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Weightlifting granny, 90, garners cheers, health benefits at gym
Cheng Chen, 90, has been pumping iron since last year, encouraged by her granddaughter to take up the sport after she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She credits the regimen with helping to fix her posture.
Ivory Coast's economic hub Abidjan turns into vibrant graffiti gallery
Ivorians have previously viewed graffiti with disdain and graffiti artists were liable for prosecution. But that view is changing, and graffiti murals are increasingly common on city walls as the artform has gained acceptance.
China says its astronauts complete record-breaking spacewalk
The spacewalk, carried out by Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong outside the Tiangong space station in low-Earth orbit on Tuesday, was at least four minutes longer than the last record set by NASA astronauts James Voss and Susan Helms in 2001.
Pope calls Gaza airstrikes 'cruelty' after Israeli minister's criticism
Francis opened his annual Christmas address to the Catholic cardinals who lead the Vatican's various departments with what appeared to be a reference to Israeli airstrikes on Friday that killed at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza.
Eight convicted in France over murder of teacher who showed Prophet caricature
Days after Samuel Paty, 47, showed his pupils the caricatures in October 2020, an 18-year-old Chechen assailant stabbed and beheaded him outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris. The assailant was shot dead by police moments after.
Italian deputy PM Salvini acquitted of migrant kidnapping charges
After a three-year trial, judges rejected a prosecutor's request to hand a six-year jail term to Salvini, the leader of the far-right League party, who is serving as transport minister in Giorgia Meloni's government.
Biden administration withdraws proposed rule limiting transgender bans in sports
The administration had proposed the rule in April 2023, inviting the public to comment. It said on Friday that it had received more than 150,000 public replies.Many of the comments were against the proposed rule, the administration wrote in its Federal Register filing....
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Mediators have yet to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas after more than a year of conflict.
'Amphibious mouse' among 27 new species discovered in Peru's Amazon
Scientists also discovered a spiny mouse, a squirrel, eight types of fish, three amphibians and 10 types of butterflies, Trond Larsen, head of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program, told Reuters this week.
Driver kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Christmas market
One of the dead was a young child, said Reiner Haseloff, premier of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The incident took place in Magdeburg, the state capital, 150 km west of Berlin.