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Christmas Eve concert held in Paris’ fire-wrecked Notre Dame

10:53 pm December 24, 2020

Paris: Wearing hard hats and protective suits, the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating fire for a special Christmas Eve concert. Accompanied by an acclaimed violinist, a rented organ and a soprano soloist, 20 singers performed beneath the cathedral’s stained-glass windows amid […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

20 migrants found dead off Tunisian coast, others missing

6:29 pm December 24, 2020

Tunis: Tunisian authorities say 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their boat, which was trying to reach Europe, sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Five survivors were rescued and authorities are searching for up to 20 others believed missing. Defense Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ben Zekri told The Associated Press that Tunisian coast guard boats and local fishermen found the bodies […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

France’s Macron leaving isolation after week with the virus

6:03 pm December 24, 2020

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron no longer has virus symptoms and was leaving isolation Thursday after a week with COVID-19, but is urging the French public to limit their contacts and remain vigilant to keep infections under control during the Christmas holidays. Macron’s office said that he is finishing a week of isolation at a presidential retreat in Versailles based on French health […]

BioNTech CEO confident vaccine will work on UK variant

4:54 pm December 22, 2020

Berlin : German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sure, its chief executive said Tuesday. The variant, detected mainly in London and the southeast of England in recent weeks, has sparked concern worldwide because of signs that it […]

Spain holds huge Christmas lottery with virus restrictions

4:52 pm December 22, 2020

Madrid: Children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school have begun calling out prize-winning numbers in Spain’s bumper Christmas lottery known as “EL Gordo” (the fat one), which is being held under tight conditions because of the coronavirus pandemic. The lottery will shell out 400,000 euros (USD 489,000) or some 325,000 euros after tax, to holders of […]