German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG says it's cutting 12,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to reduce costs
Michael Cohen, President Trump's ex-lawyer, is making a surprise court appearance before a federal judge in New York
Oprah offers rousing tribute to Mandela in South Africa visit, tells youth 'your day will come'
US consumer spending rises strong 0.6 percent in October, while incomes up solid 0.5 percent
A 16-year-old boy could avoid a lengthy prison sentence for the accidental fatal shooting of his 14-year-old sister at their home in western Michigan
US consumer spending rises strong 0.6 percent in October, while incomes up solid 0.5 percent
The Spanish league has taken legal action against the country's soccer federation in an effort to get approval for a regular-season match in the United States
The Vatican and bishops from Europe and beyond have developed proposed guidelines for the sale or reuse of Catholic Churches to help ensure that they retain their cultural heritage and serve the good of the community, not commerce
U.S. forces have set up an observation point in a Syrian town controlled by its Kurdish-led Syrian allies along the border with Turkey in northeastern Syria, the scene of recent tension
Zimbabweans protest 'cocktail of lies' amid sharp economic decline; pressure on Mnangagwa
Fiat Chrysler Automotive CEO Mike Manley has told Italian union leaders that the Italian-American carmaker will build a full-electric version of the 500 city car and a compact Alfa Romeo SUV at plants in Italy
The Hungarian government is using billboards mounted on a truck to counter criticism from Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the liberal ALDE faction of the European Parliament
Police in Russia's fourth-largest city of Yekaterinburg have seized children's paintings over what they consider to be depictions of gay love.
A Chicago Public Schools agency has received almost 500 allegations of student-on-student sexual violence since early September
China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies
Japanese prosecutors to detain Nissan ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn for as long as needed to finish their investigation into suspicions of financial irregularities
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) George Seidel, Colorado State University(THE CONVERSATION) On Nov. 28, He Jiankui claimed to a packed conference room at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong to have edited the genomes of two twin girls, Lulu and Nana, who were born in China. Scientists at Southern University of Science and Technology in Guangdong, China, condemned He’s research
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joyce J. Chen, The Ohio State University and Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) Salt is essential for cooking, but too much salt in soil can ruin crops and render fields useless. According to legend, Roman general Scipio Aemilianus Africanus sowed the soils of Carthage with salt after conquering the city during the Punic Wars. And after defeating the Italian
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Karen Renaud, Abertay University and Merrill Warkentin, Mississippi State University(THE CONVERSATION) Most people can’t keep up with the latest in technology, which puts them at risk as cybercriminals exploit human and technical weaknesses. For example, William and Nancy Skog hoped to retire to a beautiful new home. Then a fraudster fooled them into transferring US$307,000 to his
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Lake, Southern Methodist University(THE CONVERSATION) As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on Nov. 30, the stakes could hardly be higher. The two countries are in the middle of a trade war Trump launched earlier this year, one of the hardball negotiating strategies he believes can extract more benefits from
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