The Indian prime minister’s emphasis on domestic development spells trouble for the climate summit in Paris this December.

Riyadh has committed itself to a high-stakes game of chicken with upstart U.S. shale producers, hoping the high cost of fracking will make American companies blink first. But the costs are mounting for the Saudis as well.

Jacking up the top marginal tax rate barely has any effect on income inequality.

New Pew Survey shows that fewer Hispanics, and many more Asians, are on their way.

The United Nations has decided to devote its resources to studying “just how rough it is being a woman on the Internet in North America.”

In critical ways, China faces more disadvantages than most people think.

In some ways, the mixed outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Catalonia was the worst possible result. A long, bad-tempered struggle likely lies ahead.

In the UK Labour Party, plans for a purge of moderates follow Corbyn’s shocking victory.

Putin is hoping the deal will encourage Europe to lift sanctions.

There are few clearer illustrations of the way that blue institutions crush blue political constituencies.