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Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dead at 90
JOHANNESBURG — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop ...

Body of kidnapped Pakistani-American woman found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ex-husband confesses killing-
By ANI ISLAMABAD: In yet another ghastly incident of oppression on women in Pakistan, a kidnapped Pakistani-American woman’s body was ...

Russian media report-
By ANI KABUL: The Taliban have forbidden drivers from playing music in vehicles and having women without hijab as passengers, ...

Birthplace of Jesus shut to foreign Christian pilgrims on Christmas because of omicron
The Church of the Nativity, which is the traditional site where Jesus was born in Bethlehem, remains shut to would-be ...

Trudeau says western countries need to stand together against China
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implored the West to stand together against China, arguing that country’s communist leadership has often ...

At West Virginia vaccine clinic, pandemic fatigue sets in-
By PTI CHARLESTON: Chania Batten has as much reason as anybody to feel pandemic fatigue. As a nurse staffing a ...

Thousands line up for ‘jingle jabs’ on Christmas in England amid Omicron outbreak-
By PTI LONDON: Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under ...

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
The ICU's chief doctor, Dr. Julien Carvelli, is trying to keep his team motivated as they spend another Christmas tending ...

South Africa stops tracing and quarantining contacts of COVID-19 cases-
By PTI JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has stopped tracing and quarantining contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases with immediate effect, ...

Flight cancellations drag on as airlines short-staffed-
By PTI NEW YORK: Airlines continued to cancel hundreds of flights Saturday as staffing issues tied to COVID-19disrupted holiday celebrations during ...