Pope Will Meet With Indigenous Leaders About Canada’s Residential Schools
OTTAWA — Pope Francis will meet with Indigenous leaders later this year to discuss coming to Canada to apologize for the church’s role in operating...
Pandemic Surges Again in Many Parts of the World, Fueled by Variants
The nightmare is returning.In Indonesia, grave diggers are working into the night, as oxygen and vaccines are in short supply. In Europe, countries are slamming...
M, F or X? American Passports Will Soon Have Another Option for Gender.
WASHINGTON — Mary Emily O’Hara has not left the United States in more than three years, waiting to apply for a passport that will allow...
Biden Pledges Money for Firefighters as a Heat Wave and Wildfires Roil the West
With a record-shattering heat wave suffocating much of the Pacific Northwest and a drought-fueled wildfire season already well underway, President Biden pledged on Wednesday to...
Didi, the Chinese Ride-Hailing Giant, Makes Its Debut on Wall Street
Didi, the leading Chinese ride-hailing platform, made its Wall Street debut on Wednesday, capping a year in which ride-hailing and travel companies have struggled to...
Are ‘Heat Pumps’ the Answer to Heat Waves? Some Cities Think So.
Many climate experts say the long-term solution is to replace most of those fossil-fuel appliances with electric versions powered by a greener grid. But in...
Behind Biden’s Pledge to Share 80 Million Vaccine Doses
A shipment to Pakistan was a recent move in a new phase of the administration’s pandemic response: a round-the-clock effort to clear regulatory and logistical...
Latest First Nations discovery reveals 182 unmarked graves at Canada school
Lower Kootenay Band finds human remains at former residential school in British Columbia – the third such discovery in weeksCalls to cancel Canada Day after...
In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action
The veteran oil-industry lobbyist was told he was meeting with a recruiter. But the video call, which was secretly recorded, was part of an elaborate...
Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court
Cosby has served two years of a 3-to-10-year sentenceCourt says charges invalid because of prior deal with prosecutorPennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sexual assault...