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(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

(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

(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 –

(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

(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

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

A Romanian court has postponed ruling on an extradition request for a Turkish journalist accused by Turkey of terrorism

UN human rights office says Burundi's government has asked it to leave the country

81 migrant children separated from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border since Trump stopped large-scale separation policy in June

Russia's highest court has upheld a land swap deal in the North Caucasus which caused large-scale protests

Police in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus say the bodies of three people have been recovered from river beds at two different locations after flash floods are believed to have swept them away

UN envoy for Yemen announces warring sides have reached agreement on a prisoner exchange as peace talks start in Sweden

Portuguese prison guards are walking off the job in an ongoing pay dispute, just days after prisoners rioted at two prisons amid restrictions caused by strikes

Saudi Arabia's energy minister says his country sees an oil production cut of 1 million barrels per day as "adequate" to respond to recent declines in oil prices.

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has been reprimanded for failing to report income within time limits set by Parliament

The Russian Olympic Committee says it's filed an appeal against a Moscow court ruling which tried to overturn a doping disqualification against a double gold medalist from the Sochi Olympics

Wisconsin's incoming Democratic governor says he's willing to go to court if a Republican plan to restrict his powers is signed into law _ but he'll first ask GOP Gov. Scott Walker to veto the legislation

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