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No kids, excess heat and payment plans. What to know about Hajj 2025
The price of a Hajj ranges from $4,000 to $20,000, depending on the length of stay, level of comfort, and country of departure. Depreciating currencies, high inflation, and tax hikes in Saudi Arabia ...
Takeaways from AP's reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan
On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to what they call the Closet God — scroll paintings of Mary and Jesus, disguised as a Buddhist Bodhisattva ...
'A huge loss.' In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They still chant in a Latin that hasn’t been widely used in centuries. And they ...
Police seek multiple suspects after Toronto shooting leaves one dead, five injured
TORONTO — Police are searching for multiple suspects after a shooting in Toronto left one man dead and five others injured. The shooting took place Tuesday evening, a few minutes after 8:30 p.m., in a ...
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung says he'll bolster US-Japan ties and pursue talks with North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung vowed Wednesday to restart dormant talks with North Korea and bolster a trilateral partnership with the U.S. and Japan, as he laid ...
Starter Bowden Francis records only five outs as Phillies dump Blue Jays 8-3
TORONTO — Toronto starter Bowden Francis started his outing Tuesday with a four-pitch walk and it went downhill from there. Trea Turner and Bryce Harper followed with solo homers as the Phillies ...
New York police arrest 'social media prankster' who dumped food on himself at local businesses
CENTEREACH, N.Y. (AP) — Police in the suburbs of New York City have arrested who they described as a ” social media prankster” over viral videos in which he dumps heaps of food on his head and runs ...
Status of Alaska Highway could change quickly due to wildfire near Fort Nelson, B.C.
A stretch of the Alaska Highway west of Fort Nelson, B.C., reopened to single-lane alternating traffic later Tuesday, but British Columbia’s driving information service says the status of the route ...
Phillies tee off on Jays starter Francis, end Toronto's five-game win streak
Trea Turner and Bryce Harper hit solo homers in Philadelphia’s six-run first inning as the Phillies beat Toronto 8-3 on Tuesday to end the Blue Jays’ five-game win streak. Bryson Stott added a two-run ...
FRIESEN: Cup final not exactly a Winnipeg hockey utopia
Another Stanley Cup final just not fit for a Manitoban. There’s not much separating the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers ...
New searches are underway in Portugal near where toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007
LAGOS, Portugal (AP) — Police investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann searched near an abandoned rural building in southern Portugal on Tuesday as they launched fresh ...
IPL finally delivers for King Kohli after overcoming a conflict and ushering in a teenage star
After the six-wicket win over Punjab Kings on Tuesday night to end a dramatic, disrupted season for the world’s richest franchise cricket league, Kohli slumped to his knees and cried. He retired from ...