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Turkey's justice minister renewed a call on Saudi Arabia to cooperate in the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, saying "no one can escape responsibility."

Australia has announced it will invest in redeveloping a Papua New Guinea naval base as concerns mount over increasing Chinese influence in the South Pacific

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Cohan, Rice University(THE CONVERSATION) There are costs associated with electricity beyond what shows up on your monthly bill.When that energy comes from coal, residents who live downwind pay through poorer health and, as with all fossil fuels, the whole world pays for this combustion in the form of a warmer climate. Cleaning up or closing the nation’s dirtiest power plants

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Ruef, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) I teach people how to teach math, and I’ve been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I’ve met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma – a form of debilitating mental shutdown when it comes to doing mathematics.When people share their stories with me, there are common themes. These include

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert McMillen, Mississippi State University(THE CONVERSATION) Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the country, and almost 90 percent of deaths from this disease are directly attributable to cigarette smoking. Many cancers, such as breast cancer, that were once a death sentence are now treatable, yet lung cancer survival rates remain below 20 percent. A cure may be elusive,

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis(THE CONVERSATION) “Handy bit of research finds sexuality can be determined by the lengths of people’s fingers” was one recent headline based on a peer-reviewed study by well-respected researchers at the University of Essex published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the leading scholarly publication in the area of human sexuality.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Janelle Wong, University of Maryland(THE CONVERSATION) The influence of white evangelicals on American politics is well known. More than 80 percent supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election. But two of the fastest-growing segments of the American population – Latino and Asian-American voters – also are part of evangelical America. What will drive their votes in the upcoming

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis(THE CONVERSATION) Donald Trump sells himself as a man’s man.When Trump projects old-fashioned male power full of aggression and swagger, he gratifies his culturally conservative base, both men and women. Democratic politicians, by contrast, rarely discuss masculinity. That might seem obvious for a party which, heading into the 2018 midterm

An official with a U.S.-backed militia says joint U.S.-Turkish patrols will begin within hours around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, part of a roadmap for easing tensions between the two NATO allies

German police say they have arrested a Russian man suspected of smuggling some 12 million cigarettes into the country over a two-year period

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