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Moscow, Russia
AP
Orthodox Christians in Russia, Serbia and other countries began Christmas observances Thursday amid restrictions aimed at dampening the spread of the coronavirus, but few worshippers appeared concerned as they streamed into churches.
The majority of Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas on 7th January, with midnight
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- JACK JENKINS
Washington DC, US
RNS
On the morning of 6th January, 2021, an interfaith group of religious leaders huddled together in downtown Washington. As they stood in a circle around a Black Lives Matter sign erected just outside Luther Place church, the group mustered a prayerful protest against those
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- FRANCES D'EMILIO and MEHMET GUZEL
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- OLZHAS AUYEZOV
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Reuters
Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan's main city on Thursday after Russia rushed in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow's closest former Soviet allies.
Police in the main city Almaty said they had killed dozens of rioters overnight into the early
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- HUW JONES
London, UK
Reuters
Some European Union banks are shutting out asylum seekers and other types of customers in mishandled efforts to comply with anti-money laundering rules, the bloc's banking watchdog said.
Banks have become far more nervous as regulators in the EU, the United States and elsewhere
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Washington DC, US
RNS
As US Democrats struggle to revive talks over the stalled Build Back Better bill, Senator Joe Manchin is facing pushback from a spectrum of religious groups frustrated by his position on the child tax credit - including conservative-leaning faith organisations whose concerns he has
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Madrid, Spain
Reuters
Spain will consider a pet's welfare when couples divorce or break-up from Wednesday in a legal shift that strengthens the case for couples obtaining shared custody of their animals.
The decision follows similar moves in France and Portugal and obliges judges to consider
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- JOSH SMITH
Seoul, South Korea
Reuters
North Korea fired a hypersonic ballistic missile this week that successfully hit a target, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, its second such test as the country pursues new military capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks.
The launch on Wednesday was the first by
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Doctors say lives are lost in hospitals in Ethiopia's Tigray due to dwindling supplies, blame blockade
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- KATHARINE HOURELD and GUILIA PARAVICINI
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- MICHAEL GORE and SUSANA VERA
Madrid, Spain
Reuters
Flanked by dancers and live camels the Three Wise Men paraded down Madrid's central avenue atop glittering floats on Wednesday evening as traditional Epiphany celebrations returned - with restrictions - after last year's COVID-19 cancellations.
Most Spanish children receive their Christmas presents on 6th January,
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Vatican City
RNS
In a tweet laden with backstory and pointed frustration, the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life defended the COVID-19 vaccine and called out those who spread “malinformation” to discredit the vaccine as peddling “pure nonsense".
The Pontifical Academy for Life, the Vatican’s thinktank dedicated to protecting
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- HYONHEE SHIN and JOSH SMITH
Seoul, South Korea
Reuters
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line he hopes will eventually connect the divided Korean peninsula.
North Korea's first launch since October
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