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FILE – Pope Francis attends a meeting with priests, religious men and women, seminarians and catechists, at the Cathedral of Saint Martin, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sept. 13, 2021. Pope Francis is celebrating his 85th birthday Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, a milestone made even more remarkable given the coronavirus pandemic, his summertime intestinal surgery and the weight of history: His predecessor retired at this age and the last pope to have lived any longer was Leo XIII over a century ago. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

Pope doubles down on quashing old Latin Mass with new limits

18th December 2021

In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, passengers gather to board Russian Military Il-76 cargo planes at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Russian military transport planes have delivered a shipment of humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan and flew back 200 Russians, Afghan students and others. The Russian Defense Ministry said that three Il-76 cargo planes will make stopover in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan before flying to Moscow. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian military planes evacuate 200 people from Afghanistan

18th December 2021

FILE – In this photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, a long-range Tu-22M3 bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces takes-off to patrol in the airspace of Belarus, from an airfield in Russia. A pair of nuclear-capable Russian long-range bombers has patrolled the skies over Belarus Saturday on a mission intended to underline close defense ties between the two allies amid tensions with the West. The Russian Defense Ministry said two Tu-22M3 flew a four-hour mission to practice “performing joint tasks with the Belarusian air force and air defense.” (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia sends nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over Belarus

18th December 2021

Residents stand amid damaged homes following Typhoon Rai in Talisay, Cebu province, central Philippines on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. The strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped residents on roofs, toppled trees and knocked out power in southern and central island provinces, where more than 300,000 villagers had fled to safety before the onslaught, officials said. (AP Photo/Jay Labra)

Typhoon leaves 31 dead, many homes roofless in Philippines

18th December 2021

Despite rainy weather, Duesseldorf’s city centre is well frequented despite the Corona rules for retailers, shortly before Christmas in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (Malte Krudewig/dpa via AP)

WHO: Omicron detected in 89 countries, cases doubling fast

18th December 2021

A convoy of trucks with banners reading ‘SOS, Transport. We can’t hold out any longer’ and ‘That’s enough’ drive slowly during a protest in the Castellana boulevard in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Governments worldwide are facing protests, work stoppages or other political pressure to take action against soaring inflation. Spanish truck drivers ratcheted up the pressure by vowing a walkout days before Christmas and won relief on diesel prices, while Turkish citizens are protesting the government’s unorthodox economic policies that have worsened surging inflation and made it a struggle to buy food and other goods. (AP Photo/Paul White)

People pressure governments worldwide to act on inflation

18th December 2021

FILE – A man distributes bread to Burka-wearing Afghan women outside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. Pakistan is rallying Muslim countries to help Afghanistan stave off an economic and humanitarian disaster while also cajoling the neighboring country’s new Taliban rulers into concessions to soften their image abroad. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

18th December 2021

Travellers stand in front of an information board at BER Airport in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Germany’s incoming transport minister is advising people against traveling over Christmas as the country tries to stem a wave of coronavirus infections. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)

Europeans reimpose restrictions as omicron sweeps continent

18th December 2021

FILE – Pro-democracy lawmaker Ronny Tong sits with placards of yellow crosses placed after the lawmakers walk out of the legislative chamber to protest against Chief Secretary Carrie Lam who unveiled the Beijing-backed election reform package’s details, in Hong Kong on April 22, 2015. Elections for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 mark the culmination of Beijing’s campaign to rein in the body that had once kept it from imposing its unrestrained will over the semi-autonomous territory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong election defines dramatic changes by Beijing

18th December 2021

Flowers and drinks are placed in front of a building where a fire broke out Friday in Osaka, western Japan, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where the fire gutted an entire floor in the eight-story building, killing over 20 people trapped inside. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Japan police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire

18th December 2021

Electoral bill: Buhari to let NASS know his decision soon – Presidency

18th December 2021

Amaechi worked hard to stop my ministerial confirmation – Wike

18th December 2021