US productivity growth slowed to 2.3% rate in Q3, while labor costs rose at modest 0.9% rate
Record imports drive US trade deficit to $55.5 billion in October, highest in a decade
Survey: US businesses added a solid 179,000 jobs last month
French workers continue a long tradition in taking their demands onto the streets
The Houston funeral for George H.W. Bush will feature music from some of the former president's favorite country music stars
The Latest: Reading of Golden Globe nominees has started
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
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
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
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
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
US warns Cameroon separatist crisis could get 'much, much worse'; fears of radicalization
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."
Global port operator DP World says it's acquired Danish logistics firm Unifeeder for $748 million
George H.W. Bush, president and patriarch, is home for Texas burial
A French league soccer match between Monaco and Nice has been postponed amid security concerns about anti-government protests across the country
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
(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
(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
(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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