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Since Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia, people who had made billions in the murky first decade of Russian capitalism have been picked off one by one:...

One of the big attractions of 3-D printing is that it’s so cheap and simple. Just come up with a design, and that nice little machine you bought for...

This is Berlin’s summer of discontent. Exactly one year ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s principled decision to open Germany’s borders to refugees...

A cynical move is underway to promote a new, powerful, and troubling technology known as “gene drives” for use in conservation. This is not just your...

The world is awash in paper currency, with major country central banks pumping out hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth each year, mainly in very large...

Now that impeached Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is out of office, it is up to the newly empowered administration of President Michel Temer to clean up...

Defined-benefit pension plans are under pressure. Changing demographics spell trouble for so-called pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems, in which contributions...

India’s just-released GDP figures show it’s still the world’s fastest-growing large economy. Over the past decade or so, those numbers have swooped...

Muscat: School children were the first to experience the re-opened Al Hoota Cave, as the renovated facility opened its doors to the public.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be more open than ever to a compromise with Japan that would end the two countries' post-World War II...