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King Charles hails UK public 'solidarity' in first Christmas message
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» LONDON - King Charles III has hailed the "heartfelt solidarity" of people across the recession-hit UK struggling with a worsening cost of living crisis, in his first Christmas Day message as monarch.
22 dead as savage US blizzard cuts power, snarls travel
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» NEW YORK - More than 200,000 Americans woke up without power on Christmas morning as a days-long winter megastorm that hammered several eastern US states Sunday left more than 20 people dead.
Paris shooting suspect admits 'pathological' hatred of foreigners
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» PARIS - A French man suspected of killing three Kurds in a Paris shooting has confessed to a "pathological" hatred for foreigners, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday.
Thousands rally in Nagorno-Karabakh to protest land blockade
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» STEPANAKERT (AZERBAIJAN) - Thousands rallied on Sunday in Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region's largest city Stepanakert, to protest the blockade of the only land link to Armenia, an AFP journalist saw.
Defying Russia, some Ukrainians embrace Christmas in December
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Church bells and chanting rang throughout Ukraine's capital as Orthodox Christians attended Christmas services on Sunday, a defiant break from Russian religious leaders who will mark the holiday in two weeks.
South Africa fuel tanker blast death toll rises to 15
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg has risen to 15, the health minister said Sunday.
At Christmas, Pope urges end to 'senseless' Ukraine war
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the "senseless" war in Ukraine, in his traditional Christmas Day message broadcast around the world.
Suspect in Paris shooting admits to 'pathological' hatred of foreigners
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» PARIS: A French man suspected of killing three Kurds in Paris has confessed to a "pathological" hatred for foreigners, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday.
Putin says West aiming to 'tear apart' Russia
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin blasted the West for trying to "tear apart" Russia and said his offensive in Ukraine aimed to "unite the Russian people".
Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after month at sea
Published on 25/12/2022
» A broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday after a month at sea, police said.