Новости за 02.08.2018

The pontiff has approved a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church—the compilation of official Catholic teaching—to say that capital punishment constitutes an "attack" on the dignity of human beings.

With the rise of President Trump and other authoritarian leaders worldwide, neoliberalism and fascism meld into a war against liberal democracy by embracing strongman ideals, ultranationalism and the worst excesses of capitalism.

The combination of Russophobia and the Democratic Party's compulsion to criticize Trump's every action, even when he accidentally does something sensible, prevents the two largest nuclear powers from working together to create a safer world.

Emilio Gutierrez Soto, who fled certain assassination in his native Mexico, is released from an immigrant detention center in Texas.

Creatures that can’t smell food are in trouble, and they are even worse off if they can’t scent danger.

If you can’t smell food, you’re in trouble, and it’s worse if you can’t scent danger. More acidic seas could affect fishes’ ability to smell.

A report in The Intercept suggests that the former secretary of state was ousted because of the sway the United Arab Emirates ambassador in Washington, D.C., has over Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.

A new report in The Intercept suggests that the former secretary of state lost his job due to the sway the UAE ambassador in Washington, DC has over Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Their failure to connect the dots between extreme heat and global warming is a fatal mistake, and we’re all paying the price.

Wildfires have grown larger, more intense and more unpredictable. But federal research that helps prevent and respond to them is on the chopping block.

Wildfires have grown larger, more intense and unpredictable. But federal research that helps prevent and respond to them is on the chopping block.

A bishop in Harrisburg says that bishops who led the church for the past 70 years are being held accountable and announces that their names will be stripped from all church properties.

Shows of civil disobedience led to arrests at a protest aimed at blocking Donald Trump nominee Brett Kavanaugh from joining the the Supreme Court. Truthdig's frontline correspondent Michael Nigro reports from the scene.