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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- In the midst of a hotly contested election and a tussle with U.S. Democrats, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just completed a trip to Ukraine. This is not a hiatus from politics. He is simply moving the campaign trail to Kyiv,…

French President Emmanuel Macron has told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that it is "vital" a ceasefire goes into force in northwest Syria, where Moscow-backed government forces are leading a military offensive against rebels. Macron, who on Monday…

Bormes-les-Mimosas (France) (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to prevent the emergence of any mass demonstrations in Moscow like the "yellow vest" anti-government protests that erupted in France late last year. "We would not want such …

The last week of internet madness started, of course, with the death of Jeffrey Epstein, and the numerousresultantconspiracytheories that followedincluding one shared on Twitter by the President of the United States. Of course, it didn't help that Epstein was…

When Judge Amy Berman Jackson emerged into the courtroom through a door cut seamlessly into the wooden veneer of the wall, she commanded my full attention. I have served powerful women many times before in my lifesenators, secretaries of state, opposition le…

Russia military officials issued conflicting reports this week about whether residents in areas near a mysterious nuclear explosion must evacuate. The confusing orders came about five days after an explosion at a military testing site killed at least seven p…

(Adds expulsion of Ukrainian diplomat from Russia) KIEV, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday offering citizenship to Russians suffering political persecution, and also to foreigners who fought on Kiev's side …

WASHINGTON (AP) More than one in 10 voters could cast ballots on paperless voting machines in the 2020 general election, according to a new analysis, leaving their ballots more vulnerable to hacking. A study released by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU …

Protests Getting More Dangerous -- For Putin...

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Yevgeny Dubinin had never been to a political protest before. But he was so angry Moscow authorities had refused to register opposition candidates in the city council el...