EAK --- -- Understatement of the year? Pope Francis said 2020 is off to a rough start, saying it "does not seem to be marked by encouraging signs." Chico Harlan reports: "While saying that maintaining hope is essential, the pope spent the next 45 minutes talking about wars and could-be wars, exploitation, s

rn in the coming days whether current vaccines can ward off the variant or successfully limit symptoms," my colleagues Dan Diamond, Joel Achenbach, Chico Harlan and Lesley Wroughton reported this weekend. And, as my colleagues Annie Linskey and Fenit Nirappil reported today: "[A]fter nearly 21 months of co

505 energy sources, the group said in a report released Wednesday." -- Venice's plan to protect itself from flooding became a disaster in itself. Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli report: "It is among the most ambitious works of civil engineering in modem Italian history, an underwater fortress of steel d

" Page 17636 EFTA00047147 -- Pope Francis called for the abolition of nuclear weapons while visiting Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Akiko Kashiwagi and Chico Harlan report: "Pope Francis called Sunday for a 'world without nuclear weapons,' which he said are 'immoral' for war or deterrence. 'We will be judged o

mp administration official." -- Pope Francis called for the abolition of nuclear weapons while visiting Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Akiko Kashiwagi and Chico Harlan report: "Pope Francis called Sunday for a 'world without nuclear weapons,' which he said are 'immoral' for war or deterrence. 'We will be judged on

an will take over the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston 10 months after Bishop Bransfield retired in the face of serious allegations of wrongdoing. (Chico Harlan) 8. A woman bled to death in Utah after her family was told that her open-heart surgery was a success. The 62-year-old patient, who was getting a