“Today, in this time of darkness and uncertainty during the epidemic, like the discovery of vaccines, a different light of hope appears … it should be available to everyone,” the pope said during his traditional bi-rabi at Orby on Friday. City and world) message on the Vatican. “I urge all …
Read More »The virus increases solitude for the elderly at Christmas time
Rosa ter Toro prepares her dinner for a second dinner in solitude. This epidemic should be an invaluable rare moment to spend time with her family on the eve of Christmas, the second daily installment of her life as a widow living alone. The 83-year-old Ter Toro usually travels from …
Read More »EU ambassadors gather to review Brexit trade deal on Christmas Day
Michel Barner, the EU’s chief negotiator, will brief the Permanent Representative Committee (Corporer) on the agreement, which was finalized on Thursday, four years after the UK voted to leave the EU. The deal came after months of intense negotiations and before the deadline of December 31, marking the end of …
Read More »The coronavirus soaks up the joy of Christmas in Bethlehem and elsewhere
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) – Bethlehem began on Thursday, the eve of Christmas, with an influx of cheerful marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic priest in the Holy Land, but few came there to welcome him as a coronavirus epidemic and one. Celebrations got wet with …
Read More »Brexit deal: Trade agreement signed between the UK and the European Union
“The deal is done,” read a statement from Downing Street. “The deal is what the British public promised during the 2016 referendum and last year’s general election.” After the two sides failed to reach an agreement in areas such as fishing quotas, the U.K. Negotiations had been going on for …
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