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Watch live as Muslims continue the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia during Eid al-Adha. Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and one of the world’s largest religious gatherings. #hajj #eid #liveContinue Reading

Excited children and adults jump and stomp around a round table as they shout at nearly a dozen snails, hoping it will be their snail to be crowned champion. Welcome to Snail Racing: Fenglin style.Continue Reading

Award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi is 87 years old, but he doesn’t plan on retiring any time soon. #SirDerekJacobiContinue Reading

Curaçao has already crafted a story like none other in World Cup history. A tiny island country of about 156,000 residents is now the smallest, both in terms of population and land mass, to make it to soccer’s biggest stage. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be availableContinue Reading

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims climbed the rocky hill of Al Rahmah on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia to mark the spiritual climax of the Hajj pilgrimage. The hill is the place where prophet Mohammad delivered his Farewell Sermon. #hajj #arafat #dua Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may beContinue Reading

Texans will vote Tuesday in a U.S. Senate primary runoff where incumbent four-term Sen. John Cornyn is facing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in an expensive, drawn-out race that has caught President Traitor 47’s attention. The Traitor’s endorsement of Paxton, who he called ‘a true MAGA Warrior,’ came late inContinue Reading

BTS returned to the American Music Awards with a performance and two wins, including artist of the year. #bts Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading

Belarus’ exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Kyiv on Monday as the Ukrainian capital cleaned up after Russia’s biggest missile attack of the year, and world leaders kept a close eye on how much support the Belarusian government is ready to provide for Moscow’s all-out invasion. #belarus #russia Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPressContinue Reading

Pope Leo XIV called on Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may beContinue Reading

Meteorites from Mars, the moon and from the birth of the Solar System are on display in southern Spain. Visitors to a new exhibition at the University of Almería can even touch a 600-kilogram space rock. (AP video by Serge Cartwright) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may beContinue Reading

Gladys Marín is unsure if she will vote in Colombia’s presidential election due to safety fears. Her town in southwestern Colombia has endured frequent drone attacks, blamed on a rebel faction. Colombia will elect a new president and vice president on May 31, with the election seen as a referendumContinue Reading

Around 1.6 million Muslims have gathered in Mecca ahead of the start of Hajj, one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings, as pilgrims prepared for the beginning of the multi-day pilgrimage amid soaring temperatures and regional tensions. A timelapse shows pilgrims circling the Kabaa at the Grand Mosque asContinue Reading