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A lull in the demonstrations that have rocked Haiti for the last several months has given residents a break from the violence and a chance to get into the Christmas spirit — especially artists.

Despite the daunting health challenges Haiti faces, the country has achieved a major step toward eliminating the parasitic infection, which causes severe swelling of the legs. Haiti is on track to wipe out the disease within four years, scientists say.

Australia's Prime Minister is replacing a deeply unpopular carbon tax with a less-severe emissions trading scheme, in a bid to lower people's electric bills ahead of a tight national election.

President Jovenel Moïse was killed earlier this month by gunmen who raided his private home in an attack that authorities say involved Haitians, Haitian-Americans and former Colombian soldiers.

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San Francisco holds its Lunar New Year celebration this weekend. The community is excited and on alert due to recent violence involving Asian Americans elsewhere in California.

Nonprofits in Miami are struggling to deliver aid to Haiti and they worry refugees from the country won't be welcome in Florida.

The constant state of crisis in Haiti is taking a toll on health care facilities in the country. Some doctors and staff are no longer showing up at hospitals for fear of being kidnapped.

Ariel Henry, Haiti's de facto leader, agreed to resign once a transitional presidential council is installed and interim prime minister named. The Caribbean bloc of nations brokered the deal.

After waiting for more than a week for relief deliveries that still haven't reached many in the capital, hundreds of desperate Haitians scoured stores in the main commercial district searching for food and items they could sell.