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Philadelphians and visitors gather during the the lighting of the city’s first kinara on the first day of Kwanzaa celebrations at the Philadelphia City Hall grounds on December 26, 2023.
December 28, 2025

A beginner’s guide to Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognised celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African…
People attend a ceremony to mark the National Day of Reflection for victims and survivors, at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
December 22, 2025

Thousands gather at Bondi Beach to mourn victims of anti-Semitic attack

MELBOURNE (AP): Thousands of mourners gathered under tight police security at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark a week since two gunmen targeting a Jewish festival killed 15…
Ira Schab (right) who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor as a sailor on the USS Dobbin, talks with reporters while sitting next to his son, retired Navy Commander Karl Schab, in December 2022, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
December 22, 2025

Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105

World War II Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. Daughter Kimberlee Heinrichs told The Associated…
People take part in the winter solstice celebrations during sunrise at the Stonehenge prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
December 22, 2025

People cheer as sun rises on winter solstice at Stonehenge

LONDON (AP): Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many in costume, had gathered…
A hot-air balloon flies over the assembly of two giant alabaster statues for Pharaoh Amenhotep III, before the official opening, in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt.
December 15, 2025

Restored colossal statues of Pharaoh in Luxor revealed

LUXOR (AP): Egypt, on Sunday, revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent Pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at…
Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over Pearl Harbor at the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2013, in Honolulu.
December 9, 2025

Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive

HONOLULU (AP): Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the centre of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today, only 12 are…
Members of Venezuela’s Opposition demonstrate ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony where Venezuelan María Corina Machado is among this year’s laureates, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
December 9, 2025

Supporters of María Corina Machado march in cities worldwide

CARACAS (AP): Supporters of Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado demonstrated Saturday in several cities worldwide to commemorate her Nobel Peace Prize win, ahead of the prestigious…
The charred interior of a nightclub, which caught fire early Sunday, is seen in Arpora, in Goa, India.
December 9, 2025

A fire at a popular nightclub in Goa kills 25

NEW DELHI (AP): A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in…
December 9, 2025

New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in children

WASHINGTON (AP): For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. But what if those lenses…