El Salvador offers citizenship to foreign bitcoin investors
By Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Congress has approved a migration law granting expedited citizenship to foreigners who make bitcoin “donations” to government social and...
View ArticleRussia has fired 7,400 missiles, 3,700 Shahed drones in war so far
Russia has launched about 7,400 missiles and 3,700 Shahed attack drones at targets in Ukraine during its 22-month-old invasion, Kyiv said this week, illustrating the vast scale of Moscow’s aerial...
View ArticleLibyan Prime Minister says will not leave until elections are held
The Head of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has reaffirmed that “his government will not leave until elections are held and the Libyan people choose who will lead them.” In his...
View ArticleIsrael bombs northern Gaza; Palestinians say 166 killed in 24 hours
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, with fighting throughout Sunday morning, residents and...
View ArticleDutch Health minister warns about “sky high” coronavirus cases
Health minister Ernst Kuipers has warned about the “sky high” number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands and urged people not to attend Christmas events if they have symptoms. “We have never...
View ArticleConfectioners eye holiday boost as UK shoppers snub expensive gifts
By Richa Naidu and Helen Reid LONDON, (Reuters) – Quality Street maker Nestle and Cadbury owner Mondelez are seeing higher sales of confectionery in Britain this holiday season driven by cash-strapped...
View Article“Potential” plans to build Universal Studios theme park in Bedfordshire, UK
Universal Studios has written to residents about “potential” plans to build a theme park and resort in Bedfordshire. On Tuesday the movie giant announced it had purchased land at Stewartby. Universal...
View Article“Work with Us”: Website launched to apply for a job at the Vatican
“Work with Us” is a title that says it all. Up to now, lay staff to be hired at various levels of the Holy See were selected based on available CVs (curriculum vitae). From now on, it will be possible...
View ArticleUS panel recommends children with obesity start counseling from age 6
By Nancy Lapid Children with obesity should receive intensive counseling to promote healthy diet and exercise habits starting at age 6, according to a draft recommendation issued by a panel of U.S....
View ArticleRussia short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023, crunch to persist – Izvestia
MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Russia was short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023 and the problem will remain acute in 2024, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing experts and research from...
View ArticleScientists claim to have discovered secret to perfect espresso
The key to making a perfect espresso has been argued over by generations of coffee snobs. Now a group of scientists say they have the answer and have singled out the secret ingredient – and it comes...
View ArticleKing Charles’ Christmas Day message to feature living tree and Buckingham...
King Charles will deliver his second Christmas message on Monday from Buckingham Palace. In keeping with the King’s strong beliefs in sustainability, this year’s Christmas Day broadcast features a...
View ArticleMalta News Briefing – Monday 25 December 2023
Archbishop calls for mercy and peace in Christmas message In his Christmas message, Archbishop Charles Scicluna echoed Dun Karm’s prayer from the national anthem, emphasizing the values of sound...
View ArticleCelebrating Christmas on December 25 began as early as 2 century CE, history...
Most people, including Christians, believe the origin of Christmas is the pagan feasts to worship the solar god Sol Invictus, Saturn’s god Saturnalia, or the Persian solar god adopted by the Romans,...
View ArticleWith ‘White Christmas,’ Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby helped make Christmas a...
Irving Berlin was a Jewish immigrant who loved America. As his 1938 song “God Bless America” suggests, he believed deeply in the nation’s potential for goodness, unity and global leadership. In 1940,...
View ArticleFather Christmas distinct visage emerges by algorithm, proving not any old...
Scientists have created a Santa-detection machine and used it to prove what children have been telling adults for generations – that Santa has a unique face which clearly distinguishes him from other...
View ArticleChristmas traditions from around the world
Here is a roundup of some of the Christmas traditions from around the, from the quirky to the religious: Midnight mass in Rome Many theologians believe the tradition known as midnight mass originated...
View ArticleMalta News Briefing – Tuesday 26 December 2023
Morning Briefing Three million tourists by year’s end – Minister Malta is set to welcome nearly three million tourists by the year’s end, surpassing the previous record set in 2019, according to...
View ArticleIsraeli air strike in Syria kills senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards member
An Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday killed a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, three security sources and Iranian state media said. The sources told Reuters...
View ArticlePope decries Gaza’s ‘appalling harvest’ of civilian deaths
Pope Francis said in his Christmas message on Monday that children dying in wars, including in Gaza, are the “little Jesuses of today” and that Israeli strikes there were reaping an “appalling harvest”...
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