Day: January 1, 2022

12 dead in crowd surge at popular Hindu shrine in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India — A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 others on New Year’s Day, officials said. Initial reports suggested an altercation between a group of devotees led to the crush early Saturday at the Mata […]

Requiem praise for South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was remembered at his funeral Saturday for his Nobel Peace Prize-earning role in ending South Africa’s apartheid regime of racial oppression and for championing the rights of LGBTQ people. “When we were in the dark, he brought light,” […]

Violence against women insults God, pope says in New Year’s message

VATICAN CITY, Jan 1 – Pope Francis used his New Year’s message on Saturday to issue a clarion call for an end to violence against women, saying it was insulting to God. Francis, 85, celebrated a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church […]

India’s daily COVID-19 cases rise by 22,775

KOLKATA, India, Jan 1 – India on Saturday reported 22,775 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, health ministry data shows, adding to concerns for authorities around the country about the rising number of cases. The data indicates that thickly populated metros, such as the national capital […]

North Korea’s Kim talks food not nukes for 2022

SEOUL, Jan 1 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and school uniforms than nuclear weapons or the United States, according to summaries by state media on Saturday. North Korea’s main […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, JANUARY 1: 145.16cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 1,04,781 Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.30% Recovery Rate currently at 98.32% 8,949recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total […]

Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022

PARIS — Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were — again — the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good riddance to 2021 and ushered in 2022. New Year’s Eve, which used […]

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