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  US productivity up 2.3% in third quarter

  December 06, 2018 20:00 IST

  US productivity growth slowed to 2.3% rate in Q3, while labor costs rose at modest 0.9% rate

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  Record imports push US trade gap to $55.5 billion in October

  December 06, 2018 19:45 IST

  Record imports drive US trade deficit to $55.5 billion in October, highest in a decade

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  Survey: US businesses added a solid 179,000 jobs last month

  December 06, 2018 19:45 IST

  Survey: US businesses added a solid 179,000 jobs last month

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  Don't mess with France's masses: Lesson for kings, president

  December 06, 2018 19:45 IST

  French workers continue a long tradition in taking their demands onto the streets

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  The Latest: Country music stars to sing for Bush at funeral

  December 06, 2018 19:30 IST

  The Houston funeral for George H.W. Bush will feature music from some of the former president's favorite country music stars

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  The Latest: Golden Globe nominations announcements begin

  December 06, 2018 19:15 IST

  The Latest: Reading of Golden Globe nominees has started

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  Lowering of ambitions sum up sad state of Mourinho's United

  December 06, 2018 19:00 IST

  Perhaps the saddest indictment of the situation Manchester United currently finds itself under Jose Mourinho is the lowering of ambition that might be permeating the club

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  UK round-the-world sailor being rescued after losing mast

  December 06, 2018 19:00 IST

  A British woman sailing solo in a round-the-world race is being rescued after losing her mast and being knocked unconscious in a vicious storm

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  Schalke takes on Borussia Dortmund in Germany's Ruhr Derby

  December 06, 2018 19:00 IST

  Although Domenico Tedesco's second season at Schalke isn't going as well as his first, Saturday's Ruhr Derby against Borussia Dortmund could change things for the better

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  Court says Poland's Walesa must apologize to party leader

  December 06, 2018 18:45 IST

  A Polish court has ruled that Lech Walesa, the anti-communist dissident and former president, must apologize to the head of Poland's ruling party in a slander case

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  Dutch court refuses to order criminal tobacco investigation

  December 06, 2018 18:30 IST

  A Dutch appeals court has refused to order public prosecutors to open a criminal investigation against tobacco companies, in a major setback for anti-smoking activists

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  US: Cameroon separatist crisis could get 'much, much worse'

  December 06, 2018 18:15 IST

  US warns Cameroon separatist crisis could get 'much, much worse'; fears of radicalization

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  Berlin film fest to open with new movie from Lone Scherfig

  December 06, 2018 18:15 IST

  Organizers of the Berlin International Film Festival say the 2019 event will open with a premiere of Danish director Lone Scherfig's new movie, "The Kindness of Strangers."

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  Dubai's DP World acquires Danish Unifeeder for $748 million

  December 06, 2018 18:00 IST

  Global port operator DP World says it's acquired Danish logistics firm Unifeeder for $748 million

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  Bush, president and patriarch, is home for Texas burial

  December 06, 2018 18:00 IST

  George H.W. Bush, president and patriarch, is home for Texas burial

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  Monaco-Nice match postponed amid mass French protests

  December 06, 2018 18:00 IST

  A French league soccer match between Monaco and Nice has been postponed amid security concerns about anti-government protests across the country

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  Greek protesters, police clash on teen death anniversary

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  Demonstrators have clashed with riot police in central Athens during the first of a series of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager that sparked Greece's most extensive riots in decades

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  We've been studying a glacier in Peru for 14 years – and it may reach the point of no return in the next 30

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mathias Vuille, University at Albany, State University of New York(THE CONVERSATION) High mountain environments in South America, which in many locations encompass peaks that reach 21,000 feet (6,500 meters) or more in altitude, are home to some of the most spectacular glaciers on our planet. My research on one particular glacier shows how endangered these environments are. In

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  The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years after its founding

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Towler, California State University, Sacramento(THE CONVERSATION) The retired candy entrepreneur Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society 60 years ago to push back against what he perceived as a growing American welfare state modeled on communism and the federal government’s push to desegregate America.Although Welch’s group has never amassed more than 100,000

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  Why a 14th-century mystic appeals to today's 'spiritual but not religious' Americans

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joel Harrington, Vanderbilt University(THE CONVERSATION) The percentage of Americans who do not identify with any religious tradition continues to rise annually. Not all of them, however, are atheists or agnostics. Many of these people believe in a higher power, if not organized religion, and their numbers too are steadily increasing.The history of organized religion is full of

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  Countering misinformation about flu vaccine is harder than it seems

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Motta, University of Pennsylvania; Dominik Stecula, University of Pennsylvania, and Kathryn Haglin, University of Pennsylvania(THE CONVERSATION) Many Americans hold beliefs about the flu vaccine that are at odds with the best available scientific evidence. For example, a recent study found that more than two-fifths, or 43 percent, of Americans believe that the seasonal flu

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  From pledges to action: Cities need to show their climate progress with hard data

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Conor K Gately, Boston University and Lucy Hutyra, Boston University(THE CONVERSATION) As world leaders negotiate rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the COP24 meeting in Poland, U.S. cities have a vested interest in the outcome. About 85 percent of Americans live in cities, and urban areas produce some 80 percent of our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Many cities are

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  Climate change resilience could save trillions in the long run - but finding billions now to pay for it is the hard part

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David L Levy, University of Massachusetts Boston(THE CONVERSATION) Is your city prepared for climate change? The latest National Climate Assessmentpaints a grim future if U.S. cities and states don’t take serious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The bottom line is that the costs of climate change could reach 10 percent of the entire U.S. economy by the end of the century –

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  Syria may be using chemical weapons against its citizens again – here's how international law has changed to help countries intervene

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) New reports have emerged from the Syrian civil war that banned chemical weapons are being used in Aleppo, a city on the edge of the last remaining rebel stronghold, Idlib province. Since 2011, the war has been the deadliest conflict on the planet. Among the Assad regime’s most disturbing actions has been the repeated

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  The web really isn't worldwide – every country has different access

  December 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Allison McDonald, University of Michigan(THE CONVERSATION) What the internet looks like to users in the U.S. can be quite different from the online experience of people in other countries. Some of those variations are due to government censorship of online services, which is a significant threat to internet freedom worldwide. But private companies – many based in the U.S. – are also

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  Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors' release by Russia

  December 06, 2018 17:30 IST

  Ukraine's foreign minister is demanding the release and safe return of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian military forces in the Black Sea

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  Odd weekend in Spain: All eyes on Copa Libertadores final

  December 06, 2018 17:30 IST

  The big-match buzz in Madrid and around the country has nothing to do with Spain's "clasico" but everything to do with Argentina's "superclasico"

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  Pope to visit UAE for February interfaith meeting

  December 06, 2018 17:30 IST

  Pope Francis plans to visit the United Arab Emirates in February, adding in another trip to an already busy 2019 for foreign travel