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Russia on Saturday fired 20 cruise missiles at Ukraine as civilians looked to welcome in the New Year, resulting in the death of at least one and dozens injured. Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 12 of the 20 missiles launched using Tu-95ms strategic bombers positioned in the Caspian Sea along with …

Russia on Saturday stationed air defenses over Moscow and handed out shelter directions to citizens in Belgorod near the Ukrainian border in preparation for New Years festivities.  Some 2,000 servicemen will oversee Moscow’s air defenses while “on duty at combat posts on New Year’s Eve,” Russia’s defense ministry said according …

A Romanian court late on Friday extended the detention of former kickboxer Andrew Tate for 30 days after he was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group, Reuters first confirmed. Tate was arrested Thursday along with his brother Tristan and two other suspects after …

The Vatican announced Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away Saturday morning at 9:34 a.m. He was 95 years old.   He is most immediately remembered outside the Catholic Church for his surprise resignation — the first papal abdication since 1415 — and subsequent life as the world’s first “pope emeritus” in centuries.  Benedict …

Picture dated 07 June 1977 shows the late German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (R) at the Vatican city next to former Cardinals Benelli (2ndR), Gantin (C), Tomazek (2ndL) and Gappi (L). German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected 19 April 2005 to succeed Pope John Paul II, and was a close …

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on XXXX, left behind an extensive body of work examining and diagnosing ills in the Catholic Church. A theological and spiritual giant to many, Benedict’s reflections on the Catholic Church are a roadmap for many seeking to keep the nearly 2,000-year-old institution on the …

Protests throughout the year demonstrated the strongest pushback against oppressive regimes in decades.  Tensions in China, Iran and Russia boiled over at various points across 2022, driving protesters to their breaking point due to war, COVID-19 or simple denial of basic civil rights.  The protests also reached the West with …

The European Union’s top health agency said this week it would not require negative COVID testing from travels arriving from China and called Italy’s push to do so “unjustified.” China has seen a surge in cases over the past month as Beijing walked back years-long strict COVID policies, including mass …

China on Friday pledged to crack down on dissidents spreading “rumors” to “start trouble” as COVID continues to plague the nation following its mandate reversals.  “[We] must safeguard national security and social stability, and resolutely deal according to the law with behaviors that use the pandemic to infiltrate, sabotage, make …

The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has increased to 34 from an earlier estimate of 27, the provincial health department said on Friday. The blast tore the roof off the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital in the city’s Boksburg suburb on …