Pope Meets U.S. Bishops In Rome Over Sex Abuse
Pope Francis is meeting with U.S. archbishops Thursday about the sex abuse crisis and in particular the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, formerly the archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Researchers Discover Ancient ‘Hashtag’
The world’s oldest drawing was made 73,000 years ago in a South African Cave on a rock with an ocher “crayon.”
Pope Summons Bishops To Meeting On Sexual Abuse
Pope Francis is set to meet with a group of U.S. cardinals and bishops Thursday in Rome, to discuss the roiling clergy sex abuse scandal and the role some bishops played in its cover-up.
Syria’s Last Rebel-Held Stronghold Braces For Attack
The Syrian regime has stepped up shelling attacks on the last major rebel held stronghold of Idlib. It could lead to a major offensive where millions of civilians are at risk.
World Fungi Report
A new report from the Kew Gardens in London is billed as the first comprehensive report on the state of the world’s fungi.
Under Threat At Home, Refugee Scholars Find Academic Havens At U.S. Universities
American universities have created a consortium that offers temporary academic homes for refugee scholars threatened by war and authoritarian governments.
US defunding of Palestinian refugee agency creates crisis for Jordan
Although never great with numbers, Ahmed Ibrahim says every day he sees the impact of a budget deficit on his home. Because of staff shortages at the local UNRWA health clinic, Mr. Ibrahim must now wait up to six hours to see a nurse for his chronic c…
‘Dangerous’ Islamist Preacher Set To Be Released Early From U.K. Prison
Anjem Choudary, convicted of exhorting people to join the Islamic State, is set to walk free next month after serving half of his sentence.
The FDA’s crackdown on teen vaping
A hallmark of the modern era is the length to which societies will go to protect their most innocent – children. On Sept. 12, for example, the Food and Drug Administration launched its largest coordinated enforcement action in the agency’s history, ai…
Why good economic numbers aren’t giving Trump a boost in the polls
The second is the unemployment rate for August. Both are evidence of a really, really strong economy – though they’re not as historically unique as President Trump sometimes boasts. The former is the percentage of Americans who approve of the job Mr….
In Albania, new Turkish mosque stirs old resentments
With its four minarets towering over the Albanian parliament next door, no visitor can miss the Great Mosque of Tirana. When completed in 2019, the hulking new central mosque will be the biggest in the Balkans, with enough room for 5,000 worshipers. …
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