Colorado authorities were searching Saturday for two people reported missing from a wind-whipped winter-season wildfire in Denver's suburbs that destroyed hundreds of homes and left thousands of people trying to salvage belongings.
In his New Year's Day wishes to the world, Pope Francis encouraged people to focus on the good that unites them and decried violence against women, while acknowledging the COVID-19 pandemic has left many scared and struggling amid economic inequality.
A funeral service was held in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning equality activist who was revered in Africa for his role in ending apartheid.
A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 others on New Year's Day, officials said.
