A 6.9 magnitude quake struck off the island of Lambok in Indonesia on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and injuring thousands. An estimated 20,000 people are displaced, according to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Indonesia's disaster management department.
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Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean. Drought in Europe has turned verdant land barren, while people in Japan and Korea are dying from record-breaking heat.
Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is never admissible and that the Catholic Church will work towards its abolition around the world, the Vatican formally announced Thursday.
Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is never admissible and that the Catholic Church will work towards its abolition around the world, the Vatican formally announced.