MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, as noontime summer heat caused heatstroke among thousands wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage. The final days of the Hajj coincide with Muslims around the world celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday. […]
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Muslim pilgrims wrap up Hajj with symbolic stoning of the devil amid deadly heat
Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours on Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, as noontime summer heat caused heatstroke among thousands wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage. The final days of the Hajj coincide with Muslims around the world celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday. The stoning of the […]
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China Hits Boeing Defense, Two Others With Symbolic Sanctions
(Bloomberg) — China sanctioned three US defense contractors in a mostly symbolic move that signals its unhappiness with US arms sales to Taiwan the same day the island installs a new leader. Most Read from Bloomberg Boeing Defense, Space & Security, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. were added to […]
No confidence votes may be ‘symbolic,’ but the effects at UK will be all too real
It’s true that in higher education a faculty vote of no confidence in a university president is “symbolic.” The recent vote of no confidence in University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto by the soon-to-be-extinct University Senate holds no real punishment, no demotion or firing. It probably won’t be included in his personnel file, and I […]
Brazil Supreme Court strikes down military intervention thesis in symbolic vote for democracy
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously voted Monday that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in disputes between government branches, a largely symbolic decision aimed at bolstering democracy after years of increasing threat of military intervention. The court’s decision came in response to an argument that right-wing former President Jair […]
Meloni seeks symbolic compensation over deepfake porn images
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court July 2 in the trial of two men who are accused of making deepfake pornographic images using her face and posting them online. Ms Meloni, who is listed as an injured party in the trial in Sassari in Sardinia, is seeking 100,000 euro (around […]