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  Chicago officers accused in Van Dyke cover-up to stand trial

  November 27, 2018 19:00 IST

  A trial is set to begin for one current and two former Chicago police officers accused of trying to cover up what happened when a white officer fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald

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  3 dismembered bodies found on railway in northern Greece

  November 27, 2018 19:00 IST

  Greek authorities say the dismembered bodies of three people, believed to be immigrants who were hit by a train overnight, have been found on rail tracks near the border with Turkey

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  Slain Chicago officer remembered as a 'guardian'

  November 27, 2018 18:45 IST

  A Chicago police officer who was killed in a shoot-out after he chased a gunman into a hospital last week has been remembered as a "guardian" who was devoted to helping others long before he joined the police force

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  US forces: 3 American service members killed in Afghanistan

  November 27, 2018 18:15 IST

  US military: 3 American service members killed in roadside bombing in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province

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  German court rejects Swedish 'Laserman' murder case appeal

  November 27, 2018 18:00 IST

  A German federal court has rejected an appeal by a Swedish man against his conviction for fatally shooting a woman in Frankfurt 26 years ago

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  US forces in Afghanistan say three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province

  November 27, 2018 18:00 IST

  US forces in Afghanistan say three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province

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  Pope taps Texan bishop Garcia for Monterey, California

  November 27, 2018 18:00 IST

  Pope Francis has named Monsignor Daniel Garcia, currently an auxiliary bishop in Texas, to take over as bishop of Monterey, California

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  Polish ex-financial regulator held on corruption suspicion

  November 27, 2018 18:00 IST

  Poland's anti-corruption officers have detained the former head of a financial regulatory body who resigned recently after a media report he sought a bribe

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  Passer-by rescues boy after SUV skids into Indianapolis pond

  November 27, 2018 18:00 IST

  Authorities say a passer-by rescued a 4-year-old boy from a retention pond in Indianapolis after his family's SUV apparently slid from an icy bridge into the frigid water

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  Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Syria's Raqqa

  November 27, 2018 18:00 IST

  A local official in Raqqa says more than 500 bodies have so far been exhumed from one of the largest mass graves discovered near the Syrian city, once the capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate

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  Coal mining's future divides Poles ahead of climate talks

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  Residents in Poland's southern coal mining region that will host global clime talks next month are debating the industry's pros and cons while the government says it needs to rely on the fuel for decades to come

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  Instagram posts suggest e-scooter companies like Bird aren't promoting safe riding to newbies

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California(THE CONVERSATION) Since emerging in the U.S. last year, electric scooters have become an increasingly popular way for people to travel short distances, thanks to their speed and convenience. But they’ve also generated controversy and concerns about their safety. Recently, nine people who say they’ve been injured by e-scooters

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  The key to fixing the gender gap in math and science: Boost women's confidence

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lara Perez-Felkner, Florida State University(THE CONVERSATION) The gender gap in math and science isn’t going away. Women remain less likely to enroll in math-heavy fields of study and pursue math-heavy careers. This pattern persists despite major studies finding no meaningful differences in mathematics performance among girls and boys. Among U.S. students who score the same on math

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  How local journalism can upend the 'fake news' narrative

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) “For the first time media is the least trusted institution globally,” Edelman, the global PR and marketing firm concluded in its annual worldwide study on trust in institutions like the media, business and government.These international findings are in line with recent data coming out of the U.S. A 2016 Gallup poll reported

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  Kim Kardashian West and ecstasy: A reminder of the social dangers of the drug

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joseph Palamar, New York University Langone Medical Center (THE CONVERSATION) Kim Kardashian West, who has a reputation for disdaining alcohol, discussed her past use of the drug ecstasy on a recent segment of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” “I did ecstasy once, and I got married … I did it again, I made a sex tape … like, everything bad would happen,” she explained. We often

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  Living drugs: Engineering bacteria to treat genetic diseases

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pedro Belda Ferre, University of California San Diego(THE CONVERSATION) A pill containing millions of bacteria ready to colonize your gut might be a nightmare to many. But it may become an effective new tool for fighting disease. In many inherited genetic diseases a mutated gene means that an individual cannot make a vital substance necessary for their body to grow, develop or

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  Why Twitter's cute, heart-shaped 'like' button is not so harmless

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) A. Trevor Sutton, Concordia Seminary(THE CONVERSATION) Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s founder and CEO, was recently reported to have questioned how the site “incentivizes people to want (the number of likes on their posts) to go up.” He also said that “he was not a fan of the heart-shaped (‘like’) button and that Twitter would be getting rid of it ‘soon.’” Twitter has since released a

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  Why aren't there electric airplanes yet?

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Venkat Viswanathan, Carnegie Mellon University; Shashank Sripad, Carnegie Mellon University, and William Leif Fredericks, Carnegie Mellon University(THE CONVERSATION) As electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on U.S. highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies? There are a number of ambitious efforts to build

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  Shah's 14 wickets lead Pakistan to innings win over NZ

  November 27, 2018 17:45 IST

  Legspinner Yasir Shah's rich match haul of 14-184 earned Pakistan an emphatic innings and 16-run victory over New Zealand in the second test on Tuesday

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  Maldives court annuls conviction of former president

  November 27, 2018 17:30 IST

  The Maldives' top court has annulled a conviction for the country's former president on terror charges that carried a 13-year prison sentence

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  Uber fined nearly $1.2 million by Dutch, UK over data breach

  November 27, 2018 17:30 IST

  The ride-hailing service Uber has been fined the equivalent of nearly $1.2 million by British and Dutch authorities for failing to protect customers' data during a cyberattack in 2016

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  Belgium investigates doctors who euthanized autistic woman

  November 27, 2018 17:30 IST

  Belgian officials say doctors might have improperly euthanized a woman with autism, the first time the country has investigated whether or not physicians performing euthanasia might have broken the law since the practice was legalized in 2002

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  The Latest: Saudi prince gets warm welcome in Egypt

  November 27, 2018 17:30 IST

  Egypt's president and Saudi Arabia's crown prince have held talks in Cairo, the latest stop on Mohammed bin Salman's first foreign tour since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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  Sleeping pilot overflies Australian island destination

  November 27, 2018 17:00 IST

  Airline officials say a pilot is under investigation after falling asleep in the cockpit of a freight plane and overflying his Australian island destination by 46 kilometers (29 miles)

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  Politician, ex-codebreaker Baroness Trumpington dies at 96

  November 27, 2018 17:00 IST

  British socialite, codebreaker, politician and bon vivant Jean Baker _ better known by her title, Baroness Trumpington _ has died

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  Britain's Prince Harry meets military veterans in Zambia

  November 27, 2018 16:45 IST

  Britain's Prince Harry meets military veterans in Zambia at events marking WWI and WWII

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  Contender to lead Merkel's party takes heat from rivals

  November 27, 2018 16:30 IST

  A top contender for the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is taking heat from his rivals for saying that the party had accepted the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany "with a shrug of the shoulders."

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  Macron says France will delay cap on nuclear energy

  November 27, 2018 16:30 IST

  French President Emmanuel Macron says the country will move more slowly than promised to cap the amount of energy it derives from nuclear energy