Pope Leo XIV declared Peru his “homeland” on Wednesday as he arrived in Lima at the start of his historic visit, returning to the place that taught him how to be a pastor and where a nationwide party erupted to welcome the beloved “Padre Robert” home. Leo seemed genuinely moved as he emerged from his…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited China on Saturday, inaugurating a new bridge that connects the two countries and vowing to expand cooperation with his powerful neighbor. Kim’s visit to China, the first in a year, is his latest move in an increasingly assertive foreign policy as he seeks to align Pyongyang with Beijing…
Australian police charged a man on Tuesday over what they alleged was a “targeted” attack with a vehicle on independent lawmaker Helen Haines. Haines has reportedly lost one of her legs in the aftermath of the incident on Monday afternoon, in which a car rammed into her multiple times as she stood near the trunk…
Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples Day, may be an official federal holiday, but it’s not consistently observed across the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. Falling on the second Monday in October, the holiday creates a three-day weekend for workers whose employers observe it, including federal employees and some state workers, Pew…
Yemen’s Houthis issued a new threat to Saudi Arabia’s airspace on Sunday after an attack on the kingdom’s international airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 people, including a U.S. citizen, and wounded hundreds of others. Hours later, a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said a projectile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid…
Scribner We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Robin Wall Kimmerer, an Indigenous botanist, became a #1 New York Times bestselling author with her 2013 book “Braiding Sweetgrass,” about the value of complementing our understanding of Western science with Indigenous knowledge about nature and humanity. In her most recent…
