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The app is aimed at ensuring a regular flow of tourists at the Church of the Nativity, where at busy times visitors wait hours to see the underground grotto where Christians believe Jesus was born in a manger.

Throughout her record 66 years on the throne, the queen has avoided commenting in public on contentious international affairs or party political issues.

The man was dealt the 10, queen and ace of diamonds. The dealer's hand was the nine, jack and king of diamonds.

Mattis, 68, had said he would leave at the end of February to allow a smooth transition for the next chief of the world's top military power.

The US President had recently warned the Federal Reserve not to make 'yet another mistake' by raising interest rates.

Rodel Batocabe had just finished handing out presents in the central town of Daraga when the lawmaker and his police bodyguard were shot dead by a gunman hiding in the crowd, regional police official Arnel Escobel told AFP.

Police said a man fired several shots in the vicinity of a street called Lugeck in the city's first district.

Thirteen miners died and 10 were injured after a fire ,caused by burning methane, erupted in a mine in the east of the Czech Republic, a spokesman said on Friday.

Sporting a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts, he delighted young patients at Children's National hospital with gifts and hugs.

Carmen Hijosa has created Piñatex, a textile woven from the long fibres in the fruit's discarded leaves that she hopes will give the fashion industry a sustainable alternative to leather.

A dozen people who either had been in a camp or had friends or family in one told the AP that detainees they knew were given no choice but to work at the factories.

The horrific video surfaced soon after a 7-year-old Gutamelan immigrant girl died due to dehydration and overexertion after being taken into Border Protection custody.

Facebook has removed 425 pages and 135 accounts in Myanmar with hidden links to the military, the platform.

State Attorney General Barbara Underwood said the family foundation would be dissolved and its remaining assets distributed to other charities under her supervision.

After a last-minute threat from the main opposition Labour Party to call for a symbolic no confidence vote in the prime minister if no date was given, May said parliament would debate the deal in January, before a vote in the week beginning Jan 14.

Gay marriage is not permitted and sex between men remains illegal under a law that dates from the British colonial era, although it is rarely enforced.