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Added on the 11/12/2016 11:43:53 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hong Kong, Dec 21 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong is gearing up to celebrate a Christmas marked by the fourth wave of coronavirus outbreak in the city. The government of Hong Kong wants to approve another round of COVID-19 relief measures before Christmas as another 74 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed Sunday. So far, Hong Kong has recored 8,153 confirmed cases and 123 related deaths. (Camera: MIGUEL CANDELA). B-ROLL OF CHRISTMAS DISPLYS IN HONG KONG DESPITE THE FOURTH WAVE OF COVID-19.
New York (USA), Dec 13 (EFE - EPA) .- Mexican activist Marco Saavedra, who entered a deportation process in the US After getting arrested in 2012 to document the conditions at a migrant detention center in Florida, is enjoying a day in New York with his family, which could be his last Christmas in the country.(CAMERA: Alba Vigaray)
Los Angeles, Dec 9 (EFEUSA).- A Methodist church in Southern California has adapted its traditional Nativity scene this year by putting the Baby Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Joseph in separate cages to highlight the separation of families pushed by the Donald Trump administration to deter undocumented migrants from illegally entering the United States.The Nativity scene, at the United Methodist Church in Claremont, a town 51 km (32 mi.) east of Los Angeles, was set up on church grounds on the weekend to denounce the situation being faced by refugees who come to the US.The Christmas display has sparked controversy, with the caged figurines of Mary and Joseph placed on either side of the cage containing Jesus in the manger. (Camera: IVAN MEJIA). SHOT LIST: BABY JESUS, THE VIRGIN MARY AND JOSEPH ALL IN SEPARATE CAGES TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES TO THE US AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, EAST OF LOS ANGELES, USA. SOUND BITES: KATHY BLACK, PASTOR AT THE CLAREMONT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND REV. KEITH MOZINGO (IN ENGLISH).
London (Uk), Dec 10 (EFE-EPA) .- The popular British graffiti artist Banksy denounced the poverty and homeless situation in the United Kingdom during Christmas with a new mural that appeared on a city wall from Birmingham.(CAMERA: Selina Losa)
At least 70 migrants have entered Spain's north African enclave of Melilla after jumping a border fence on Thursday, according to Spanish media.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier takes his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on a tour of a traditional German Christmas market. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).