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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Vatican City, June 01, 2016, Editorial credit: AM113 / Shutterstock.com, Licensed. ROME, ITALY - In a move that has helped to pave the way for…

UNITED KINGDOM - With the world economy hit by the biggest shock in the postwar era, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Sri Mulyani, Finance Minister to Indonesia, and…

WASHINGTON, DC. - Now is the not the time for governments to pull back on supporting their economies the head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday in Washington, DC. “The picture over the last couple of months has…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The IMF says the world’s economy was “less dire” than it expected, but that there is still work to be done to help growth return in “the long ascent” back from crisis, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said…

Chinese authorities imposed harsh lockdowns in Wuhan and elsewhere after the virus took off in December. However, research from A Britain suggests 95% of infections world-wide could have been avoided if China had acted three weeks earlier,…

President of the United States Donald J. Trump gestures as he addresses a press conference at the Lotte Palace Hotel. New York, NY, September 26, 2018. Editorial credit: Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. -…

World Health Organization Signage Logo on Top of Glass Building. Workplace in High-rise Office Headquarter at Night Time. June 15, 2020. Editorial credit: askarim / Shutterstock.com, licensed. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The World Health…

Belchatow is the EU’s biggest coal plant. It burned 32 million tons of lignite, the dirtiest form of coal, last year. ClientEarth initiated this legal action in September 2019. It is a completely innovative use of Poland’s civil code,…

According to previous flight logs, Prince Andrew paid at least one visit aboard Epstein's private jet to the island while Bill Clinton was said to have been listed for multiple flights. Both men have denied ever visiting the island. Photo…

Lamborghini recorded its first Italian GT Championship Endurance victory of the season in the hands of Imperiale Racing’s Kikko Galbiati, Alex Frassineti and Giovanni Venturini at Vallelunga. ITALI - Lamborghini recorded its first…

The hacks included cyber intrusions and fraud, vandalism of U.S. websites, and intellectual property theft from U.S. aerospace and satellite technology companies. In each of the cases, the suspects were believed to be operating at the…

The Charter, released today for World Patient Safety Day, calls on governments and those running health services at local levels to take five actions to better protect health workers. Photo credit: Imaxe Press / Shutterstock.com,…

Then Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump appears during a rally Oct. 10, 2016, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Photo credit: Matt Smith Photographer / Shutterstock.com, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. - President…

FORT WORTH, TX – I’m not a some would call a “prude” by a long shot. I believe if you are a consenting adult you should be able to do what you want within the confines of your own home. Note that I said adult. Recently Netflix has come…

ONTARIO, CANADA – In my 2003 novel, The Second Catastrophe: A Novel About a Book and its Author, a Canadian Jewish professor, son of a survivor of the Shoah, becomes obsessed with the idea that Iran is pursuing a Second Holocaust…

A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Photo: Twitter Screenshot. A Red Cross official said…

Black Lives Matters protesters in London holding signs and marching outside American Embassy wearing masks during lockdown coronavirus pandemic keeping 2 meters social distance. Editorial credit: Matteo Roma / Shutterstock.com, licensed. …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking to crowd in different events such as press conferences, political rallies between the years 2008-2016 in Istanbul. October 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. Editorial credit: cemT / Shutterstock.com,…