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Three people were charged in relation to the death of singer Liam Payne, Argentina's public prosecutor announced in a statement Thursday. The prosecutor's statement said that during the investigation into Payne's death, "illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics." Someone who was with Payne on a daily basis while he was in Buenos Aires is charged with abandoning a person following death, Andrés Madrea's statement said. Forensic workers remove the body of British singer Liam Payne from the hotel where he died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Oct. 16. Throughout the investigation, "exhaustive and meticulous actions and measures were taken to clarify the circumstances surrounding the artist's death," the statement said.

Persons: Liam Payne, Payne, Andrés, Luis Robayo, Madrea, Prosecutors, Geoff Payne Organizations: Getty, ABC, Prosecutors, Telemundo Locations: Buenos Aires, British, Argentina, AFP

☆ Liam Payne’s tragic death reflects an industry that has too often failed young talent
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Will Ripley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now, his untimely death is reigniting urgent conversations about the mental health and addiction struggles that so often afflict young stars thrust into the limelight. Christopher Polk/Getty Images Payne takes a selfie with fans at the 2014 ARIA Awards in Sydney. Terence Patrick/CBS/Getty Images Payne poses for photos with his then partner Cheryl Cole at the 2018 BRIT Awards in London. Joe Maher/FilmMagic/Getty Images Payne performs on "The Today Show" in 2019 to promote the release of his first solo album. Kate Green/Getty Images Payne warms up before Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 charity match in Manchester, England.

Persons: Liam Payne’s, Payne rocketed, ”, Sharon Osbourne, Osbourne, Payne, Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams, “, Robbie, ” Chambers, Payne ”, I’m, Payne’s, Liam Payne, James Shaw, Shutterstock Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken McKay, Shutterstock, Dave Hogan, Christopher Polk, Cameron Spencer, James Corden, James Van Der Beek, Jim Gaffigan, Terence Patrick, Cheryl Cole, Bear, Joe Maher, FilmMagic, Kate Green, Will Matthews, Marc Piasecki, Luis Robayo, Singer Liam Payne, Williams, Demi Lovato Organizations: CNN, Observer, “, Men’s Health, Disney, Party, Fremantle Media, Getty, CBS, NBC, Soccer Aid, UNICEF Locations: Buenos Aires, London, Wolverhampton , England, Barbados, Los Angeles, Sydney, Manchester, England, Paris, AFP

Christopher Polk/Getty Images Payne takes a selfie with fans at the 2014 ARIA Awards in Sydney. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Payne performs with One Direction during one of their last concerts together in Los Angeles in 2015. Terence Patrick/CBS/Getty Images Payne poses for photos with his then partner Cheryl Cole at the 2018 BRIT Awards in London. Joe Maher/FilmMagic/Getty Images Payne performs on "The Today Show" in 2019 to promote the release of his first solo album. Kate Green/Getty Images Payne warms up before Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 charity match in Manchester, England.

Persons: Liam Payne’s, Payne, ’, Marcelo Roma, Liam Payne, James Shaw, Shutterstock Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken McKay, Shutterstock, Dave Hogan, Christopher Polk, Cameron Spencer, James Corden, James Van Der Beek, Jim Gaffigan, Terence Patrick, Cheryl Cole, Bear, Joe Maher, FilmMagic, Kate Green, Will Matthews, Marc Piasecki, Luis Robayo, Singer Liam Payne, ”, ‘, they’re “, “ Liam, ” Harry Styles, Zayn Malik –, –, “ We’re, Liam, Simon Cowell, Malik, ” Tomlinson, Agustin Marcarian, REUTERS Payne, Tomlinson, ” Malik, “, ” Horan, he’s “, ” Styles Organizations: CNN, Party, Fremantle Media, Getty, CBS, NBC, Soccer Aid, UNICEF, Todo Noticias, Associated Press, UK’s, Media, REUTERS Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, London, Wolverhampton , England, Barbados, Los Angeles, Sydney, Manchester, England, Paris, AFP

☆ Liam Payne and his fans grew up together. A look back at his life in the spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

At the time, the young Payne said he was more focused making music than schoolwork. Christopher Polk/Getty Images Payne takes a selfie with fans at the 2014 ARIA Awards in Sydney. Terence Patrick/CBS/Getty Images Payne poses for photos with his then partner Cheryl Cole at the 2018 BRIT Awards in London. Joe Maher/FilmMagic/Getty Images Payne performs on "The Today Show" in 2019 to promote the release of his first solo album. Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Harry Styles on the 'The X Factor' in 2010.

