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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University(THE CONVERSATION) The 2018 midterm elections have dealt a significant setback to President Trump’s agenda in the legislative arena. However, there are still many ways for the Trump administration to keep swinging away at the Affordable Care Act. One particularly effective unilateral instrument is the regulatory process – that is, the

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) F. Chris Curran, University of Maryland, Baltimore County(THE CONVERSATION) While walking to school last month, a 15-year-old Chicago girl was confronted by two masked men in a van with tinted windows in an attempted kidnapping. Fortunately, the girl escaped and ran to a nearby adult. The men drove off.As it turns out, the presence of this adult was more than a fortunate

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yinghong Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center(THE CONVERSATION) Immunotherapy, the Nobel Prize-winning category of cancer therapy that helps your immune cells to fight tumors, has transformed the field of cancer care by improving the long-term survival in patients with various types of cancer, like melanoma and those affecting the organs in the genital and urinary

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wendy Whitman Cobb, Cameron University(THE CONVERSATION) On July 20, 1989, the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, President George H. W. Bush stood on the steps of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. and, backed by the Apollo 11 crew, announced his new Space Exploration Initiative (SEI). He believed that this new program would put America on a track to

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Arjuna Dibley, Stanford University(THE CONVERSATION) The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil not only marks the rise of another populist nationalist leader on the world stage. It’s also a turning point for the global politics of climate change.When the new president takes office in January 2019, by my estimate at least 30 percent of global emissions will be generated from

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that if it walks out of a key arms treaty and starts developing the type of missiles banned by it, Russia will do the same

The father of a Florida woman who went missing while celebrating her 36th birthday in Costa Rica has identified her body, found near the villa she rented

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Luca Belli, Fundação Getúlio Vargas(THE CONVERSATION) Misinformation via social media was probably the main winner in Brazil’s October 2018 election, playing a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to presidency. Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of votes thanks to misinformation alone. A powerful desire for political change in Brazil after a yearslong

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonie Hintze, Michigan State University and Arend Hintze, Michigan State University(THE CONVERSATION) With one spouse studying the evolution of artificial and natural intelligence and the other researching the language, culture and history of Germany, imagine the discussions at our dinner table. We often experience the stereotypical clash in views between the quantifiable,

Romanian prosecutors are investigating 16 ambulance drivers on suspicion they siphoned off gasoline from ambulances possibly leading to the deaths of eight patients

The U.N. secretary-general's envoy for Western Sahara is meeting with foreign ministers from Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania as well as leaders of the Polisario Front over the future of the Morocco-annexed territory

New data shows that Britain's huge services sector is struggling in the face of Brexit.

Police say they have arrested about 90 suspected mafia members in a series of coordinated raids in four European countries

Edmunds offers up strategies for coping with the new car-buying reality of rising interest rates

A new report says cash-strapped Pakistan should pursue clean energy instead of relying on coal and nuclear

Centuries by Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq strengthened Pakistan's position in the series-deciding third and final test against New Zealand

A Turkish court is seeking the arrest of an actor for his involvement in mass anti-government protests in 2013.

Pakistani PM tells US envoy his country wants peace in Afghanistan but stops short of pledging to bring Taliban to talks

Egypt's chief prosecutor says a man who hijacked a plane and diverted it to Cyprus in 2016 will face trial on terror-related charges

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini received an unprecedented admonition from the chief prosecutor of Turin after he tweeted that police had arrested 15 Nigerian "mafiosi" when, according to the prosecutor, the operation was still under way