The odds of Britain staying in the EU have strengthened. But there is worrying apathy among younger people, who could make the difference. (Photo by: Klaus Ohlenschläger/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) Opinion polls, prediction markets and odds offered by bookmakers...
Vladimir Putin is a product of Russian society and power-hungry friends. But the West has helped make him what he is by its treatment of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, with his predecessor and former mentor, Boris Yeltsin, at the Kremlin, Moscow, 7...
The conflict in Ukraine has propelled U.S.-Russian relations to their lowest point since the Cold War and soured Russia’s ties with Europe. Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrives in Ukraine after being released by Russia, 25 May 2016. (EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko) This is...
Whatever his takeover of the Republican party says about U.S. politics, Donald Trump is capitalizing on anxiety over changes in the global economy. We asked News-Decoder correspondents for their thoughts on Donald Trump’s campaign to become U.S. president. Last...
Fighting rages in Syria despite international efforts to impose a ceasefire and advance a peace plan. How remote are the prospects for peace in Syria? A hospital destroyed in northern Syria, 15 February 2016 (EPA/Sam Taylor/Médecins Sans Frontières handout) Fighting...