Dec 22 2024 Why people in Africa’s most populous country are risking their lives for holiday handouts

Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Science and Technology

 

Dec 22 2024 Why people in Africa’s most populous country are risking their lives for holiday handouts

Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Education

 

Dec 22 2024 ‘El Gordo’ lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion

Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of ‘The Fat One’ for weeks; its top prize is 400,000 euros, with the rest paid out in smaller winnings [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Science and Technology

 

Dec 22 2024 ‘El Gordo’ lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion

Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of ‘The Fat One’ for weeks; its top prize is 400,000 euros, with the rest paid out in smaller winnings [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Education

 

Dec 22 2024 Russia captures two villages in Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on two cities

Russian forces, making steady progress across Ukraine’s Donetsk region, are moving on the towns of Pokrovsk, a logistics center and site of an important coking colliery, and appear to be closing in on Kurakhove [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Science and Technology

 

Dec 22 2024 Russia captures two villages in Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on two cities

Russian forces, making steady progress across Ukraine’s Donetsk region, are moving on the towns of Pokrovsk, a logistics center and site of an important coking colliery, and appear to be closing in on Kurakhove [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Education

 

Dec 22 2024 Pope Francis calls for ceasefire on all fronts in his prayer ahead of Christmas

‘Let the weapons fall silent and let the Christmas carols ring out!’ Francis said, delivering his Sunday blessing from indoors due to a cold and as a precaution ahead of a busy Christmas period [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Science and Technology

 

Dec 22 2024 Pope Francis calls for ceasefire on all fronts in his prayer ahead of Christmas

‘Let the weapons fall silent and let the Christmas carols ring out!’ Francis said, delivering his Sunday blessing from indoors due to a cold and as a precaution ahead of a busy Christmas period [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Education

 

Dec 22 2024 In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day

It’s only happened four times since 1900 that Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights would begin on what most Christians observe as their Lord’s Nativity [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Science and Technology

 

Dec 22 2024 In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day

It’s only happened four times since 1900 that Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights would begin on what most Christians observe as their Lord’s Nativity [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Education

 
 
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