China demanded the United States refrain from formally asking Canada for the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., when the case was considering unfair and the violations of their legitimate rights was denounced.

Information making the rounds in the media implies that Israel would retain sovereignty over the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the “holy basin” region — including the Old City.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday Moscow was alarmed by U.S. talk of some kind of possible U.S. military option for Venezuela and accused Washington of leaning on the opposition there to block talks with the government.

Pope Francis warned today about spiritual degradation, saying that passion for the human being finds serious difficulties at this moment in history.