Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 27, 2021

  Major cities worldwide cancel New Year’s Eve celebrations due to Omicron

  While New Yorkers are going ahead with the iconic New Year’s celebration, authorities in many other major cities around the world have canceled their celebrations due to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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  Dec 27, 2021

  At least 35 civilians burned alive by Burmese army on Christmas Eve

  Myanmar’s ruling military burned alive at least 35 internally displaced people, including elders, women and children, in a village in eastern Kayah State on Christmas Eve, according to human rights groups.

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  Dec 26, 2021

  Suicide bomber kills 6, over a dozen others suffer injuries in Christmas Day attack

  A suspected Islamist suicide bomber from a rebel group aligned with Islamic State killed at least six people, including children, and injured more than a dozen others when he used an explosive device to kill himself at the entrance of a busy restaurant where Christmas was being celebrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  Dec 25, 2021

  Franklin Graham: Satan has been trying to destroy Christmas for 2,000 years

  The devil has been trying to destroy Christmas for 2,000 years, evangelist Franklin Graham said, responding to the installation of a goat-like satanic deity to mock a traditional Christian Nativity display inside the Illinois state Capitol.

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  Dec 25, 2021

  Samaritan’s Purse serves meals to over 1,500 survivors of Kentucky tornados

  Evangelist Franklin Graham and the disaster relief organization Samaritan’s Purse served a hot, free meal to over 1,500 people who were affected by the recent tornadoes in Mayfield, Kentucky, joined by country music legend Ricky Skaggs who sang Christmas songs.

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  Dec 21, 2021

  Fentanyl overdose leading cause of death for 18- to 45-year-olds in the US

  Fentanyl became the top killer in American adults aged 18 to 45 between 2020 and 2021, with drug overdoses exceeding the number of COVID-19 deaths in the age group, according to an analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

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  Dec 20, 2021

  Indian authorities investigate Mother Teresa charity over claims of converting orphan girls

  Amid rising Christian persecution in India, police in the western state of Gujarat are investigating Mother Teresa’s charity, which runs orphanages and schools for abandoned children, after officials filed a police complaint under the state’s anti-conversion law alleging the nuns are “forcibly” converting girls.

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  Dec 20, 2021

  Swedish startup's COVID-19 microchip implant leads to 'mark of the beast' speculation

  An increasing number of Swedes are having a Covid passport microchip implanted under the skin in the arm or hand, leading to speculations among Christians that this could be the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy about the Mark of the Beast.

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  Dec 20, 2021

  Pastors challenge gov’t officials’ 'scaremongering campaign' against Evangelical Christians

  Two evangelical pastors in Bulgaria have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights to order a Bulgarian city to end its "scaremongering campaign" against non-Eastern Orthodox Christians after city officials and police sent a letter to all school administrators instructing faculty to “inform” children of the danger evangelical Christians pose. 

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  Dec 19, 2021

  Pastor hails victory as court throws out $21K fine for holding worship service for homeless

  A magistrate’s court in central England has thrown out a case against a female Christian pastor whom police had fined $21,000 for holding a church gathering for the homeless in a car park during the CVID-19 lockdown.