Persons: Liam Payne, Payne, “, ”, Louis Walsh, James Shaw, Shutterstock Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken McKay, Shutterstock, Dave Hogan, Christopher Polk, Cameron Spencer, James Corden, James Van Der Beek, Jim Gaffigan, Terence Patrick, Cheryl Cole, Bear, Joe Maher, FilmMagic, Kate Green, Will Matthews, Marc Piasecki, Luis Robayo, Singer Liam Payne, ” Payne, I’ve, Frank Sinatra’s, Simon Cowell, Michael Buble’s, ” Cowell, Cowell, Directioners ”, Iron, “ He’s, Malik, Cole, Tolga Akmen, 😘😘 Organizations: CNN, Wolverhampton, Party, Fremantle Media, Getty, CBS, NBC, Soccer Aid, UNICEF, MTV Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, London, Wolverhampton , England, Barbados, Los Angeles, Sydney, Manchester, England, Paris, AFP, “

☆ Lionel Messi equals Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick record after vintage performance for Argentina
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Lionel Messi rolled back the years with a vintage performance for Argentina on Tuesday, scoring three goals in his nation’s 6-0 thrashing of Bolivia in a 2026 World Cup qualifier. It was the 37-year-old’s 10th international hat-trick, a tally which draws him level with Cristiano Ronaldo’s record in men’s soccer. It was Messi who got the party started, capitalizing on a defensive error to put his country ahead after 19 minutes. The former Barcelona superstar then whipped the home crowd into a frenzy with two quick goals before the final whistle. Messi was making just his second appearance for his country since July after overcoming an ankle injury.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo’s, “, ” Messi, I’ll, Messi, unselfishly, Lautaro Martínez, Julián Álvarez, Luis Robayo, Thiago Almada, Messi wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Argentina, Estadio Monumental, Inter Miami, Messi, Bolivian, Venezuela, CONMEBOL Locations: Bolivia, soccer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, AFP, Barcelona, Colombia, Paraguay

☆ Argentina’s 'anarcho capitalist' Milei meets with Sam Altman, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai in a bid to spur investment
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Argentina's President Javier Milei waves during the commemoration of the 214th anniversary of the May Revolution that led to the independence from Spain, at Plaza San Martin in Cordoba, Argentina, on May 25, 2024. On his seventh overseas trip since taking office late last year, Argentina's Milei traveled to San Francisco late Monday and has since met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google's Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook. The right-wing leader, and self-described "anarcho capitalist," is scheduled to meet with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg before departing from the U.S. on Friday. On a separate trip to the U.S. last month, Milei met with tech billionaire Elon Musk at a Tesla electric car factory in Austin, Texas. The growth of AI data centres will also require significant energy and water resources, of which Argentina has in abundance."

Persons: Javier Milei, Diego Lima, Argentina's Milei, Sam Altman, Google's Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Milei, Elon Musk, Nicolas Saldias, Saldias, Mariano Machado, Verisk Maplecroft, We're, " Machado, Javier Milei's, Luis Robayo Organizations: Plaza San, Afp, Getty, Apple, Meta, U.S, Analysts, America, Economist Intelligence Unit, CNBC, Americas, Verisk Locations: Spain, Plaza San Martin, Cordoba, Argentina, San Francisco, U.S, Austin , Texas, Olivos, Buenos Aires Province

The economy is likely already in recession and is expected to contract again next year. Shortly after being sworn in as economy minister, Massa in August 2022 pledged to stop printing money to fight inflation. "Markets will likely prefer a Milei victory simply because he is more credible on delivering the fiscal adjustment." "Every investor understands that the macroeconomic adjustments that Argentina needs will inevitably translate into short-term pain." For investors, Argentine stocks traded in New York (.MIAR00000PUS) have been a beacon of hope, up near 15% year to date.

