Hopkins, with 28 points from sophomore Erma Walker, won its ninth title, breaking a tie with Rochester Lourdes.

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Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav was one of the great Chasidic writers of the early modern period, and this Pushkin Press ...

America now not only produces far more oil and natural gas than in previous decades, but it also exports the fuels and so directly competes with Russia in the global energy market. For example ...

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 88, the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday.

But how viable a partner is Vladimir Putin’s Russia, its economy weakened by years of Western sanctions, its population falling and the prospect of aggressive state intervention rarely far away?

Touted as the next heir to the cultural capitals of Russia alongside Moscow and St Petersburg is Perm, where a cultural revival highlighting edgy contemporary art is taking place. The new avant garde ...

Drawing on archival materials and hundreds of interviews, including with former spies, Walker crafts a fascinating account of Soviet and Russian agents planted in various countries under false names ...

The world has changed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. For Russia, the change is arguably most obvious in its trade patterns and its increasing dependence on China. https://p.dw ...

How close is Russia’s economy to collapse? As Donald Trump’s negotiators open direct talks with the Kremlin, Kyiv’s European allies hope that a final push on sanctions against Russia could ...

Many people in the Baltic states speak Russian as their mother tongue – particularly in Latvia (38%) and Estonia (28%). In the Estonian capital, Tallinn, virtually every second child grows up ...

Saudi Arabia is hosting historic US-Russia talks, aiming to resolve the Ukraine war. This significant diplomatic move boosts Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's international stature. The ...