The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement Wednesday, the first country to leave the global climate change pact as it awaits final results of a close presidential election. The action comes three years after President Donald Trump said he would pull out of the accord that is intended to fight climate change. […]
Officials in Greece and Turkey say rescue efforts are continuing into the night after a powerful earth struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding caused by a minor tsunami. Video clips showed […]
An international treaty to ban nuclear weapons has been ratified by 50 United Nations member countries, the world body said Saturday. With Honduras being the 50th nation to ratify it, the historic document enters into force in 90 days, on Jan. 22. In a statement U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended the efforts of the […]
“Anyone who thinks that the only lesson to be learned was the need to improve what we were already doing, or to refine existing systems and regulations, is denying reality.” Vatican News/YouTube In his third encyclical Sunday morning, Pope Francis denounced free market capitalism and the “magic” theory of trickle-down economics, saying the coronavirus […]