As one who shared the hope, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, that representative government, guaranteed liberties, and global capitalism laced with some measure of welfare state ...

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi touches down in Washington for his US visit, he will stay at Blair House, known as the US ...

PM Modi is all set to arrive in Washington D, US amid tariff and immigration disputes. He will be staying at the historic ...

Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...

Vladimir Putin is considering naming a former bodyguard who once saved his life as his official successor, a Pulitzer-winning ...

A famous jump-roper recently saved a young man from drowning after falling through the ice on a frozen lake by using his jump ropes like safety lines. During the 80s, 90s, and 00s, David Fisher became ...

In today’s increasingly repressive environment, gay club owners have tried various strategies to survive. Some have even ...

A professional had the perfect tool nearby to save a 19-year-old who’d fallen into a body of water and was in danger of ...

As Trump surrounds himself with tech billionaires, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist David Hoffman about Russia's ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

After conferring with his top advisers, Yeltsin concluded that the rocket was heading away from Russian airspace and didn’t pose any threat to the country. Twenty-four minutes after its launch ...

While visiting the White House in 1995, then-Russian president Boris Yeltsin reportedly got so drunk that secret service agents found him standing on Pennsylvania Avenue in nothing but his ...