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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world') Christmas day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday.

Pope Francis laments the 'icy winds of war' buffeting humanity at Christmas

7:48am December 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pope Francis used his Christmas message to make a plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, which he decried as "senseless." He also addressed long-running conflicts in the Middle East.

Pope Francis presides over Christmas Eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday Dec. 24, 2022.

The Pope condemned the human 'hunger for wealth and power' at a Christmas Eve Mass

3:23am December 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those "ravenous" for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism.

Kurdish activist and anti-racism group stage a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center, holding Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, flag in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups are holding a protest Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack aimed at foreigners.

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Kurdish people protested in Paris after three were killed in a 'racist' shooting

2:48am December 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Members of France's Kurdish community and anti-racism activists joined together in mourning and anger on Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center.

Ukrainian soldiers take position during fights with Russian forces near Maryinka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Friday.

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Shelling kills at least 10 in Kherson, a Ukrainian city the Russians abandoned

1:48pm December 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russian shells pummeled the southern city, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted the destruction came as Ukrainians were beginning Christmas celebrations.

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How the Christmas tree became a symbol of national resistance in Ukraine

8:04am December 24, 2022

by Julian Hayda

How the Christmas tree became a symbol of national resistance in Ukraine.

Ahmed Aslam Ali, the owner of the Shish Mahal restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, is pictured with a plate of chicken tikka masala in his restaurant, on July 29, 2009.

Who created chicken tikka masala? The death of a curry king is reviving a debate

6:00pm December 23, 2022

by Emily Olson

A Pakistani immigrant in Glasgow claimed he invented the beloved takeout dish with some spices and a can of tomato soup. His death has revived a long debate about who really can lay claim to the food.

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People ice skate at a Christmas market at VDNG, the Expocenter of Ukraine, in Kyiv on Dec. 3.

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These photos show how daily life continues as Kyiv enters its 2nd winter of war

11:33am December 23, 2022

by Pete Kiehart

Winter has come with hardships from war, but life in Kyiv goes on. Soldiers attend church. Opera performances continue. People go ice skating and shop at holiday markets, using headlamps in the dark.

Police in Paris investigate at the scene of a shooting on Friday that left three people dead and three others wounded. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested.

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3 people died when a shooter targeted a Kurdish cultural center in Paris

11:10am December 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Paris prosecutor said the suspect had been released from prison after attacking migrants living in tents, and that investigators are considering a possible racist motive for the shooting.

The U.S. has pledged nearly $2 billion in new military aid to Ukraine

7:22am December 23, 2022

The aid package includes a Patriot missile system. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to retired Army Maj. Mike Lyons about criticism of the decision, which some fear will escalate the war with Russia.

Italian police use a Lamborghini Huracan to quickly deliver 2 donor kidneys

6:50am December 23, 2022

The kidneys needed to be delivered to two transplant patients — one as far as Rome, hundreds of miles away. Lamborghini gave the police the car five years, and it's been used to deliver organs.

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