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Most hated Christmas songs ranked in survey

Monday, 18 November 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 7 years ago

Mariah Carey's Christmas classic 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' topped a poll to take the unfortunate crown of being the most annoying Christmas song. The survey was taken in the United...

Pete Buttigieg touts military service, wary of overstating role

Monday, 18 November 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Pete Buttigieg strides past an oversized photograph of himself dressed in fatigues, the Afghan horizon behind him, as he enters a Des Moines arena for an Iowa Democratic Party gala. In his first...

Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes

Monday, 18 November 2019, 08:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

One of only four oar makers for Venice’s famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing of any...

Pope decries that ‘greed of a few’ worsens poverty of others

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 18:04 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis on Sunday decried that the “greed of a few” wealthy people is compounding the plight of the poor before sharing a meal with the jobless and the homeless that has become a...

UK media: Prince Andrew’s sex claims rebuttal a PR disaster

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 16:05 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British media on Sunday slammed Prince Andrew’s effort to rebut claims that he had sex with a teenager who says she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, branding his televised interview a complete...

Young Venetians volunteer after flood of their lifetimes

Sunday, 17 November 2019, 06:53 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

As soon as waters receded from this week’s devastating flood, about 50 young Venetians wearing rubber boots and gripped by a sense of determination showed up at the city’s Music...

Tear gas fired in Paris as yellow vests mark anniversary

Saturday, 16 November 2019, 15:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Tear gas and water cannon were used Saturday as Paris police sought to disperse yellow vest protesters marking the first anniversary of the birth of their movement against government policies seen as...

St Mark's Square reopens in Venice, but water remains high

Saturday, 16 November 2019, 14:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Tourists and residents were allowed back into St. Mark’s Square in Venice on Saturday, a day after it was closed due to exceptionally high tidal waters that swept through most of the lagoon...

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