Russia's increasing disenchantment with the West has roots that grew from the broken 1990s.

What Adam Smith once called the "animal spirits" of capitalism have sadly run amok.

Memories of long gone days traveling in tough Africa spill forward into an uncertain present.

Volkswagen's emissions scandal is sure to stick with the company for years to come.

Germany's softening on immigration suggests a better understanding of Europe's future needs.

Global warming scoffers are being faced with a growing (and alarming) plague of drought reality.

The tug of war between the EU and Greece reflects the face of a divided and changing Europe.

Recession, poverty and immigration are changing the European political landscape

Quietly but inexorably, major fish species are vanishing, savaged by global over-fishing.

The once-thriving Roman port city of Ostia Antica is a portal into the worst of financial calamities.

The role President Franklin Roosevelt played in engineering the still-standing world order can't be downplayed.