The forceful response follows a summons issued last week by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ahead of President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which begins Tuesday.

Fire swept through the canyons where the rare trees had outlived the dinosaurs. For days, the smoke was so thick that no one knew whether the careful plan to protect them had worked.

"We believe that sustainability should be our new standard for investing," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says. The investment giant's move puts pressure on companies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

William and Harry also released a joint statement denying an article that claimed "bullying" by the elder brother. Meghan and Harry will no longer participate in the Royal Rota media system.

"The books on this list have transcended generations and, much like the Library itself, are as relevant today as they were when they first arrived," the library's president said.

"There are things that I could have handled on the ground much better," the PM said. Many have linked the deadly fires to climate change and blamed conservative Australian governments for inaction.

When they say they'll pursue "financial independence," that doesn't mean they won't benefit from being in the House of Windsor.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they will split their time between the U.K. and North America. Buckingham Palace was reportedly not given advance notice of the decision.

The avalanche occurred Tuesday morning at the Silver Mountain Resort in the Idaho Panhandle. The slide follows wet, heavy snowfall in recent days that brought high avalanche danger.

The Hague Convention, signed by the U.S., requires "refraining from any act of hostility" against cultural property. The Pentagon educates troops about their obligations to safeguard such sites.

The announcement came in response to the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Tehran says it will continue to cooperate with international atomic monitors.

The plane was a Dutch-built Fokker 100 aircraft operated by Bek Air, which bills itself as Kazakhstan's first low-cost carrier. Officials said the plane's tail hit the runway twice during takeoff.

"We really wanted to communicate with her and play with her," says Jill McNeil, who lives across the street. "Since she couldn't learn our language, we thought we wanted to learn hers."

"It is injustice that turns them away from places where they might have hope for a dignified life, but instead find themselves before walls of indifference," the pontiff said in his holiday address.

Michael Bloomberg is one of the world's richest men, with a net worth of about $56 billion. He said his campaign cut ties with the vendor as soon as it learned prison workers were making calls.

The country's natural population declined by more than 500,000 this year. A number of factors have led to Japan's plummeting birth rate and a growing demographic crisis.

"We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China," the note said in English. "Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization."

A State Dept. official called the verdicts "an important first step in holding those responsible for the terrible crime accountable." But a U.N. official called them a "mockery" of justice.

Shiori Ito did a rare thing for Japan: She reported an alleged assault to police. When prosecutors opted not to press charges, she came forward publicly and sued her alleged attacker.

"I'm up here for all those kids in Athens and in Athens County that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school," LSU quarterback Joe Burrow said when accepting the trophy.