Why Germany Is Still Divided When It Comes to Russia

Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

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Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate

President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.

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What to Know About US Nuclear Weapons as Trump Threatens to Restart Testing

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.

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Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate

President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.

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We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

As China threatens to overtake U.S. leadership in science and technology, America has responded by sabotaging its own engines of progress.

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Rodion Shchedrin, Composer Who Captured Russia’s Soul, Dies at 92

He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama.

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Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance Over Lost Glory

Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit

In 1945, the map of Europe was redrawn in Yalta without input from the affected countries. Ukraine and Europe fear a repeat in Alaska.

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Radioactive Wasps Found at Nuclear Site in South Carolina Could Be a ‘Red Flag,’ Expert Says

Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental contamination at the decades-old Savannah River Site. Here’s what to know.

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Robert W. Fuller, Who Championed Dignity Over ‘Rankism,’ Dies at 88

He identified as a “citizen diplomat” and preached mutual respect because, he explained, “everybody is a somebody.”

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