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Pope calls for nations to overcome divisions in Christmas address as communities celebrate worldwide
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. ...
Cities worldwide hold subdued Christmas Eve celebrations amid conflicts
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The cheer that typically descends on the West Bank during Christmas week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and...
Biden and the first lady bring holiday cheer to patients and families at a children's hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some Christmastime cheer to patients and their families at a children's hospital on Friday but a toddler in a light blue jumper entertained, too. The president and first lady visited privately with patients and their...
Biden honors the memory of his first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday honored the memory of his first wife and baby daughter 52 years after they were killed in a car crash in Delaware. Biden's wife, Neilia, 30, had taken their kids — 1-year-old daughter Naomi and sons Beau and Hunter — out...
Pharrell Williams is named a UNESCO goodwill ambassador
PARIS (AP) — Pop star and fashion designer Pharrell Williams was named UNESCO’s goodwill ambassador for artistic education and entrepreneurship on Tuesday in Paris, continuing his cultural dominance of the French capital as Louis Vuitton menswear artistic director and performer at Notre Dame...
Jill Biden says she has closed the book on teaching at Northern Virginia Community College
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has closed the book on her teaching career at a Virginia community college. The first lady, who has spent the past 40 years teaching in classrooms, announced Monday that she had taught her final class at Northern Virginia Community College last week....
Notre Dame reopening spectacle caps a stellar year for luxury house LVMH
PARIS (AP) — The reopening of Notre Dame was a solemn celebration of cultural and spiritual renewal. Yet for some, the historic cathedral's revival also felt like a meticulously choreographed branding event by LVMH and other luxury conglomerates. Bernard Arnault, the lowkey...
Jill Biden tells military children at Marine Corps Reserve toy drive to remember that they are loved
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than 10 minutes was all it took for a large pile of toys donated by the White House staff to disappear as Jill Biden and children from military families sorted them into boxes as part of the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign for the less fortunate. ...
Biden says healthy women help US prosperity as he highlights White House initiative on their health
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is “so proud” that a women's health research initiative he launched last year at his wife's urging has already invested nearly $1 billion because a healthy female population improves U.S. prosperity. “That's a...
Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. ...