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  The Latest: Bulgaria police confirm man detained for slaying

  October 09, 2018 18:15 IST

  Bulgarian national radio reports that a suspect has been arrest in connection with the slaying of Bulgarian television reporter Viktoria Marinova

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  Former Guatemala vice president sentenced to prison in corruption case

  October 09, 2018 17:45 IST

  Former Guatemala vice president sentenced to prison in corruption case

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  Japanese tycoon going on SpaceX rocket says he trusts Musk

  October 09, 2018 17:45 IST

  Japanese online retail tycoon planning trip to the moon on SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts fellow entrepreneur Elon Musk, despite his recent troubles

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  Sisters, a teacher, newlyweds: A look at limo crash victims

  October 09, 2018 17:15 IST

  The 20 people who died in Saturday's limousine crash included four sisters, two brothers and several longtime friends

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  A 4-week sprint: Dems, GOP, race to define elections

  October 09, 2018 17:15 IST

  Dems, GOP race to define the Kavanaugh matter in 4-week final sprint to midterm elections

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  9 people killed in fiery blast at central India steel plant

  October 09, 2018 17:15 IST

  Nine people have died in a fiery explosion at a steel plant in central India that produces rails for the government-run train system

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  Egypt says security forces kill 10 militants in Sinai

  October 09, 2018 17:15 IST

  Egypt says its security forces have killed 10 militants in a shootout in the city of el-Arish in the turbulent northern Sinai Peninsula

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  German industry urges breakthrough at Brexit talks

  October 09, 2018 17:15 IST

  German's main industry association says political leaders need to make a major breakthrough at upcoming negotiations on ending Britain's membership in the European Union

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  Official: Suicide bomber kills candidate in upcoming polls

  October 09, 2018 17:15 IST

  An Afghan official says a suicide bomber killed a candidate in the upcoming Parliamentary elections

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  The Catholic Church's grim history of ignoring priestly pedophilia – and silencing would-be whistleblowers

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian Clites, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) Widespread public shock followed the recent release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report that identified more than 1,000 child victims of clergy sexual abuse. In fact, as I know through my research, the Vatican and its American bishops have known about the problem of priestly pedophilia since at least the 1950s. And

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  Statistics and data science degrees: Overhyped or the real deal?

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) P. Richard Hahn, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) “Data science” is hot right now. The number of undergraduate degrees in statistics has tripled in the past decade, and as a statistics professor, I can tell you that it isn’t because freshmen love statistics. Way back in 2009, economist Hal Varian of Google dubbed statistician the “next sexy job.” Since then, statistician,

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  Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Howard J. Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(THE CONVERSATION) In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world will need to take dramatic and drastic steps to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Featured prominently in the report is a discussion of a range of techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the

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  Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, University of Michigan(THE CONVERSATION) Yale economist William Nordhaus has devoted his life’s work to understanding the costs of climate change and advocating the use of a carbon tax to curb global warming. It’s no small irony, then, that on the same day his research shared in the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic

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  Breast cancer survivors, who lose muscle mass, can benefit from strength training, studies suggest

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lynn Panton, Florida State University and Ashley Artese, Roanoke College(THE CONVERSATION) Breast cancer research has resulted in treatment that has greatly improved survival rates. As a result, there are 3.1 million breast cancer survivors alive in the United States today. The five-year survival rate is about 90 percent. This is great news.But, survivors are still left to struggle

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  Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Pride, University of California San Diego and Chandrabali Ghose, The Rockefeller University(THE CONVERSATION) If you think you don’t have viruses, think again.It may be hard to fathom, but the human body is occupied by large collections of microorganisms, commonly referred to as our microbiome, that have evolved with us since the early days of man. Scientists have only

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  An Indonesian city’s destruction reverberates across Sulawesi

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Nourse, University of Richmond(THE CONVERSATION) I’ve been visiting the city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, a province in Indonesia, for the past 38 years as part of my anthropological fieldwork.So it was particularly harrowing for me to read about the 7.7 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that decimated the city on Sept. 28. The full scope of the devastation hasn’t come into

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  Justice Kavanaugh is a threat to Roe v. Wade – but not the only one

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) B. Jessie Hill, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, some are wondering: Will Roe v. Wade, the landmark case recognizing a woman’s right to choose to terminate a pregnancy, continue to be the law of the land? Kavanaugh told Sen. Susan Collins, a key vote to approve his nomination, that he viewed Roe v.

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  10 minutes of terror: A quake, a tsunami and a missing son

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  10 minutes of terror: A quake, a tsunami and a son gone missing in a catastrophe that was remarkable even by the standards of disaster-prone Indonesia

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  It's naive to think college athletes have time for school

  October 09, 2018 17:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College(THE CONVERSATION) From my first day as a sociology professor at a university with a Division I football and men’s basketball team, education and athletics struck me as being inherently at odds. Student-athletes filled my courses to take advantage of the fact that the classes met early in the morning.The football and men’s basketball players – most of

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  Former FIFA official Prince Ali takes soccer charity global

  October 09, 2018 16:30 IST

  Former FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali is taking his charity project worldwide to build on its work of bringing soccer to Syrian refugees in Jordan

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  Indonesia says death toll in Sulawesi quake rises past 2,000

  October 09, 2018 16:30 IST

  Indonesia's disaster agency says the death toll from the Sulawesi island earthquake and tsunami has climbed past 2,000 as authorities prepare to end the search for thousands of victims in three hardest-hit neighborhoods.

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  The Latest: Turkey to search Saudi Consulate in Istanbul

  October 09, 2018 16:15 IST

  The Latest: Turkey says it will search Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of probe into missing Saudi journalist

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  Bulgarian national radio reports Romanian suspect arrested in connection with journalist's slaying

  October 09, 2018 16:00 IST

  Bulgarian national radio reports Romanian suspect arrested in connection with journalist's slaying

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  Nazi Hunter Serge Klarsfeld receives top French award

  October 09, 2018 16:00 IST

  French Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld was awarded France's highest honor, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, in a ceremony led by French President Emmanuel Macron

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  AP Investigation: Deported parents can lose custody of kids

  October 09, 2018 16:00 IST

  A Michigan foster family sought custody of a Salvadoran toddler after her mother was deported

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  US student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support

  October 09, 2018 15:45 IST

  Israel holds American graduate student accused of boycott efforts for a week, after detaining her at airport

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  China promises not to weaken yuan, criticizes US concern

  October 09, 2018 15:45 IST

  China promises not to weaken currency to boost exports, rejects US concern as irresponsible

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  Nikoloz Basilashvili beats Shapovalov at Shanghai Masters

  October 09, 2018 15:30 IST

  Nikoloz Basilashvili won his sixth straight match by beating Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters