Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia Party's grip on Russian politics weakened after a State Duma (lower house of parliament) vote on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin's ruling party clung to a much reduced majority in parliament on Monday after an election that showed growing weariness with the man who has dominated Russia for more than a decade and plans to return to the presidency next year.
Carbon dioxide emissions, from the burning of fossil fuels and production of cement, registered record increases last year, according to researchers with the Global Carbon Project, who reported a 5.9 percent increase.
Russian voters have dealt Vladimir Putin's ruling party a heavy blow by slashing its parliamentary majority in an election that showed growing unease with his domination of the country as he prepares to reclaim the presidency.
If you don't have the time to scrutinize U.S. and Europe/Asia economic data points daily, but you still want to take the pulse of the U.S. economy, use the price of oil as a shorthand. Oil, the world's most vital commodity, also provides a quick-read on the U.S. economy.
What do Vladimir Putin, a real Don, and Herman Cain, a real Godfather Pizza Don, have in common? The connection is psychological, maybe even Dostoevskian. But it isn't about depression, unless it's ours, the voting public. It's about delusion.
Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a serious blow in a parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as voters signalled growing unease with his domination of Russian politics before a planned return to the presidency next year.
The U.N.'s climate chief said that she believes countries can snap the deadlock that has lasted for years and sign up to fresh and binding commitments to cut greenhouse gases.
The head of an independent Russian election watchdog was detained for 12 hours at a Moscow airport Saturday as part of attempts to stop it monitoring Sunday's vote for a new parliament, the group's lawyer said.
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The Euro 2012 draw took place Germany, Netherlands and Portugal all tied together in the so-called 'Group of Death' while reigning champions Spain faces a Italy in Group C.
A group of students at Georgetown University started this as a homework project, but after analyzing China's huge network of tunnels for storing missiles for as long as three years under their professor, a former top Pentagon official, they made the conclusion that China's nuclear arsenal may be many times larger than previously estimated.
The final preparations are underway at the eight lucky venues, across Poland and Ukraine, to host the 2012 UEFA European Championships, which will kick off on June 8 next year.
Russia's MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest palladium producer, will sharply cut sales from its stockpile in the next two years before ending them altogether in 2014, a company executive said Thursday.
In a rare peaceful transition of presidential power, Kyrgyzstan inaugurated a new president Thursday, marking the first time the former Soviet Central Asian nation chose a successor through votes at the ballot box, not the streets.
Tatyana Limanova, the Russian broadcast news reporter who was fired for a rude hand gesture supposedly aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama, while on air, has accused her critics of lacking a sense of humor and that she was fired only when the video went viral online.
Severstal, Russia's biggest steelmaker, is set to spin off its Nord Gold unit and could list the standalone business in London, less than a year after being forced to pull a planned $1.5 billion public offering.
FIFA 12 has many hidden players.
India's economy grew at the slowest pace in more than two years, according to the recent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers which shows the country's economy rose 6.9 percent in the July-September quarter.
Drogba rejected to sign the latest contract offer from Chelsea.
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) banned Vityaz Chekhov's Canadian forward Jeremy Yablonski for the rest of the season on Tuesday, effectively ending his playing career in Russia.
