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Muslim pilgrims stream out of Mecca for hajj high point
Hundreds of thousands of hajj pilgrims began streaming out of Mecca Thursday ahead of the highlight of the annual rites,…
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Maskless pilgrims launch largest hajj of COVID era
MAKKAH: The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the COVID pandemic began kicked off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless…
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French PM to face baptism of fire in divided parliament
PARIS: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will on Wednesday lay out the government’s policy priorities in her first speech in…
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India’s ‘bulldozer justice’ flattens Muslim dissent
ALLAHABAD, India: After two nights in police custody, Indian teenager Somaiya Fatima was released in time to watch live footage…
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Bader Al-Kharafi leads Kuwait’s CEOs on Forbes Middle East list
KUWAIT: Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi has been named by Forbes Middle East among the top 100 CEOs in the Middle East…
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EU focuses on energy supply under Czech presidency
STRASBOURG, France: The EU on Wednesday set out a harder focus on energy amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, as the…
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka asks Putin for fuel, tourists
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has asked Russia to provide fuel and resume tourist flights to help the country weather its unprecedented…
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Halep, Rybakina face off in Wimbledon semi-final
LONDON: Former champion Simona Halep said she is playing her “best tennis” as she set up a Wimbledon semi-final clash…
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What happened to Shazball? India and Kohli blasted after Test defeat
NEW DELHI: India’s media came down heavily on their star cricketers on Wednesday after England romped to a seven-wicket victory…
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France festivalgoers stunned as work recreates mass grave
Spectators at an opera festival in France this week watched in disbelief as experts pulled dozens of corpses one after…
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‘Like a dream’: Japanese grandpa draws in following as art YouTuber
Harumichi Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside.…
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Jordan chalks up business success from limestone riches
Long before whiteboards, beamers and laptops entered modern school classrooms, teachers relied on the humble, dusty, sometimes screechy blackboard chalk-a…
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