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Five more police officers allegedly placed bets on the timing of the UK general election have been arrested.

Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained "unacceptably high".

Three medical institutions in Texas in the USA agreed to pay a record $15 million record settlement after they claimed insurance while performing two surgeries at the same time. The settlement follows allegations that three senior surgeons, while training residents, performed complicated heart surgeries, leaving junior doctors to perform critical procedures while they attended to other surgeries.

Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that ended his years-long legal drama.

The princess, a keen horsewoman who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, has taken on extra engagements as the king and his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess of Wales, both recover from cancer.

Over 100 people were working in the factory when workers heard a series of explosions from the second floor, where lithium-ion batteries are inspected and packaged, firefighter Kim Jin-young told media.

Hadjer Al-Ali, who has been homeless for 18 months, found the wallet at Amsterdam Central Station while he was "doing his rounds" looking for empty plastic bottles to exchange for cash.

"My clients are seeking adequate compensation to account for the stress and impact that this event had on their lives," said lawyer Mica Nguyen Worthy.

Tuscany regional government president Eugenio Giani initially said it was an earthquake, before backtracking after Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) ruled one out.