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Hundreds die of extreme heat on Muslim pilgrimage, reports say - BusinessWorld Online
BusinessWorld· 5 days agoHundreds of visitors have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat,...
Swimming: Bobby Finke on how his family helped shape him to be an Olympic champion - Exclusive
Olympics.com· 6 days agoIt was at Tokyo 2020 in 2021 that Finke scored gold - twice - for Team USA, winning the inaugural...
A Deadly Toll as an Intense Heat Grips Saudi Arabia
New York Times· 5 days agoReports from official media in the Middle East and Africa suggest that dozens of people died during this year’s hajj pilgrimage as temperatures soared....
Sabalenka, Jabeur retire from matches in Berlin
ESPN· 2 days agoAryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur on Saturday became the latest top-10 players to retire from the Berlin Open due to injury or illness, after Wimbledon...
Land Art in Malibu Gets a Second Chance
New York Times· 5 days agoLita Albuquerque redraws her “Malibu Line,” an ultra-vivid blue earthwork that connects earth, ocean and sky. Lita Albuquerque made a strange sort of...
Dutch Police Arrest Suspect in Spanish Politician's Shooting
US News & World Report· 5 days agoThe man, a Frenchman of Tunisian origin with a criminal record, is the sixth suspect to have been arrested during the investigation of the attempted murder, including one ...
Hajj deaths from heat pass 1,000
Newsweek· 4 days agoOver 1,000 have died during extreme heat at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to tally by the AFP news agency. Reports also say the...
From fighting boys to Saudi Olympic history for female taekwondo star
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoSaudi taekwondo standout Donia Abu Taleb had an unusual introduction to the sport: for years she...
Nearly 500 confirmed fatalities from Hajj heatwave as hundreds more feared dead
CNN.com· 2 days agoThe official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll...
Muslim pilgrims wrap up the Hajj with final symbolic stoning of the devil and circling of the Kaaba
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe three-day stoning ritual in Mina, a desert site outside Mecca, is among the final rites of the...
