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The sweet story of India's 'first' Christmas cake

In November 1883, a merchant named Murdock Brown went to the Royal Biscuit Factory in what is now the southern Indian state of Kerala and asked its…

Pope condemns human hunger for wealth and power at Christmas Eve Mass

How many wars have we seen!" he said, adding that the main victims were "the weak and the vulnerable".

"I…

Zelensky delivers defiant Christmas message after Russian strikes

In a defiant speech on Saturday, he said: "Freedom comes at a high price. But slavery has an even higher price."

At least 20 dead in Russia illegal care home fire

Another six people were injured. The entire top floor of the the two-storey wooden building was gutted by the overnight fire.

Initial reports…

Paris shooting Three dead and several injured in attack

The attacker targeted a Kurdish cultural centre and shot members of the local community. A possible racist motive is being investigated.

A suspect,…

US winter storm

More than 1.5 million people lost power and thousands of flights were cancelled on Friday.

The…

Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone

"You will never stand alone," Mr Biden told Mr Zelensky as he visited the White House on his first overseas trip since the…

China's hospitals seem to be filling up

Dr Michael Ryan says intensive care units (ICU) are busy despite officials saying numbers are "relatively low".

China…