen Of Katwe, passed away on Saturday at a hospital near the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

She had been in and out of hospital and had previously received treatment, including surgery, in India, according to local

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Costa Rica's largest ever haul of cocaine has been seized from a shipment of ornamental flowers bound for the Netherlands.

About 5.8 tonnes of the drug was found in 202 briefcases hidden inside a container at a port in Limon.

Police said they found 5,048 packages of cocaine weighing 1kg (2.2lbs) each.

Costa Rica's largest ever cocaine haul found in ornamental flowers
Image:The cocaine has been transferred to a

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