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Myanmar junta to free about 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty, including 180 foreigners
It was not clear whether Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held virtually incommunicado since 2021 coup, would be among those released Myanmar’s military government will release about 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty on Saturday marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain. There was…
U.S. homelessness jumps to another record high, amid affordable housing shortage
Jennifer Ludden More than 770,000 people were living in shelters or outside in January, according to an annual federal report on homelessness by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The number is up 18% from last year’s count — which had also jumped from the year before — and is the largest number since…
King Charles Addresses U.K. Riots and His Cancer in Christmas Speech
The British monarch recorded his annual holiday address from the chapel of a former hospital, rather than from a palace. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London King Charles III on Wednesday thanked the medical workers in Britain who helped treat him and his daughter-in-law, Catherine, Princess of Wales, after their cancer diagnoses, and praised communities…
Eagles, ice & pyro – inside rugby’s biggest show
Harlequins have staged their Big Game spectacular at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium since 2008 Gallagher Premiership: Harlequins v Leicester Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Saturday, 28 December Kick-off: 18:00 GMT Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app, and read the match report on the BBC Sport…