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

Putin defended his import ban on European foods as necessary for “protecting national interests”. Now, even as he struggles to loosen Western sanctions, he is introducing wider and wider loopholes in his retaliatory measure.

After tripling its renewable power output in a decade, Germany is now having second thoughts and wants to control spiraling costs.

Academic arrogance and contempt for U.S. institutions cannot go on forever without provoking a backlash.

Turkey is shipping sick Syrians to the EU and holding back the educated, according to a new report. Meanwhile Greek judges are refusing to repatriate refugees.

China is ready to invest in a major Russian oil firm—but only if one significant pre-condition is met.

Power struggles and shakedowns among Russia’s security services help explain why and how Putin has decided to shuffle the deck.

An NPR survey grabbed headlines this week by suggesting a negative “Trump effect” for GOP. A deep dive shows its even worse than that.

We don’t spend too little on mass transit. We just spend it in all the wrong places.

Vladimir Putin convened his Council of Economic Advisors for the first time in two years this week, with his former Finance Minister on board. But it was only for a “brainstorming session”, the Kremlin said, suggesting that serious reforms were not about to be unveiled.