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Hong Kong will end a year-long ban on importing hamsters as the region unwinds its strict COVID-19 policies. “Our staff will arrange to collect samples from hamsters and other small mammals for COVID-19 testing,” a spokesperson for the city’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) told the BBC. “They can …

The French Defense Ministry said Thursday it will soon hold talks with its Ukrainian counterpart to arrange for the delivery of armored combat vehicles in what France’s presidency says will be the first time this type of Western-made wheeled tank destroyer will be given to the Ukrainian military. Discussions will …

Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in a tomb under St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday in a private ceremony. The deceased pontiff, carried in a simple wooden coffin, was buried following a funeral Mass celebrated for him by his successor, Pope Francis. After the funeral Mass in St. Peter’s …

The State Department on Thursday said it is offering a $10 million reward for those who may have information leading to suspects involved in the 2020 attack on a U.S. base in Manda Bay, Kenya, which resulted in the death of three Americans.  “On Jan. 5, 2020, dozens of al-Shabaab …

Ovidio Guzman, the son of El Chapo and leader of the Los Chapitos, has been arrested by Mexican authorities in Sinaloa, sources tell Fox News Digital. The arrest took place in the town of Jesús María by elements of the Mexican National Guard, the Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) and …

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday allegedly called on Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to order a ceasefire in Ukraine in observation of Orthodox Christmas. “Given the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to introduce a ceasefire regime along the entire …

President Biden on Wednesday said the U.S. is considering sending Kyiv Bradley Fighting Vehicles as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to plead for western tanks to help his forces fighting on the eastern front.  When asked by reporters in Kentucky if he would consider sending the tracked vehicles to Ukraine …

Former Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest with a funeral mass before thousands of mourners in St. Peter’s Square Thursday, with Pope Francis presiding over the event and honoring his predecessor’s courage. Thousands watched and mourned and bells tolled as pallbearers carried Benedict’s cypress coffin from St. Peter’s Basilica …

Hacking collective Anonymous has accused Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic of acting as “Putin’s puppet” as Serbia stirs up conflict with Kosovo in an act that Russia hopes may distract the West from Ukraine. “Russia is trying to open a new front in Europe to distract the West,” Ivana Stradner, an …

The funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 95, is being held in Saint Peter’s Square, directly in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. It starts at 9:30 a.m. local time, or 3:30 a.m. …