Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader after the city returned to Chinese rule, has died at the age of 89. The former shipping scion took over the reins from the last British Governor Chris Patten in July 1997 when the UK handed Hong Kong back to China, ending more than 150 years of British control.
A traditional Ugandan ruler named as the world’s youngest monarch has died aged 34, his prime minster announced. Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV became king of Tooro in western Uganda at just three years old in 1995 after the death of his father. The Toroo kingdom did not disclose the cause of King Oyo’s
Dolly Parton on stage at The Dominion Theatre in London, United Kingdom, in 1983.Credit: Pete Still/Redferns via Getty Legendary country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80 after “a brief battle with cancer”, her representatives said in a statement on Tuesday. Parton, who was born into a poor farming family in Locust
When Crown Prince Haakon married Mette-Marit in 2001, the king and queen welcomed her four-year-old son from a previous relationship. Marius Borg Høiby was treated as one of the family, but the royal house later stressed he was never a royal. The king’s daughter Princess Märtha Louise initially married a Norwegian writer before controversially remarrying
In May, a UN court at The Hague rejected a bid for his release from jail as he was nearing the end of his life. The judge agreed his situation was “dire” but ruled that he was receiving “comprehensive and compassionate treatment” in prison. Mladić – who never recognised the UN court – had been
A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key
