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  Study: Chinese to account for half of luxury sales by 2025

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  Chinese consumers remain the focus of luxury producers, as a new study by Bain consultancy shows they will fuel nearly half of global high-end sales by 2025

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  Government offers to help Milan-Cortina bid for 2026 Games

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  Enjoying its status as the leading contender to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo bid has received another boost with a funding promise from the Italian government

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  Fine particle air pollution is a public health emergency hiding in plain sight

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Douglas Brugge, Tufts University and Kevin James Lane, Boston University(THE CONVERSATION) Ambient air pollution is the largest environmental health problem in the United States and in the world more generally. Fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 millionths of a meter, known as PM2.5, was the fifth-leading cause of death in the world in 2015, factoring in approximately 4.1

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  A vaccine that could block mosquitoes from transmitting malaria

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wei-Chiao Huang, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Jonathan Lovell, Buffalo State, The State University of New York(THE CONVERSATION) Is it possible to eradicate malaria? It is a question with which many researchers have grappled, and many ideas have been proposed. The reason malaria has garnered so much attention is that it is one of the deadliest

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  Why politicians are the real winners in Amazon's HQ2 bidding war

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nathan Jensen, University of Texas at Austin and Edmund Malesky, Duke University(THE CONVERSATION) Now that Amazon has announced the winners of its competition to host its second headquarters, a question on many minds is whether it’ll be worth the incentives offered.We have a different question: Why did so many cities play Amazon’s billion-dollar bidding game in the first place?One

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  3 ways the women's movement in US politics is misunderstood

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Deana Rohlinger, Florida State University(THE CONVERSATION) A record number of women are headed to statehouses and Capitol Hill in 2019. One hundred women were elected to the U.S. House, which means that at least 121 women will serve in the 116th Congress – up from the current 107. Twelve women were elected to the U.S. Senate. This new record shatters the 1992 “year of the woman” in

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  Why covering the environment is one of the most dangerous beats in journalism

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Eric Freedman, Michigan State University(THE CONVERSATION) From the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi by Saudi agents to President Trump’s clashes with the White House press corps, attacks on reporters are in the news. This problem extends far beyond the politics beat, and world leaders aren’t the only threats.At Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental

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  Maine congressional election an important test of ranked-choice voting

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis(THE CONVERSATION) In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, an innovative vote-counting system is having its trial run in a federal election. No candidate received a majority of the overall vote. Rather, it was split between four candidates – a Democrat, a Republican and two left-leaning independent candidates who garnered 8 percent of the votes

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  Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley grow up

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff Goldblum’s exclamation, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Goldblum’s character, Dr. Ian Malcolm, was warning against the hubris

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  Why are some Americans changing their names?

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University(THE CONVERSATION) In 2008, Newsweek published an article on then-presidential candidate Barack Obama titled “From Barry to Barack.”The story explained how Obama’s Kenyan father, Barack Obama Sr., chose Barry as a nickname for himself in 1959 in order “to fit in.” But the younger Barack – who had been called Barry since he was a child –

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  How anti-black bias in white men hurts black men's health

  November 15, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shervin Assari, University of Michigan(THE CONVERSATION) Researchers have documented “large, pervasive and persistent” racial inequalities in the U.S. Inter-group relations are among the factors that contribute to such disparities, many of which manifest themselves in gaps in health care. As an assistant professor of psychiatry at University of Michigan and a visiting faculty member

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  Hungary: No help given Macedonia ex-leader to leave homeland

  November 15, 2018 17:45 IST

  The Hungarian government says it did not assist the fugitive former prime minister of Macedonia in leaving his homeland

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  England to debut wing Cokanasiga against Japan

  November 15, 2018 17:45 IST

  Fiji-born winger Joe Cokanasiga will make his England debut against Japan on Saturday among 11 changes for the test at Twickenham

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  Bangladesh says plans to begin repatriation of Rohingya scrapped after officials unable to find anyone willing to go

  November 15, 2018 17:45 IST

  Bangladesh says plans to begin repatriation of Rohingya scrapped after officials unable to find anyone willing to go

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  Turkey says Saudi prosecutor's statements on Khashoggi's killing 'unsatisfactory,' insists suspects be tried in Turkey

  November 15, 2018 17:45 IST

  Turkey says Saudi prosecutor's statements on Khashoggi's killing 'unsatisfactory,' insists suspects be tried in Turkey

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  Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi's killing

  November 15, 2018 17:45 IST

  Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor seeks death penalty for 5 charged with ordering, killing Saudi writer Khashoggi

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  South Sudan plans to build new capital in former game park

  November 15, 2018 17:00 IST

  South Sudan is planning to construct a new state capital in a central location in what was a wildlife park, a move that officials say will make the seat of government more accessible to the people, the government said on Wednesday

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  European court: Russia's arrests of Navalny were political

  November 15, 2018 17:00 IST

  The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Russian authorities' arrests of opposition leader Alexei Navalny were politically motivated

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  Trump administration defends its case against CNN's Acosta

  November 15, 2018 16:45 IST

  Justice Department accuses CNN's Acosta of "inappropriate grandstanding," defends revocation of his White House credentials

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  Embattled UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she has taken 'the right choices, not the easy ones' on Brexit.

  November 15, 2018 16:30 IST

  Embattled UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she has taken 'the right choices, not the easy ones' on Brexit.

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  Rights group: Activist seized in Cairo resurfaces in Sudan

  November 15, 2018 16:30 IST

  Watchdog: Sudanese opposition activist abducted in Egypt, returned to Sudan in operation coordinated by security services

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  UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she will ask Parliament to back her Brexit deal 'in the national interest'

  November 15, 2018 16:30 IST

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she will ask Parliament to back her Brexit deal 'in the national interest'

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  Putin: Japan may review Soviet proposal on disputed islands

  November 15, 2018 16:30 IST

  Russian President Vladimir Putin says Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has signaled readiness to discuss a Soviet-era proposal on settling a decades-old territorial dispute

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  2 Chilean tourists jailed for 2 years for killing Malaysian

  November 15, 2018 16:15 IST

  Two Chilean tourists accused of killing a man in Malaysia have been sentenced to two years in prison after they pleaded guilty to a reduced charge not amounting to murder

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  Saudi Arabia says 11 suspects indicted, prosecutors requesting death penalty for 5 for writer Jamal Khashoggi's killing

  November 15, 2018 16:15 IST

  Saudi Arabia says 11 suspects indicted, prosecutors requesting death penalty for 5 for writer Jamal Khashoggi's killing

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  Fighting eases in Yemen but no official cease-fire in place

  November 15, 2018 15:45 IST

  Fighting eases in Yemen, especially in key port city of Hodeida, flashpoint between Saudi coalition, Shiite rebels

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  British Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey resigns over Brexit; second Cabinet minister to step down Thursday

  November 15, 2018 15:45 IST

  British Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey resigns over Brexit; second Cabinet minister to step down Thursday

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  European court orders Russia to allow peaceful demonstrations and to pay opposition leader Navalny 63,000 euros

  November 15, 2018 15:45 IST

  European court orders Russia to allow peaceful demonstrations and to pay opposition leader Navalny 63,000 euros