News of death

False start delays new Maradona death trial, timeframe uncertain

22-07-2025 16:53 Doubts remain after a preparatory hearing between prosecutors, defence lawyers and the new judges appointed after the first trial was declared null and void.

Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

13-07-2025 11:38 Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona's personal physician, seeks trial by jury following the annulment of the trial that had begun in March.

Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

28-05-2025 12:33 The fate of the trial into Diego Maradona's will be decided on Thursday, following a scandal involving one of the judges over her participation in a documentary about the case.

Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

27-05-2025 21:47 Judge Julieta Makintach forced to recuse herself following outcry; Court says it will decide Thursday if case goes to retrial.

Police unsuccessfully raid firm in charge of Maradona’s care

14-05-2025 22:00 On order of the courts, police raid Medidom, the firm put in charge of Diego Maradona's home care – only to find out the company moved from address two years ago.

Tributes for Mujica, Milei government’s lukewarm condolences

14-05-2025 00:02 Allies hail Uruguay ex-president’s legacy as Argentina’s government expresses condolences; Libertarian influencer’s distasteful response.

Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

30-04-2025 00:20 Fernando Villarejo, head of Clínica Olivos' intensive care unit, says he expressed his opposition to home care.

Maradona was 'very difficult patient,' surgeon tells court during trial into death

24-04-2025 23:58 A doctor attending Diego Maradona a few weeks before his death said Thursday that the football star "was a very difficult patient."

Pope Francis died of a stroke, confirms Vatican in statement

21-04-2025 15:35 Francis died of "cerebral stroke, coma, irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse," says Vatican in a statement.

‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

11-04-2025 09:38 Doctor Flavio Tunessi said the late footballing icon had told him "I’m not well," a few weeks before star's death.

Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor

27-03-2025 18:48 Diego Maradona “was in agony” before he died and his doctors should have foreseen his condition, autopsy doctors testify before court.

Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial

25-03-2025 17:39 Julio Coria, Diego Maradona's former bodyguard, detained for false testimony after the court in charge of trial into legendary footballer's death noted contradictions in his statements.

Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16

10-03-2025 11:47 President Javier Milei announces three days of national mourning and authorises 10 billion in emergency reconstruction aid after destructive flood leaves 16 dead, including two young sisters.

Milei tells Kicillof to resign over Buenos Aires Province ‘bloodbath’

28-02-2025 15:46 Opposition expresses outrage as President Javier Milei calls on Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign in response to shocking killing of seven-year-old.

The 86th victim

18-01-2025 06:41 Ten years later, Argentine society is still owed an explanation of a bafflingly mysterious death.

by Michael Soltys

Search for bodies as LA firefighters brace for more wind

13-01-2025 17:45 Multiple wildfires fuelled by intense Santa Ana Winds are still burning across Los Angeles County while some containment has been achieved. At least 24 people have died and over 100,000 people are still under evacuation orders.

Late One Direction singer Liam Payne finally laid to rest at UK funeral

20-11-2024 16:29 Late One Direction star’s bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson among mourners at service in Buckinghamshire.

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

07-11-2024 19:24 Three people charged with supplying British musician with drugs, one with abandoning a person in a vulnerable state who later died. One Direction star consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death last month at a hotel in Buenos Aires, prosecutors reveal.

Liam Payne's father meets with prosecutor as probe into singer's death deepens

24-10-2024 00:30 Late star’s father briefed on the details of the autopsy, examinations and witness statements; Prosecutors deny releasing toxicology tests, though multiple reports citing preliminary test results say cocaine was found in One Direction star’s body.

Former Health minister Ginés González García dies aged 79

18-10-2024 14:41 Veteran politician and physician Ginés González García, whose lengthy career in public service ended in disgrace during the coronavirus pandemic, dies at the age of 79.