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One Christmas Day in the 1980s, Desmond Tutu led a packed church service in Soweto, the Black Johannesburg township and fulcrum of protest against white racist rule in South Africa. An American family — mine — found standing room at the…

Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room Thursday as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier, authorities said.

Britain reported another day of record COVID-19 cases on Friday, with new estimates showing swathes of London's population are carrying the virus, underlining the relentless advance of the Omicron variant.

Omicron infections are multiplying across Europe, the US, and Asia, prompting new measures.

A 28-year-old was killed during anti-coup protests in Khartoum, according to a Sudanese medical group, as the health ministry says more than 100 others were injured.

Officials in the Philippines are struggling to assess the damage of the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, with several casualties reported as the storm barrelled across the archipelago, uprooting trees, toppling powerlines,…

WHO chief says the new strain was detected in at least 77 nations and was likely already in most countries.

On its 75th anniversary, UNICEF warns that COVID-19 is rolling back virtually every measure of progress for children, including a staggering 100 million more children plunged into poverty

The World Health Organization official (WHO) has warned that wealthy countries may start hoarding COVID-19 vaccines again, threatening global supplies as they seek to shore up stocks to fight the new Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Technology stocks had sold off last week amid a combination of concerns about the variant and the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tilt.

At least four people have been killed and four others wounded in an explosion that rocked the centre of Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the Iraqi military said.

The move, announced by the city’s mayor, comes amid rising concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant.

The blow to economic growth comes as President Jair Bolsonaro prepares for his re-election campaign.

Markets fell on Tuesday on Moderna CEO’s comments that existing vaccines may be less effective against the Omicron variant.

A man accused of ramming a car into Christmas parade-goers in Wisconsin on Sunday is to be charged with six deaths after another victim - a child - died.