Another week, another reshuffling of the deck: Having already coopted his sources of financial support, Vladimir Putin starts to cull Medvedev’s siloviki support network, just to make sure his likely successor is as weak as possible.

The Republican Party is too weak and too strong at the same time.

Scientists have developed a “bionic leaf” that could replace crop-based biofuels.

Germany arrests three in mass shooting, bombing plot.

Japan isn’t taking Washington’s counterproductive human rights-first approach to Thailand policy.

The New York Times came tantalizingly close to giving a clear-eyed account of nuclear power’s extraordinary green merits.

Silicon Valley giants to set up streamlined censorship in cooperation with NGOs.

With oil just under $50 per barrel, Texas oil firms are seeing signs of new life.

The figures were published as Brazil’s new acting president assumed power.

The petrostate cartel once again couldn’t find common ground in Vienna today.