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Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the riverbanks in the city of Prayagraj.

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Iranian officials and military personnel are residing in the South American country, with some members being offered political asylum should they need it. Maria Villaroel Maria Villarroel / Published Jan 10 2025. Iran officials and military personnel now reside in Venezuela, with some members of the elite being offered political asylum and properties in the country. Getty Images Iran is increasing its military presence in Venezuela, with officials and personnel, with some members of the country's elite acquiring properties in the Latin American country and being offered political asylum should they eventually need it. The presence comes amid regional conflict...

A healthcare giant that operates 16 hospitals across four states has filed for bankruptcy - with plans to offload several of them. Prospect Medical Holdings - which also owns 166 clinics across California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, and employs 12,600 people - filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas on Saturday. The company, which was once an active buyer of struggling hospitals, has debts of more than $400 million. Prospect said on Saturday that its hospitals, medical centers, clinics and physicians' offices would continue to operate as normal while it restructures. But, after that, the company will focus exclusively...

Kamala Harris loves her Venn Diagrams! So I made a Venn Diagram for her, and now she can understand the California fires!

Harvard University is offering students a course that teaches modern-day conceptions of sexuality and gender identity in the context of colonialism. The course, titled “The Sexual Life of Colonialism,” will consider “the role of colonialism and neocolonialism in racial imaginations of gender and sexuality and how these histories shape contemporary understandings of LGBTQ politics, reproductive and sexual rights, and anti-colonial resistance around the world.” Students will also examine “queer” and “trans sexualities” that supposedly exist in “colonial and postcolonial spaces.” The class will also “cover many forms of sexuality, including interracial relationships between colonizer and colonized peoples, questions of sexual...

Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was on Tuesday spotted in Prayagraj for participation in the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025. She was given the Hindu name “Kamala” during her visit by the Niranjani Akhara, as if granting her the right to solidify her inter-connection with Hinduism. Powell Jobs, in her philanthropy and as Emerson Collective’s CEO, has openly professed being an admirer of Hindu thought. This journey to Prayagraj comes as a direct reflection of these interests as Powell Jobs interacts with spiritual leaders and surrounds herself with religious and cultural celebrations of the Kumbh Mela. The...

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Talks are ongoing between Paris and Kyiv for the possible deployment of French troops inside Ukraine despite the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to social media. Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron "had a detailed discussion about the situation on the battlefield and the progress of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk operation," the Ukrainian leader said in a Monday night post to X. "As one such guarantee, we discussed the French initiative to deploy military contingents in Ukraine," he continued. "We addressed practical steps for its implementation, potential expansion and the involvement of...

Ukraine launched a wave of devastating drone and missile attacks overnight targeting industrial facilities and oil depots in several Russian cities. The brutal aerial onslaught caused a series of major fires to break out, as emergency services struggled to contain the damage. Ukrainian UAVs targeted the industrial Orgsintez plant in Kazan, a city located 526 miles to the east of Moscow. The facility is one of Russia's largest manufacturers of high-strength plastics and is situated in the northern outskirts of the city. A gas tank close to the industrial site was struck in the attack, causing it to burst into...

OS ANGELES — It took LA firefighters at least 45 minutes to respond to the Pacific Palisades blaze when it broke out last week, according to records and local homeowners. And by that time, around 11 a.m. on Jan. 7, it was too late; what was at first a large plume of smoke had grown to a 10-acre blaze. By 11:30 a.m., firefighters were reporting the fire was 200 acres, aided by strong winds that carried embers as far as two miles. Firefighters battling the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025. 10...

In early 2020, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democrat from New York, was asked to speculate about her role under a Joe Biden presidency. She groaned. “In any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party,” she said, “but in America, we are.” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s frustration with the two-party system reflects the frustration American voters feel every time they step into the voting booth, when they find themselves stuck with the same two choices — and, in most places, only one with any shot at winning. As a new Congress sputters into gear, this rusty...

On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” President-Elect Donald Trump responded to a question on his strategy to end the Russia-Ukraine war by stating that “there’s only one strategy, and it’s up to Putin. And I can’t imagine he’s too thrilled with the way it’s gone, because it hasn’t gone exactly well for him either.” Host Rob Schmitt asked, “You’ve said you want this war ended in six months. What is the strategy to do that? Can you give us any insight?” Trump answered, “Well, there’s only one strategy, and it’s up to Putin. And I can’t imagine...

If you have expertise in reading cursive, then there’s an opportunity that might peak your interest. The National Archives is looking for someone who can transcribe (or classify) more than 200 years’ worth of U.S. documents. Which historical documents must be transcribed? A team within the federal agency is looking for volunteers to read and transcribe records from Revolutionary War pension records that include applications and other records related to claims for pensions and bounty land warrants. Other historical materials include immigration documents from the 1890s and Japanese evacuation records. What they're saying: Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the...

Kamala to wildfire victims: "It's critically important that, to the extent you can find anything that gives you an ability to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, that you do."

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The Clarkson's Farm star has had his say on the saga that's hit headlines. Jeremy Clarkson has sided with Labour over its decision to refuse an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal - but has suggested the "political correctness" that "shackles the police" needs to be addressed instead. The 64-year-old delivered his candid verdict on the saga after a bid by the Conservatives to launch a national inquiry into grooming gangs was rejected by MPs last week by 364 votes to 111 votes. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has argued that a number of inquiries have already taken place into...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump ‘s private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height. Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29. A large flag on Trump’s property in Palm Beach was initially lowered to half-staff according to protocol but has since been raised in the days after Carter was buried Thursday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. ' Galatians 6:7

PALM BEACH, Fla. — A moving truck was spotted at Mar-a-Lago at about 3 p.m. Monday, a likely sign that Inauguration Day is nearing and that the former president is preparing to move back to the White House. The moving truck is from JK Moving, the same company that was seen on property on Jan. 18, 2021, when President Donald Trump moved out of the White House and back to Mar-a-Lago.