LONDON — A combination of health issues and coronavirus restrictions has kept Queen Elizabeth II from public engagements since October, but the 95-year-old monarch made a brief appearance in British homes on Saturday afternoon, speaking about her own grief in a particularly personal Christmas Day message.The annual address was recorded in advance last week in…Continue Reading
Christmas arrived around the world Saturday amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that kept many families apart, overwhelmed hospitals and curbed religious observances as the pandemic was poised to stretch into a third year.Yet, there were homilies of hope, as vaccines and other treatments become more available.Pope Francis used his Christmas address to pray for…Continue Reading
Prime Minister’s Office Text of PM’s address to the Nation Posted On: 25 DEC 2021 11:01PM by PIB Delhi मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों, आप सभी को क्रिसमस की शुभकामनाएं। हम इस वर्ष के अंतिम सप्ताह में हैं। 2022 बस आने ही वाला है। आप सभी 2022 के स्वागत की तैयारी में जुटे हैं। लेकिन उत्साह और…Continue Reading
At least six people killed as suicide bomber strikes restaurant in Beni city near the DRC’s eastern border with Uganda.Published On 25 Dec 202125 Dec 2021A suicide bomber has struck a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern city of Beni, killing at least five people and himself, according to officials. “There…Continue Reading
Truth and reconciliation commission says the former leader was responsible for a spree of killings, torture and rapes during his 22-year rule.Video Duration 02 minutes 43 seconds 02:43Former Gambian president accused of human rights abusesPublished On 25 Dec 202125 Dec 2021The Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh should face prosecution for murder, torture and rapes, according…Continue Reading
Save the Children says two of its staff are missing and their private vehicle was among several that were found burned.Published On 25 Dec 202125 Dec 2021The United Kingdom-based Save the Children says two of its Myanmar staff are missing after the charred remains of more than 30 people were found, following an attack a…Continue Reading
A local official says thousands of residents in Bosaso town have fled amid fighting between the two rival factions of security forces.Published On 25 Dec 202125 Dec 2021Clashes between two rival factions of the security forces in a port city in northeast Somalia have forced hundreds of families to flee their homes, says a local…Continue Reading
The Indian leader says healthcare and front-line workers and those above 60 with comorbidities to receive booster vaccine from January 10.Published On 25 Dec 202125 Dec 2021India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and other front-line workers from January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, as cases of…Continue Reading
ROME — Pope Francis once again failed to mention the genocide of Uighur Muslims in China Saturday in his annual virtual tour of injustices around the world. In his Christmas Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message the pope gave a shout out to the people of Syria, “who for more than a decade…Continue Reading
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said the White House’s response on coronavirus testing has been “too little, too late” and they “missed a couple of months where we could have been, in theory, ramping up testing.” Brooks said, “It is too little, too late. There was an interesting report in…Continue Reading