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  Inter has to pick itself up after tough 6 weeks

  December 13, 2018 20:00 IST

  Inter Milan needs to pick itself up after difficult month and Champions League exit

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  2 more Ligue 1 matches postponed at request of authorities

  December 13, 2018 19:45 IST

  Two more French league soccer matches have been postponed at the request of authorities

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  Serbia warns Kosovo army will substantially worsen tensions

  December 13, 2018 19:45 IST

  The Serbian president has warned that the planned forming of a Kosovo army will worsen tensions in the region

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  French scoring race produces a couple of surprise candidates

  December 13, 2018 19:45 IST

  The race to finish as the French league's top scorer was supposed to be a three-way contest between Paris Saint-Germain forwards Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani, but unheralded forwards Emiliano Sala and Nicolas Pepe are keeping pace

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  EU finance official says new Italian budget insufficient

  December 13, 2018 19:45 IST

  Italy's populist leaders say they back a revised budget submitted by Premier Giuseppe Conte to the EU Commission, following comments by EU's top finance official that the changes are "insufficient."

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  Indian man faces prison in 'brazen' sex assault on US flight

  December 13, 2018 19:30 IST

  Federal prosecutors in Detroit are seeking nearly 11 years in prison for a man convicted of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a plane

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  The Latest: European Central Bank expects slower growth

  December 13, 2018 19:30 IST

  The European Central Bank has lowered its economic growth projections for this year and next year.

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  France: 6th 'yellow vest' protester dies in road accident

  December 13, 2018 19:30 IST

  French authorities say a sixth "yellow vest" protester has been killed after being hit by a truck at a road blockade near the southern city of Avignon

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  Trump argues he 'never directed' longtime fixer to break law

  December 13, 2018 19:30 IST

  President Donald Trump is contending he "never directed" longtime lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law, after Cohen was sentenced to prison time for crimes including arranging hush money payments to conceal Trump's alleged affairs

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  2 Chinese canoeists get 2-year bans for doping

  December 13, 2018 19:15 IST

  The International Canoe Federation says two Chinese paddlers have been banned for two years for doping

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  Austrian skier Franz leads Val Gardena downhill training

  December 13, 2018 19:15 IST

  Already the winner of two World Cup races this season, Austrian skier Max Franz showed he's the man to beat by leading the final training session for the Val Gardena downhill

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  Russian parliament runs rap song contest amid crackdown

  December 13, 2018 19:00 IST

  The Russian parliament has announced a rap song competition amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the arts

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  English FA CEO Glenn quits as 2030 World Cup bid considered

  December 13, 2018 19:00 IST

  The English Football Association is searching for a new leader while it considers whether to press ahead with a bid for the 2030 World Cup

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  Berlin completes new addition to Museum Island complex

  December 13, 2018 18:30 IST

  Berlin has completed a new addition to its Museum Island complex aimed at complementing the ensemble of popular museums and making it more user-friendly

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  German Nazi guard trial breaks down over defendant's health

  December 13, 2018 18:15 IST

  The trial of a former Nazi concentration camp guard has broken down over questions of the 95-year-old defendant's health

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  May Day: British leader's respite won't end Brexit mess

  December 13, 2018 18:15 IST

  Prime Minister Theresa May is safe, for now, but that has not brought Britain's Brexit battle any closer to resolution

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  Vatican announces papal trips to Bulgaria, Macedonia

  December 13, 2018 18:15 IST

  The Vatican has announced that the pope will travel to Bulgaria and Macedonia May 5-7

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  China's climate progress may have faltered in 2018, but it seems to be on the right path

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Phillip Stalley, DePaul University(THE CONVERSATION) Despite clear signs that the need to act on climate change is becoming more urgent, global greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise for the second straight year. China, the world’s second-largest economy and ground zero in the global effort to combat climate change, is among the biggest drivers of this increase. Accounting for 27

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  Time travel is possible – but only if you have an object with infinite mass

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gaurav Khanna, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth(THE CONVERSATION) The concept of time travel has always captured the imagination of physicists and laypersons alike. But is it really possible? Of course it is. We’re doing it right now, aren’t we? We are all traveling into the future one second at a time. But that was not what you were thinking. Can we travel much further into

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  The key to our humanity isn't genetic, it's microbial

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ian Myles, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(THE CONVERSATION) What if the key to perfecting the human species were actually … yogurt? The fantasy of trying to perfect humanity through genetics was recently reignited by the announcement of the Chinese scientist claiming to have made the first “CRISPR babies,” which were named for the technique used to edit the

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  In 2019, women's rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution

  December 13, 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) Over nine decades, efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to recognize women’s rights have faced major challenges. Congress finally passed such legislation, known as the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1972. The amendment would recognize women’s equal rights to men under the law. Despite concerted campaigns by women’s rights

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  With a limited on-screen presence, autistic characters have emerged in another medium: Fan fiction

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan Alexander, University of California, Irvine and Rebecca Black, University of California, Irvine(THE CONVERSATION) In one Harry Potter fan fiction story, Hermione Granger anxiously awaits the results from a recent test. It isn’t her performance on an exam in a potions course that she’s concerned about. Instead, the higher-ups at Hogwarts had ordered she undergo some

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  No coups occurred in 2018. Will next year be so stable?

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Clayton Besaw, University of Central Florida(THE CONVERSATION) The past year may have felt politically tumultuous, between Saudi Arabia’s brazen killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, the resurgence of authoritarianism in Eastern Europe and Donald Trump’s unorthodox approach to U.S. foreign policy. But in some ways 2018 was unusually stable. It is on track to be only the

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  Why shaming your children on social media may make things worse

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian Edward Kinghorn, Marshall Univeristy(THE CONVERSATION) Matt Cox knew he would be criticized when he forced his 10-year-old daughter to walk 5 miles to school in 36-degree weather as her punishment for being suspended from the school bus twice for bullying.“I know a lot of you parents are not going to agree with this, but that is alright, because I’m doing what I feel is right

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  Brexit rooted more in elite politics than mass resentment

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Craig Parsons, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) Thirty months after the British voted to exit the European Union, or the EU, nobody knows where Brexit will end up. Champions of the exit hoped to free themselves from the EU’s constraints – especially requirements for open migration from Europe – while maintaining access to its vast market. This proved impossible to negotiate

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  Think teens need the sex talk? Older adults may need it even more

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Heather Honoré Goltz, University of Houston-Downtown and Matthew Lee Smith, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) Humans are sexual beings. This urge does not stop when the clock strikes 60. Or even 90. Young adults may deny older relatives are having sex, but sexual activity is a strong indicator of healthy aging and vitality. In fact, sexual activity is roughly equal to climbing

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  How big data has created a big crisis in science

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kai Zhang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(THE CONVERSATION) There’s an increasing concern among scholars that, in many areas of science, famous published results tend to be impossible to reproduce. This crisis can be severe. For example, in 2011, Bayer HealthCare reviewed 67 in-house projects and found that they could replicate less than 25 percent. Furthermore, over

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  The Latest: UN-sponsored Yemen talks wrap up in Sweden

  December 13, 2018 18:00 IST

  The Latest: UN secretary general, UN envoy to brief reporters at closing of a week of Yemen peace talks in Sweden