Persons: Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, Luis Robayo, Pilar Tavella, Alejo Czerwonko, Massa, Carlos de Sousa, UBS's, JPMorgan's Diego Celedon, Celedon, Rodrigo Campos, Adam Jourdan, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: por la Patria, La Libertad, University of Buenos, Law School, Global, Peronist, Barclays, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Argentina, Monetary Fund, Itau, IMF, Emerging, UBS Global Wealth Management, Vontobel Asset Management, Argentine, UBS, Thomson Locations: Argentina, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Argentina, New York, Argentine, outperforming

☆ Argentina's conservatives gamble for survival on odd couple Milei and Macri
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Lucila Sigal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Luis Robayo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Javier Milei shot to prominence lambasting Argentina's traditional political elite. Now the radical presidential election frontrunner is the mainstream conservatives' best shot at clinging onto power. If Milei loses, it could precipitate the fracturing of the conservative coalition between more right-wing and moderate wings. "There may be some Milei voters who get angry at an alliance with the 'caste', just as there may be Macri voters who get angry at an alliance with Milei," said Fornoni. "We don't know today what power Macri will have, if Macri will end up absorbing Milei or Milei absorbing Macri.

Persons: Javier Milei, Luis Robayo, Sergio Massa, Milei, Mauricio Macri, Patricia Bullrich, Donald Trump, Shila Vilker, Trespuntozero, Mariel Fornoni, GAMBLE, Massa, Pope Francis, Milei's, Macri, it's, Ezequiel Salinas, Fornoni, Lucila Sigal, Nicolás Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Argentine, La Libertad, University of Buenos, Law School, Peronist, Management, Bullrich, Reuters, Milei, Thomson Locations: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, China, Candelaria

☆ Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here's what that would mean
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For years, Argentinians have preferred to pay for many goods and services in greenbacks, rather than with their own collapsing currency, as part of an informal “blue dollar” currency market. To dollarize its economy, Argentina would need to exchange all pesos held by its people and businesses for US dollars, and assign a dollar value to all of its assets and contracts. The Fed would continue to set the cost of borrowing based on the needs of the US economy, not Argentina’s. Practical headacheThere’s another significant snag in Milei’s plan: Argentina doesn’t have enough dollars to ditch the peso. “People would need to take wheelbarrows of cash to convert to dollars,” Sabatini said.

Persons: Javier Milei, Sergio Massa, Argentina’s, JP Morgan, Argentinians, Milei, Natacha, Matias Baglietto, Reuters “ That’s, ” Christopher Sabatini, Kimberley Sperrfechter, ” Sperrfechter, It’s, ” Sabatini, Luis Robayo, Sabatini, ” Organizations: London CNN, National Institute of Statistics, Argentina’s, US Federal Reserve, Economic, Reuters, America, Chatham House, CNN, Capital Economics, International Monetary Fund, Getty, IMF Locations: Argentina, greenbacks, Washington, El Salvador, Panama, Ecuador, United States, Buenos Aires, AFP

Several countries, including Venezuela, Argentina and Sudan have been saddled with skyrocketing costs for decades. In advanced economies overall, inflation averaged 2.4% since the 1990s – the earliest aggregate data the IMF has available. In 2022, Venezuelan inflation was still 310%, the highest in the world that year. “Because everything will be more expensive tomorrow, people spend their money as they receive it, increasing the inflation,” Anselmi told CNN. Using US currency for transactions is common in Venezuela, as people don’t trust the volatile local currency, according to Guevara.

