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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an economic forum in Moscow on Nov. 20. "Thank God no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in the U.S. elections. Now they're accusing Ukraine," he said.

The View From Moscow On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry

"Thank God nobody is accusing us anymore of interfering in U.S. elections," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an investment conference last week. "Now they're accusing Ukraine."

Surveys show that about a quarter of Protestant congregations and more than a third of Catholic parishes successfully pursued loans under the first round of the SBA's Paycheck Protection Program.

Many Houses of Worship Have Sought Government Aid, Surveys Show

Houses of worship have taken a big financial hit during the coronavirus shutdown. Many have applied for government aid under an SBA emergency loan program.

Paris and Los Angeles have been awarded the honor of hosting the 2024 and 2028 Olympic games, respectively. Pictured above: IOC President Thomas Bach (center), Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (left) and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Dual Olympic Bids Approved For Paris And Los Angeles

The decision to award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games simultaneously is a first for the International Olympic Committee and the result of a trying bidding process.

After hours of waiting, a festival attendee cuts loose in a mosh pit at the Afropunk Joburg festival in Johannesburg in December 2017.

Afropunk Brings The 'Black Lives Matter' Ethos Abroad

Afropunk has come of age. In reaching the next phase of its evolution, its efforts have gone global. The music festival has grown to the level of cultural institution.

Transportation Security Administration agents help passengers through a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., on Monday. Agents have been working without pay since the shutdown began.

Wait Times Normal At Most Airports, TSA Says, As More Agents Call Out Sick

Government workers, including TSA agents, missed their first paycheck of the year last Friday, as a result of the country's longest partial government shutdown.

Police officers work outside Marseille's main train station Sunday after a man launched a knife attack, killing two people, before being shot dead.

2 Killed In Knife Attack At French Train Station

Soldiers shot dead the assailant after he killed two "young women" at Marseille's Saint Charles train station, officials say.

Confusion Continues: The United States' Position On The Paris Climate Agreement

The White House has reaffirmed its position on the climate pact "unless we can re-enter on terms that are more favorable to our country," after reports from AFP and the WSJ that the U.S. would stay.

<em>La Belle Limonadiere,</em> hand coloured etching (1816). Lemonade was ubiquitous in mid-17th century Paris. Where the limonadiers went, piles of spent lemon peels followed. As rats nibbled on the peels, they killed off plague-infected fleas, Tom Nealon argues in his new book.

How Lemonade Helped Paris Fend Off Plague And Other Surprising 'Food Fights'

Tom Nealon's new book searches through patchy historical records to trace subjects like how chocolate helped lead to war in the Caribbean, or the role a grain fungus played in the Crusades.

Climate activists take part in a demonstration Monday in London, where police say they've arrested dozens of protesters as the Extinction Rebellion group attempts to draw attention to climate change.

'Extreme Weather Will Tell This Truth': Climate Protests Erupt In Major Cities

Hundreds of protesters were arrested in London, Amsterdam and New York, among other cities. "Extreme weather will tell this truth for us unless the Government does it for us first," organizers said.

Abdullatif Al-Humaym, the head of Sunni Muslim endowments in all of Iraq, places the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul. The historic mosque and its leaning minaret were destroyed in 2017 when Iraqi forces reclaimed the city from the Islamic State.

Iraq Lays Cornerstone To Restore Al-Nuri Mosque, As Mosul Rebuilds

Iraqi religious leaders officially initiated the restoration of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque yesterday. The mosque was destroyed as Iraqi forces reclaimed control of the city from the Islamic State in 2017.

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