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The managers of Maryland's pension fund have begun considering the impact their investments have on climate change and how to minimize the carbon footprint of the state's $45 billion portfolio. - A United Nations panel recently released a series of disastrous policy recommendations designed to increase access to medicines in developing countries. The panel ignored obvious solutions to help the one in three people in developing nations who lack regular access to medicines.
- Sean Callahan, a 28-year veteran of Catholic Relief Services, is to become president and CEO on Jan. 1. He succeeds Carolyn W. Yoo, the former business school dean who has headed the organization for five years.
- Congress should reject any Iran deal that allows that nation to keep perpetuating humanitarian crisis in Syria.
- June 15 marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Every day elder abuse takes place in some form in this country and across the world. It is estimated that 1 in 10 aging adults suffer from some form of abuse. These estimates are likely low because as in most abuse situations the victim is often afraid to tell anyone and in many situations, unable to report abuse.
- More than 600 Marylanders marched with hundreds of thousands of others in New York City Sunday in support of stronger action to address climate change, according to organizers of the state effort.
- What more can Israel do to limit civilian casualties?
- To end the fighting, Hamas must agree to give up its rockets, Israel must lift its blockade, and the international community must rebuild Gaza.
- A police sniper was spooked by an armed man seen approaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and other officials as they watched the June 12 opening game of the World Cup in Sao Paulo, law enforcement authorities said Friday. The man turned out to be a police officer.
- At the end of January, a team of chemists and engineers left Aberdeen Proving Ground for the Mediterranean Sea to lead the historic destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. More than two months later, they're still waiting for the mission to start.
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- Drought and famine in Somalia threaten millions of lives; the U.S. must do whatever it can to help those most in need
