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25 Dec
Rail passengers hoping to make it to loved ones across the UK in time for Christmas Day suffered serious setbacks on Saturday as much of the railway network came to a standstill. A strike by members of the Rail,...
25 Dec
A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on Saturday killing at least nine people and injuring 50 others. The top of the truck scraped a low-...
25 Dec
A battering winter storm knocked out power to 1.7 million homes and businesses across the United States on Saturday. Across the country, officials have attributed more than a dozen deaths to exposure, icy car...
25 Dec
Pope Francis was among the 7,000 faithful celebrating Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday. Traditionally, Catholics mark Christmas Eve by attending Mass at midnight. But over the years, the...
24 Dec
Rail passengers in the UK have been told to only travel when necessary on Christmas eve, with new strikes meaning train services will end by mid-afternoon. RMT workers are taking action again over pay and...
24 Dec
Palestinian police erected barriers in Bethlehem's Manger Square Saturday morning as the city prepared for Christmas evening celebrations. Groups from the Palestinian Scout Association opened the celebration...
24 Dec
Convicted killer Charles Sobhraj, suspected in the deaths of at least 20 tourists around Asia in the 1970s, arrived in Paris as a free man Saturday after being released from a life sentence in a Nepal prison. It...
24 Dec
A teenager was killed during a shooting at the Mall of America on Friday that sent frightened customers at the nation’s largest shopping center racing into a lockdown just before the holiday weekend, police...
24 Dec
Meanwhile, strong winds made it difficult for planes to land at Reagan National Airport in Virginia, with footage showing at least one aircraft being forced back into the sky due to the adverse conditions. More...
24 Dec
First Lady Jill Biden read "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats to children at Children's National Hospital in Washington DC on Friday, ahead of Christmas. President Joe Biden also attended and...

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