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World coronavirus Dispatch: 'Painful' US experience, dubious China figures

From some scary new death toll projections coming from the US to a tobacco maker's bid to produce vaccines and Saudi planning to postpone hajj, read these and more in today's international dispatch

Bustling market for Hajj spells need for greater international governance

Saudi's $50 billion investment in new transport and other infrastructure also aims to double the size of the Hajj by the end of the next decade

Saudi nod for India's plan to ferry Haj pilgrims via sea route: Naqvi

The practice of ferrying Haj pilgrims between Mumbai and Jeddah by waterways existed earlier too, but was stopped from 1995

Philippines stops issuing hajj passports to Muslim pilgrims

Initial investigation showed the Indonesians paid $6,000 to 10,000 each to obtain the travel documents

Hajj stoning to be shortened after deadly stampede: Report

The period during, which pilgrims can perform the Jamarat ritual will be reduced by 12 hours

Saudi Arabia still reviewing Hajj stampede: Minister

More than 2,000 pilgrims died in the stampede