US sends first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020

 The United States on Monday sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, months after Cuba agreed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights carrying Cubans caught at the US-Mexico border.

Brazil celebrates its return to full-scale Carnival festivities

 

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The samba was playing, revellers were dancing and throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, parties and pageantry filled the streets.

Mexico slams US refusal to lift trade embargo against Cuba

Mexico on Wednesday condemned the United States' refusal to lift its six-decade trade embargo against Cuba despite the repeated and near unanimous calls of the international community to end the sanctions.

World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’ | Al Jazeera

World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine war coupled with climate change now threaten starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies.

1 million for biggest hajj pilgrimage since pandemic, security forces in Saudi Arabia in preparation

 

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 1. One million people, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year's Hajj   -- a key pillar of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims  are required to perform at least once -- after two years of drastically curtailed numbers due to the pandemic.

1.8 mln witness Mexico’s largest Passion of the Christ re-enactment

 

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 The re-enactment for the Way of the Cross in the southern borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, was once again open for the public. On Friday vast crowds gathered to witness the event, after two years of not being able to participate due to COVID-19 restrictions, Reuters reported.

Tapati Rapa Nui : Το νησί του Πάσχα δύο χρόνια χωρίς τουρίστες

 

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Indians take holy dip in Ganges River despite Covid tidal wave - rfi.fr

 Hundreds of thousands of Hindus are taking their annual dip in India's sacred Ganges River Friday, and over the weekend, despite soaring Covid-19 cases and stern restrictions. A similar event was partly blamed for a savage virus surge last year.