Heather Abbott

Mar 24, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan |Heather Abbott |LaCrai Scott

Hundreds of former national security, military and political leaders are calling on the Senate to ratify the United Nations' Law of the Sea, warning last week in a letter to lawmakers that China is taking advantage of America's absence from the treaty. Countries that ratified the Law of the Sea treaty are now rushing to stake claims on the international seabed for deep sea mining.

Nov 12, 2023 | cbsnews.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan |Heather Abbott |LaCrai Mitchell

A small church in a Ukrainian village survived two world wars, communism and a revolution, but it fell to Russian shelling last March. The Church of the Nativity in Viazivka, a few hours northwest of Kyiv, was one of hundreds of churches, museums, libraries and monuments that have been bombed, burned or shelled since Russia invaded Ukraine. It was on Ukraine's Heritage List.

Nov 14, 2021 | cbsnews.com | Heather Abbott

Nov 6, 2019 | cbsnews.com | Heather Abbott |Matthew Polevoy