At least seven people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on the majority-Christian village of Pemi in Nigeria’s Borno state on Christmas Eve,...
SCIENTIFIC NEWS
Author: Reuters ID: 1608909268785618700 Fri, 2020-12-25 15:10 LONDON: One of the traditional fixtures of any Christmas Day in the UK is to see Queen Elizabeth...
Fri, 2020-12-25 19:18 NASHVILLE, Tennessee: An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding...
Fri, 2020-12-25 20:48 LONDON: Italian authorities said they seized 15 tons of amphetamine (Captagon), believed to be linked to Lebanese group Hezbollah, the Italian...
A mailman, two little sisters, and weeks-long games of Tic-tac-toe
Adam Finley loves his job as a mail carrier for USPS.
2020 was a terrible year. But the world’s in better shape than you might think
In 2020, a devastating virus officially disappeared from the continent it had once ravaged — a remarkable public health achievement that followed decades of...
India’s Modi makes fresh appeal to farmers protesting over new laws
Author: AFP ID: 1608889953924951100 Fri, 2020-12-25 09:47 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday offered to hold fresh talks to end a...
Russia reports 29,018 new COVID-19 cases, 563 deaths
Author: Reuters ID: 1608885121854837700 Fri, 2020-12-25 08:20 MOSCOW: Russia on Friday reported 29,018 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 7,315 in...
IOM official calls for solution to Bosnia migrant crisis
Author: Fri, 2020-12-25 17:01 NEW YORK: It began when the migrants were asked to evacuate the Lipa Emergency Tent camp because it was not...
In Christmas message curbed by COVID-19, pope calls on nations to share vaccines
Author: Reuters ID: 1608902862955417200 Fri, 2020-12-25 12:32 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday said political and business leaders must not...
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