Persons: Z, Bolivar, bolivars, Andrés Guevara, bolivar, ”, “, Nelson Sánchez, Sanchez, Emiliano Anselmi, Luis Robayo, ” Anselmi, Guevara, Gaby Oraa, Anselmi Organizations: CNN, Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Federal Reserve, European Union, Pensioners, Andrés Bello Catholic University, Getty, U.S Locations: United States, Venezuela, Argentina, Sudan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, US, Caracas, Buenos Aires, AFP, Venezuelan

☆ Birds in the Atlantic are pecking baby whales to death, eating blubber from their backs as they surface for air
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gulls off the coast of Argentina have developed a peculiar food habit: pecking at whales' back fat. The birds used to feed on skin shed by the whales, but they figured out how to go straight to the source. The birds — kelp gulls — used to feed off sheets of skin from right whales, which the animals naturally shed. The birds flutter about waiting for the whales to surface, then they pounce, pecking at the whale's hide to get to the blubber. "Our analysis supports recent studies indicating that gull harassment at Peninsula Valdés may impact southern right whales population dynamics," the scientists said in the study.

Persons: —, peck, Mariano Sironi, wildestanimal, LUIS ROBAYO Organizations: Service, Gulls, Instituto, New York Times, Times, Getty Locations: Argentina, Conservación, Ballenas, AFP

☆ Gucci-Owner Kering, Drugmaker GSK and Others Are Developing Global Targets on Nature Loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Luxury group Kering and biopharma company GSK are among more than a dozen companies preparing targets to develop a gold standard for how businesses can protect nature. Yet the issues surrounding nature loss are complex and many companies are unsure how to measure it or what to do. The Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures, a business-backed effort to protect biodiversity, is working on a reporting framework, and SBTN is developing standards to evaluate companies’ nature targets. “We expect that the landscapes will be similar [to the ones under the SBTN targets], ” Gonçalves Krebsbach said. In 2020, GSK started to map out stressed water basins in its supply chain.

☆ More Kids Get Weight-Loss Surgery to Treat Obesity
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Sarah Toy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A bariatric surgery can benefit children as young as 13, according to guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Photo: Luis Robayo/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesMore children are getting stomach surgery to help them lose weight, the most drastic of measures doctors are recommending to confront relentlessly rising obesity rates. Many of the young people who undergo bariatric surgery didn’t lose weight through diet, exercise or weight-loss drugs. Bariatric surgery can be a faster, more lasting fix for patients with severe obesity, researchers and pediatricians said.

☆ Around the world, charges are no barrier to high office
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But charges have often not been a barrier to holding political office. Israel’s Benjamin NetanyahuIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin, March 16, 2023. The prime minister is also currently facing a corruption trial, on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. Lula has called the charges a “farce,” claiming the charges were politically motivated. Angelo Carconi/Associated PressThe flamboyant Italian tycoon was a serial prime minister until standing down in 2011.

Persons: Donald Trump, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sean Gallup, Netanyahu, Israel’s, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Ulysses Guimarães, Andressa Anholete, Lula, Jair Bolsonaro, Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Luis Robayo, Fernández de Kirchner, ”, Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia's, Anwar Ibrahim, Arif Kartono, Anwar, –, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi, Angelo Carconi, Berlusconi Organizations: CNN, Trump, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazilian, Centro de, Petrobras, Getty, Alliance of Hope, Associated, Italy’s Senate Locations: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli, Berlin, Brasilia, Brazil, America, La Plata, Argentina, AFP, Permatang, Malaysia's Penang, Malaysian, Malaysia, Rome, Italy, Italy’s

☆ Thousands in Argentina welcome back triumphant World Cup winners, Messi
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to try to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time ahead what is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in Buenos Aires. Throughout the trip, Messi held on the World Cup as players waved to fans and often sang along with them. Argentina's Lionel Messi holds the FIFA World Cup Trophy upon arrival at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. As the plane got closer to Argentine soil, almost 200,000 people were tracking its path online and news channels gave live coverage of the arrival. In the afternoon, people started arriving at the airport and outside the AFA headquarters in hopes of getting a glimpse of the team.

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