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Gaza's tiny Christian community tries to capture the holiday spirit during the ceasefire

Attallah Tarazi recently received Christmas presents that included socks and a scarf to shield him against the Gaza winter, and he joined some fellow Palestinian Christians in a round of hymns.

“Christ is born,” the group sang in Arabic. “Hallelujah.”

The presents and hymns offered the 76-year-old a taste of the holiday in a devastated Gaza, where a fragile ceasefire has provided some relief, but the losses of the Israel-Hamas war and the ongoing struggles of displaced people are dampening many traditional festivities.

Tarazi and much of the rest of... Read More

Asian shares climb after US stocks rise at the start of a holiday-shortened week

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after benchmarks on Wall Street rose at the start of what’s expected to be a relatively calm holiday week.

U.S. futures were nearly unchanged.

Touching new records, the price of gold rose 1.1% early Tuesday to 4,519.50, adding to its consistent gains throughout the year, while silver rose 1.5%.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was flat at 50,412,87 and the dollar fell against the Japanese yen after officials in Tokyo warned they would intervene if the yen weakened sharply.

The dollar was trading at 156.01 yen, down... Read More

Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi Beach shooter in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man accused of shooting dead 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an antisemitic attack faced a lengthy delay in getting a gun license because of a bureaucratic mishap, not because he raised suspicions, a state government leader said on Tuesday.

Sajid Akram, who was killed by police during the attack, and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram are accused of assailing hundreds of Jews celebrating Hanukkah on Dec. 14, in Australia’s worst mass shooting since 1996.

Questions have been raised about how the 50-year-old father came to legally... Read More

Nigerians welcome 130 schoolchildren and teachers released after mass abduction

MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians on Monday got their first look at 130 children and teachers released after being seized in one of the largest mass abductions in the country's history.

Some of the children appeared to be malnourished or in shock as they arrived at a government ceremony. Police said they were freed Sunday, a month after gunmen stormed their Catholic school in Niger state’s Papiri community in a predawn attack.

Authorities said plans were underway to reunite the children with their families before Christmas.

Authorities earlier said 303... Read More

A look at aging baby boomers in the United States

The oldest baby boomers — once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics — turn 80 in 2026.

The generation that twirled the first plastic hula hoops and dressed up the first Barbie dolls, embraced the TV age, blissed out at Woodstock and protested the Vietnam War — the cohort that didn't trust anyone over age 30 — now is contributing to the overall aging of America.

Boomers becoming octogenarians in 2026 include actor Henry Winkler and baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, singers Cher and Dolly Parton and presidents Donald... Read More

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Gaza's tiny Christian community tries to capture the holiday spirit during the ceasefire

Asian shares climb after US stocks rise at the start of a holiday-shortened week

Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi Beach shooter in Australia

Nigerians welcome 130 schoolchildren and teachers released after mass abduction

A look at aging baby boomers in the United States

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