The intensifying blazes are also sending hazardous smoke toward major cities in the United States. The premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have declared states of emergency, and much of Canada ...

The intensifying blazes are also sending hazardous smoke toward major cities in the United States. The premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan provinces have declared monthlong states of emergency ...

With no direct communication to the outside world, a key feature of the papal election process is the use of smoke to signal the result of ballots and to announce the election of a new pope.

Massive crowds cheered in Vatican City as white smoke poured out of the chimney. Catholics around the world are now waiting in suspense to see which cardinal was named pope. Since the conclave to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the ...

White smoke bellowed out from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel to announce the election of Pope Francis in 2013. Credit: AP Cardinals are gathered in Rome to form a conclave and vote for the next ...

The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors matter: black and white. Each has a clear message for crowds in St ...

Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study.

Cardinals then participate in two morning votes. Smoke from these sessions usually appears around noon, Central European Time (CET). After a midday break, voting resumes in the afternoon with two ...

Since the 1800s, smoke signals have been used to communicate the results of the vote. The smoke is created by burning the ballots, and originally just meant that no pope had been elected.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the ...

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Wednesday, signaling that the College of Cardinals has not yet elected ...