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25 Dec
People in Australia took part in Christmas celebrations on Sunday. In Sydney, some attended mass at St Mary's cathedral while others popped down to the beach for a surf and a swim and to be with friends and...
25 Dec
A battering winter storm knocked out power to 1.7 million homes and businesses across the United States on Saturday, left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages. Across the country,...
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, officials said. The top of the...
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
Five people were arrested following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America that sent the sprawling commercial centre into lockdown on one of the final days of the holiday shopping season,...
25 Dec
Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those “ravenous” for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war,...
25 Dec
Maxi Jazz, a DJ and singer who fronted the eclectic British dance band Faithless known for such hits as “Insomnia” and “We Come 1,” has died. He was 65. Faithless announced his death on...
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...

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