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Here are some of our favorite stories of 2021 from the world of arts, entertainment and technology.

France Reports Record 100000 New Covid Cases as Omicron Rages  Bloomberg France sees 100,000 daily COVID cases for first time  Al Jazeera English France reports daily record cases as omicron hits Europe hard | TheHill  The Hill France Cases at Record, U.S. Omicron

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth spoke of the loss of her husband Prince Philip on Saturday, remembering the “mischievous twinkle” in his eyes in an unusually personal Christmas message to the nation. The 95-year-old monarch said

LONDON (Reuters) – A man who entered the grounds of Windsor Castle, where Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is spending Christmas, has been arrested and is being held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, police said on Saturday. The 19-year-old

Saying she understood the difficulty of spending the holiday season “with one familiar laugh missing,” the monarch delivered her address beside a framed photograph of her arm-in-arm with Prince Philip, who died in April at age 99.

Transmission rate hits near six-month high of 1.4, as worries over Omicron mount; 90 patients listed in serious condition

In the United States, many churches canceled in-person services, but for those that did have in-person worship, clerics reported smaller but significant attendance.

Morena Herrera of the Citizen’s Group for the Depenalization of Abortion said late Friday that the group was told one woman would be set free at presidential order, but when they went to the prison to greet her, three were

19-year-old suspect found with ‘offensive weapon’ after breaching royal residence where Queen was staying on Christmas morning

Statement by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Christmas  The White House COVID-19 Makes Biden’s 1st White House Christmas Less Merry  U.S. News & World Report Why a photo of Donald Trump is decorating a Biden White House Christmas