Pope Francis says of Ukraine, Gaza: "A negotiated peace is better than a war without end"

In an exclusive interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, Pope Francis called for "negotiated peace" in Ukraine and Gaza, noting the devastating effects war has on children. Read More

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By Mark Landler Torrential Rains Leave at Least 13 Dead and More Missing in Brazil The State Department said Russia had used chloropicrin, a poison gas widely used during World War I, against ... Read More

Pope Francis to embark on tour of Southeast Asia, Oceania

9-11, where 96% of its population of more than 1 million is Catholic. His final stop will be Singapore from Sept. 11-13, where 3% of the population is Catholic. The trip for Pope Francis ... Read More

The World Bank In Ecuador

Furthermore, the country needs to unleash its immense growth potential to generate more and better ... Investment projects in Ecuador From July 2013 to June 2015, the World Bank portfolio included ... Read More

Your favorite coffee may be more than half a million years old

Using genes from coffee plants around the world, they found that it dates back to approximately 600,000 years ago. Arabica coffee dominates the market, accounting for more than 60 percent of ... Read More

Extreme temperatures are tied to more than half a million stroke deaths a year. With climate change, expect more

In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died ... With the world getting warmer due to human-made climate change, that number is expected to rise. The study, published Wednesday in the ... Read More

Scientists solve mystery of why star pair has more than a million-year age gap

Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of why a strange pair of stars thousands of light years away has more than a million-year ... massive stars – with a mass that is eight or more ... Read More

Oil Prices Climb Toward $90 on Geopolitical Risk and a U.S. Stock Draw

7 days The United States produced more crude oil than any nation ... the American Petroleum Institute reported a larger than expected draw in U.S. inventories and as geopolitical tensions remained ... Read More

Elevated heat may be linked to more than half a million stroke deaths, especially in poor countries

Among the more than half-million 2019 stroke deaths in which sub-optimal temperatures were a factor, 474,002 were on the lower rather than higher end of the spectrum. At the same time, the number ... Read More

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He also made clear that he expected more from Israel ... Now, he’s creating dramas that draw millions of online views in a country inching toward stability. Karim Bouamrane, the Socialist ... Read More

Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old

Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family ... canephora, another parent called Coffea eugenioides, and more than 30 different arabica plants, including a sample ... Read More