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Pope Francis takes part in an audience to the pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Pope Francis will celebrate Mass online after catching cold

By Agence France-Presse - December 22, 2024

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 21: A cardboard cutout of President-elect Donald Trump stands next to a backdrop that reads "make America healthy again" during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 20, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. The annual four day conference geared toward energizing and connecting conservative youth hosts some of the country's leading conservative politicians and activists. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Rebecca Noble / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump taps 'Apprentice' producer as special envoy to UK

December 22, 2024

(FILES) This handout picture released by the Panama Canal Authority on August 30, 2024, shows the container ship MSC Marie, of 366 meters long and 51 meters wide, transiting the Panama Canal in Panama. - Incoming US president Donald Trump on December 21, 2024 slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to Washington. (Photo by Handout / Panama Canal Authority / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITHY " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Trump threatens to take back control of Panama Canal

December 22, 2024

Amani Abu Zarada, fourth from left, feeds one of her children with fried zucchini made over a fire made of paper and cardboard scraps outside their tent in a camp in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Winter is hitting Gaza and many Palestinians have little protection from the cold

December 22, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. During the briefing Jean-Pierre was asked a range of questions about the congressional negotiations to avoid a government shutdown and U.S. President Joe Biden's upcoming schedule through the rest of his term. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

China says it 'firmly opposes' US military aid to Taiwan

December 22, 2024

Jepen Klathale and his wife Boomkoyoung Klathale sit on their house in Moken village at Surin Islands in Phang Nga Province, Thailand, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand's sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

By Associated Press - December 22, 2024

FILE - A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

By Associated Press - December 22, 2024

DEFENSE POSTURE Artists perform during the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defense Festival at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 20, 2024. EPA PHOTO

US envoy: Arms firm could help Vietnam

By Associated Press - December 22, 2024

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Indonesians mark 2 decades after tsunami

By Agence France-Presse - December 22, 2024

RESCUERS ARRIVE. A handout photo taken on Dec. 21, 2024 and received from the Australian Department Foreign Affairs and Trade shows Australian Defense Force personnel assisting Australians off a C-130J Hercules at Brisbane Airport, following an earthquake which struck Port Vila, Vanuatu. Rescuers say they have expanded a search for trapped survivors in quake-rocked Vanuatu to 'numerous places of collapse' beyond the capital, after the death toll climbed to at least 10. AFP PHOTO.

Vanuatu reopens commercial flights after quake

By Agence France-Presse - December 22, 2024

PLUNDERED TREASURE This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2024, shows a general view of the repatriated statue of Ganesha, at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta, on the first day it reopened to the public after a yearlong renovation. In the mid-19th century, Dutch colonial officials climbing an Indonesian volcano spotted an ancient statue meant to serve as protection against misfortune, looted it, and took it to the Netherlands. AFP PHOTO

Indonesians embrace plundered treasure's return

By Agence France-Presse - December 22, 2024

CHRISTMAS MARKET TRAGEDY A damaged car at the scene after a car was driven into a crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, early Dec. 21, 2024. According to statements by the Magdeburg police on social media, two people were dead, several people were injured, and a suspect was taken into custody. EPA PHOTO

2 dead, 60 hurt in German car attack

By Associated Press - December 22, 2024

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16 Israelis wounded by Yemen missile

By Agence France-Presse - December 22, 2024

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Funding difficulties spell gloom for workers

By Associated Press - December 22, 2024

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Russia says Kursk missile strike kills 5

By Agence France-Presse - December 22, 2024

JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 07: A woman sleeps on an Amtrak train on November 7, 2024 outside of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. After a divisive election, America voted to return Donald Trump to the White House. The Democratic stronghold states in the upper Midwest, sometimes referred to as the "Blue Wall, " all voted to re-elect the former president and reflected a general dissatisfaction with the current political status quo. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US approves first drug treatment for sleep apnea

By Agence France-Presse - December 21, 2024

Taliban security personnel are pictured during the funeral ceremony of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, in Sarana of Paktia province, south of Kabul, on December 12, 2024. - Thousands of Afghans on December 12 attended the funeral of the refugees minister, Haqqani, after he was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul the day before in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

Pakistan Taliban claim raid killing 16 soldiers

By Agence France-Presse - December 21, 2024

Ambulances and rescuers are seen after a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market injuring more than 60 people on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. - The death toll of the Magdeburg market attack rose to two according to the State Premier. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market

By Agence France-Presse - December 21, 2024

The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2024. - The US House of Representatives voted on December 20 to avert a government shutdown with just hours to spare, with Democrats joining Republicans to advance a funding bill keeping the lights on through mid-March. Lawmakers sent a package to the Senate that would keep federal agencies running through mid-March -- but the upper chamber only has until midnight (0500 GMT) to follow suit or federal agencies will begin shutting. (Photo by Richard PIERRIN / AFP)

US Congress passes bill to avert shutdown

By Agence France-Presse - December 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. Musk and his Co-Chair, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy are meeting with lawmakers today about DOGE, a planned presidential advisory commission with the goal of cutting government spending and increasing efficiency in the federal workforce. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Anger after Musk backs German far right

By Agence France-Presse - December 21, 2024

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Commuters line up at a bus terminal in Quezon City and the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange on Dec. 22, 2024 for their trip to the provinces to spend the holidays with their loved ones. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN AND J. GERARD SEGUIA

CHRISTMAS EXODUS

Families go on a Christmas shopping rush for discounted and on sale toys on the last day of the 5-day Toy Fair at the SMX Convention Center, MOA Complex in Pasay City, on Dec. 22, 2024, three days before Christmas. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Families and friends take advantage of the holiday break as they flock to amusement parks in Quezon City and Manila for a fun-filled day of games and rides on Dec. 22, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN

The Bugaan Bridge in Laurel, Batangas, which was damaged by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine last October, remains impassable, as viewed from Tagaytay City, on Dec. 22, 2024. The bridge connects Laurel to Agoncillo town. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

STILL IMPASSABLE

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters win against the Terrafirma Dyip, 124-112, in the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Philsports Arena in Pasig on Dec. 22, 2024. PHOTOS BY RIO DELUVIO

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Middle and elementary school student participants take the spotlight in the VEX IQ Robotics Challenge. SEAMEO INNOTECH PHOTO

Campus Press

Pampanga HEI wins robotics contest

By The Manila Times

Judges for the Pagbigkas ng Tula category of the ‘Diwang: Sagisag Kultura ng Filipinas’ competition finals with National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario (second from left) among them.

Best young poets hailed by NCCA

Daram, Samar. PHOTO FROM OCEANA

Green Industries

Samar project aims to reduce 40% postharvest fish loss

The critically endangered Bubalus mindorensis, commonly known as the Tamaraw, is found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. PHOTO FROM TMPF AND BY THE WWF PHILIPPINES

Toyota pledges P3-M fund to protect the Tamaraw