headlines from around the world, former zambian president rupee abandon, has been laid to rest in lusaka, died a cancer last week at the age of 85 on to had been involved in politics for decades and served as president of 2008 to 2011 hindus in india and pakistan are celebrating wholly the festival of colors. he voted mark the festival by smear each other with bright colored powder. dancing and singing festivities are much larger than the last 2 years because of a dip in corona virus cases, the world health organization says that the coven 19 pandemic is far from over spokesperson. margaret harris said after a month of decline, global cases have now increased. she is blaming the spread of highly transmissible variance like omicron and the lifting of public health measures for the changes, germany's parliament has voted to relax. most cologne, the virus restrictions, despite an increase in new cases, beginning the sunday mask in testing rooms will be dropped apart from on public transport and in facilities such as nursing homes. well, it has been 100 days. it's angela miracle stepped down