As people in Sudan marked the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Friday, forces led by the two warring generals vying for control of the country ignored calls for a cease-fire and clashed across the country for a seventh day. Sudanese civilian coalitions and international officials had called for a three-day pause in fighting […]
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A National Holiday – The New York Times
Super Bowl Sunday is akin to a national holiday, one of the few times of year that tens of millions of Americans do the same activity at the same time. By that standard, today may beat even Thanksgiving, given the variation in meal times. The Super Bowl is reliably the year’s most-watched broadcast, a status […]
At a Holiday Celebration in Southern Ukraine, ‘Kids Still Need Miracles.’
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Some of the children who sat on Saint Nicholas’s lap asked for iPhones. Others asked for peace. Others, said Yevhen Vorobyov, who was dressed as Saint Nicholas, asked for air defense. Some just wanted clean water, he said, “so that they can finally have a normal shower.” It is far from a […]