Gunmen opened fire on a crowded marketplace in a small Nigerian village, in an attack that left over 300 people dead. Boko Haram is likely to be behind the massacre.

The EU imported nearly 3.5 times more coal in 2013 than it did in 2003. For a group of countries with such ambitious green policies, that’s not a good sign.

Spain is welcoming back the descendants of the Sephardic Jews it expelled in 1492, giving out passports to whoever can prove their lineage.

The old don’t work and the young don’t get paid in Blue Massachusetts, the state with worst pensions system in the nation.

We now have even more evidence that hospital consolidation leads to higher health care prices. Will the FTC finally act?

Polio, after near-extinction, is on the rise in some of the world’s most troubled states. In response, the WHO yesterday announced a world health emergency.

The simmering tensions in Odessa could well usher in full-blown civil war to Ukraine in the coming days. It’s also as clear a signal as we have of how far Putin is willing to escalate the standoff—and of how expansive his geographical ambition is.

A group of scientists recently urged the UK energy secretary to cut subsidies for biomass energy. Harnessing biomass energy is a nice way of saying burning wood, and the scientists say it’s not as green an energy source as many in Europe claim.

Students get no rewards for completing a MOOC, so it’s no surprise that many of them drop out, says Robert Wright. Low completion rates are no reason to dismiss MOOCs altogether.

A recent opinion piece in Der Spiegel traces similarities between Putin’s recent actions and the hallmarks of fascism. The charge of fascism might not be entirely justified, but there’s enough evidence to warrant a closer look.