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WorldZelenskiy vows to regain Lysychansk after Ukrainian withdrawal
KYIV — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday (July 3) acknowledged Kyiv's forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in the eastern Donbas region after a grinding Russian assault, but vowed to regain control over the area with the help of long-range Western weapons.
Muslim pilgrims flock to Mecca for first post-pandemic haj
MECCA (Saudi Arabia) — Thousands of pilgrims started arriving in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday (July 1), among some one million Muslims expected to attend the 2022 haj pilgrimage season after two years of major disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.