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In the darkest days of the year, in a very dark time, there is a longing for illumination.
And so, all around the world, the holiday lights go on — some of them humble, some of them …
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By The Associated Press
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12/19/21
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internationally known DJ David Guetta has made a home for himself in the Persian Gulf.
The French DJ is a resident of the United Arab Emirates, where he …
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By MALAK HARB
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12/19/21
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Muhammad Mubarak Bala was held incommunicado in police custody for so long — eight months — that his wife was sure he was dead.
“I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. The emotional torture …
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By KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU
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12/18/21
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Dec. 11-17, 2021
From Daria Navalnaya, the daughter of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, holding her father's portrait at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, where she received …
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12/18/21
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The delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus are trying to spoil the holiday spirit, but there still are ways to enjoy the festivities.
The explosive spread of the omicron variant is causing …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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12/17/21
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Lines again stretch around blocks at some COVID-19 testing sites. Refrigerated mobile morgues are on order, and parts of Europe are re-tightening borders amid a winter spike in coronavirus …
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, JENNIFER PELTZ and ALI SWENSON
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12/16/21
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They have decried COVID-19 as a hoax, promoted unproven treatments and pushed bogus claims about the vaccine, including that the shots magnetize the human body.
The purveyors of this …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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12/16/21
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LONDON — Travel industry officials have expressed dismay at French restrictions on arrivals from Britain, describing the new rules to prevent the spread of the omicron variant as a hammer blow to …
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By The Associated Press
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12/16/21
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Stocks climbed in Asia on Thursday, tracking Wall Street’s gains, after the Federal Reserve said it would accelerate its pullback of economic stimulus.
The Fed said it would likely raise …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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12/16/21
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Since assuming power 10 years ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ruled the isolated country with absolute power, significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal and become the North’s first ruler …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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12/15/21
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Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots, extend mask …
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By COLLIN BINKLEY
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12/15/21
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The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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12/14/21
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very …
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By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE
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12/14/21
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At the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, a 5-foot-tall partition, called a “mechitza,” separates the men from the women in accordance with ancient tradition.
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By YONAT SHIMRON of Religion News Service and ILAN BEN ZION of The Associated Press
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12/14/21
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Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger and stay on the ground longer with a wider swath of destruction in a warming world, a new …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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12/13/21
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When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to - her …
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By DEEPTI HAJELA
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12/13/21
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over a dozen unmarried women huddled in a jail cell south of Dubai last year, locked up for the crime of giving birth, when a guard entered and declared them …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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12/13/21
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — As most European nations impose new restrictions to curb the spread of the omicron variant, Bosnia is taking a relatively laissez-faire approach to soaring …
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By ELDAR EMRIC
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12/12/21
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Dec. 4-10, 2021
From actor Jussie Smollett leaving the Leighton Criminal Courthouse with his siblings following his conviction on five of six charges that he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on …
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12/11/21
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, born in England, has devoted her life to attaining enlightenment in a female form — at one stage spending years isolated in a cave in the Himalayas to follow the rigorous …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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12/9/21
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