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South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors, in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 12, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Supporters of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar pay homage near his photograph at the Nationalist Congress Party office in Mumbai, India after he was killed when a private plane carrying him crashed in western India on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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A private plane crashes in western India and kills a deputy chief minister and 4 others

The aircraft was en route from India’s financial capital of Mumbai to Ajit Pawar’s home city Baramati when it crash-landed and burst into flames some 254 kilometers (159 miles) from Mumbai. The reason for the crash was not immediately known. Television footage showed smoke rising from the wreckage.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, welcomes European Council President Antonio Costa, left and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen before their meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 27,2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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In this photo released by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) rescuers carry the body of a victim of landslide at Pasir Langu village after a landslide, in West Bandung district of West Java province, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (BNPB via AP)

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FILE Myanmar's military tanks are driven while military fighter planes fly over during a ceremony marking Myanmar's 75th anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

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