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  Somali journalist badly hurt in car bomb blast, police say

  December 04, 2018 20:45 IST

  Somali journalist seriously hurt in car bomb blast in Mogadishu, police say

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  French soccer games postponed because of expected protests

  December 04, 2018 20:45 IST

  Two French league matches scheduled for Saturday have been postponed amid expected anti-government protests

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  Man arrested for 3 fatal stabbings on Chicago's West Side

  December 04, 2018 20:45 IST

  Police have arrested a man in the fatal stabbings of a woman and two men in separate attacks just days apart on Chicago's West Side

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  North Korea FM says his country and Syria face same 'enemy'

  December 04, 2018 20:30 IST

  North Korea's foreign minister says his country and Syria face the same "enemy" and called for increased cooperation between them

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  Tensions soar in the Balkans over plans for Kosovo army

  December 04, 2018 20:30 IST

  Serbia is seeking support from Russia and China in its opposition to the announced formation of the Kosovo army, warning it could lead to renewed clashes in the Balkans

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  IAAF maintains doping ban on Russia

  December 04, 2018 20:15 IST

  The IAAF says Russia remains banned from competing internationally in track and field because of its past doping practices

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  Alonso to be powered by Chevrolet in Indianapolis 500

  December 04, 2018 20:00 IST

  Fernando Alonso will be powered by Chevrolet for his second attempt to win the Indianapolis 500

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  Body found near Costa Rican villa where Florida woman stayed

  December 04, 2018 20:00 IST

  Costa Rican authorities say they've found a body behind an AirBnB villa where a missing South Florida woman was staying during a vacation to celebrate her 36th birthday

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  Royal brides' personalized wedding touches strike a chord

  December 04, 2018 19:45 IST

  Royal brides' personalized wedding touches strike a chord with many American brides

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  US takes aim at China, Iran, Russia over treaty violations

  December 04, 2018 18:45 IST

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is taking aim at China, Iran and Russia for violating numerous treaties and multi-state agreements

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  Amid US sanctions, Iran threatens again to close key strait

  December 04, 2018 18:30 IST

  Iran's president threatens again to close Strait of Hormuz if US moves to block Iranian oil exports

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  Honduras mother waits 8 years for lost migrant son to return

  December 04, 2018 18:30 IST

  Eight years ago, Wilmer Gerardo Nunez left Honduras for the United States, only to disappear in Mexico, leaving his anguished mother in limbo

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  Man City faces repercussions for misleading UEFA on finances

  December 04, 2018 18:15 IST

  UEFA believes it has been misled by Manchester City over its finances

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  Romanians spend more income on food than any other EU member

  December 04, 2018 18:15 IST

  Official figures show Romanians spend proportionally more than twice the European Union average on food and non-alcoholic beverages.

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  Italian police make major arrests linked to Sicilian mob

  December 04, 2018 18:15 IST

  Italian police say they have dismantled the rebuilt upper echelons of the Sicilian Mafia by arresting 46 people including a presumed regional boss

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  Opening up mosquito research labs to the community

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brook Muller, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) By bringing people close to disease-spreading insects, might we improve public health?Because they spread malaria, Zika, West Nile, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases, mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other organism. Some of these diseases flourish in tropical regions like sub-Saharan Africa that are

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  What public universities must do to regain public support

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephen M Gavazzi, The Ohio State University(THE CONVERSATION) Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research that matters most to the communities they serve.Those are among the key

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  I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University(THE CONVERSATION) Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of enslaved Africans escaping from Protestant Carolina to find religious sanctuary in Catholic Florida. In 1738, these runaways formed Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, the first free black

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  Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's clothes echoes attacks against early female labor activists

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) As the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has attracted much media attention.A young outspoken woman who defines herself as “an educator, an organizer, a working-class New Yorker,” Ocasio-Cortez has positioned herself as an outsider who isn’t afraid of speaking truth

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  Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an app for that

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School(THE CONVERSATION) We’re squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that’s taking a serious toll on our mental and physical well-being. In 2017, U.S. adults spent an average of three hours and 20 minutes a day using their smartphones and tablets. This is double the amount from just five years ago, according to an

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  Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) F. Todd Davidson, University of Texas at Austin; Dave Tuttle, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; Joshua D. Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin, and Kazunori Nagasawa, National Renewable Energy Laboratory(THE CONVERSATION) Today, less than 2 percent of the vehicles Americans buy are electric. But within the next three decades, some automotive industry experts expect electric

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  Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Henry D. Jacoby, MIT Sloan School of Management and Jennifer Morris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(THE CONVERSATION) A mounting sense of urgency will greet negotiators as they arrive at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland. In 2015, after 20 years of trying and failing to reach a global accord on climate-changing emissions, 195 nations hammered out

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  White nationalist groups are really street gangs, and law enforcement needs to treat them that way

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Valasik, Louisiana State University and Shannon Reid, University of North Carolina – Charlotte(THE CONVERSATION) Law enforcement has a classification problem, and it’s making America more dangerous.For the last two decades, local police and the FBI have categorized the criminal activities of white power groups as isolated incidents or hate-related.We believe that’s wrong and

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  CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global standing

  December 04, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University(THE CONVERSATION) “What happened this time was an ethics disaster for the world,” according to Wang Yuedan, a professor of immunology at Peking University, as quoted in The New York Times. He was talking about the recent claim by U.S.-trained Chinese scientist He Jiankui that he’d successfully altered the DNA in vitro of human embryos that

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  The Latest: French soccer game postponed over protest fears

  December 04, 2018 17:30 IST

  The French soccer league says it has postponed Saturday's match between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier amid expected anti-government protests

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  French Prime minister Edouard Philippe confirms suspension of fuel tax hikes

  December 04, 2018 17:30 IST

  French Prime minister Edouard Philippe confirms suspension of fuel tax hikes

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  NATO toils to keep Russia out of Ukraine, in missile treaty

  December 04, 2018 17:30 IST

  Russia takes center-stage at NATO Tuesday, as allied foreign ministers meet to debate ways to dissuade Moscow from destabilizing Ukraine and respect a landmark Cold-war era nuclear treaty

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  10 Things to Know for Today

  December 04, 2018 17:15 IST

  Among 10 Things to Know: In Capitol, Bush remembered as 'great man' and 'gentle soul'; Israel launches operation to thwart Hezbollah border tunnels; Reports: French government to announce suspension of fuel tax hikes