General Conference — the only entity that can speak for the entire denomination — is a business meeting where delegates set policy, pass budgets and address other church-wide matters. It's the only body that can amend the United Methodist Book of Discipline, which includes church law. It...
General Conference 2016: Live video stream (English) - The United Methodist Church
December 27, 2024 Männistö Church, Kuopio, Finland by Juha Leiviskä. Image © Henry Plummer In an increasingly diverse world, the emergence of multi-faith spaces represents a significant shift in architectural design, reflecting the evolving religious landscape of contemporary society. These...
Headquartered in New York and led by the Secretary-General, the UN has 193 member states, representing almost every country in the world. There are five permanent U.N. members: the U.S., Russia, France, the U.K., and China. When a new state applies to join the UN, it only takes ...
In 1944, as vulnerable countries continued to struggle with the horrifying effects of World War II, leaders of Allied powers such as the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of China met in Washington, DC at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference to establish an inter...
On Thursday, Judge James Bredar of the U.S. District Court of Maryland ordered the motion to dismiss withdrawn. He also noted that UnitedHealth Group intends to formally respond to the Justice Department’s complaint, after which the cou...
based on the general economic level and capacity of each state, which is also submitted to the General Assembly for approval. TheUnited Statesis the largest contributor, though the proportion of its contributions has declined continually, from some two-fifths at the UN’s founding to one-fourth...
Of common interest to both houses of Congress are also such matters as government printing, general accounting, and the congressional budget. Congress has established individual agencies to serve these specific interests. Other agencies, which are held directly responsible to Congress, include the Copyri...
United States Senate, one of the two houses of the legislature (Congress) of the United States, established in 1789 under the Constitution. The six-year terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber the nic
From now on, we only highlight the general introduction to AI in the form of a conference that was also recorded for later consultation. Its main goal was to clarify the concept of AI, its evolution, and how it is currently used in a restricted version in most of the aforementioned ...