After another senator says she will vote in favor of it, US President Obama looks like he will get his nuclear deal:

Pope Francis is offering a way and time for those who had abortions to more easily be reconciled to the Church of Rome: ...

With increased acceptance of marijuana in the USA, more states seem :

These could be the next states to legalize marijuana

Some are wondering if the worst is yet to come to the stock markets in the USA:

Volatile week on Wall Street worries investors — is the worst yet to come?

Voice of America reports growing dissatisfaction with Syria’s President Assad:

August 27, 2015

ISTANBUL—A growing number of soldiers and civilians in government-controlled areas of Syria are expressing rare public disaffection with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad  ...

The Los Angeles Times reported the following:

August 27, 2015

Sea levels will rise, experts warn, and ‘it’s not going to stop’  ...

There is still a lot of volatility in the stock markets in the USA and elsewhere:  August 25, 2015

France’s President Hollande is warning that more terrorism will come: ...

A global stock sell off and other forms of ‘financial carnage’ are in the news today which is being called ‘Black Monday’:

New day of carnage for financial markets amid global sell-off

Notice something I reported here nearly one year ago:

August 21, 2015

First Lt. Shaye Haver of Copperas Cove, Texas, and Capt. Kristen Griest of Orange, Conn., are pinning on the black-and-gold Ranger tab at a graduation ceremony, along with 94 male soldiers, at Fort Benning, Ga. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called the women Thursday to congratulate them for finishing the nine-week training program. ...