China has stepped from autocracy into dictatorship. That was when Xi Jinping, already the world’s most powerful man, let it be known that he will change China’s constitution so that he can rule as president for as long as he…

A state-backed physics experiment using a rare metal could help China’s military develop highly radioactive “salted” nuclear bombs that can lay waste to vast areas for months, according to nuclear scientists. The Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that scientists at…

In the spirit of ecumenism, which it has learned from the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England’s governing body has given its welcome to proposals which could unite the Church of England and the Methodist Church. Members of the…

The world is closer to nuclear annihilation than at any point since the first hydrogen bombs were tested in the early 1950s, says a group of scientists who monitor global tensions. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it has moved…

Pope Francis sent a message through his emissary Cardinal Peter Turkson at the 48th World Economic Forum meeting and urged participants to build a sustainable human-centered future. The Pope echoed the theme of the meeting, Creating a Shared Future in…

World leaders and leading experts in international relations left Munich’s 2018 Security Conference uncertain about how to avoid an international catastrophe. And these were experts, mind you. There are enough crises going on right now for three Munich Security Conferences….

Sweden’s rapidly disappearing cash is actually a problem, says, said Mats Dillen, the head of a parliamentary review. “If this development with cash disappearing happens too fast, it can be difficult to maintain the infrastructure” for handling cash, he said….

The study was about terrorism fears. Almost half of respondents said they believe the U.S. government should – in some way – curtail civil liberties for Muslim Americans. These included registration for Muslims, monitoring of mosques by U.S. law enforcement,…

The majority of Americans in 2017 did not identify themselves as Protestants, according to a Gallup surveys conducted during the year, and the differing religious denominations tended to be concentrated in certain geographical areas.    “About half of Americans (48…

A picture of the Florida high school shooting suspect has emerged of a deeply troubled and violent teenager who tortured animals, had no parents, trained with a white supremacist paramilitary group and was the subject of numerous calls to police….

A new study finds that even the best-case scenario of “only” a 1-degree rise in global temperatures could increase the likelihood of extreme weather — including floods, droughts and heat waves — in the U.S. and around the world. The frequency of…

Some times unexpected things happen prophetically. Bermuda has become the first country to legalize and then repeal same-sex marriage. They have swapped same-sex marriage law for a domestic partnerships law for LGBT couples. Needless to say the move was criticized…