Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, likely to be elected president next month, will face a Russian society that has greatly changed under his watch, while he has remained essentially the same.
Nearly a year into Syria’s uprising, the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad is a fractious collection of divided political groups, longtime exiles, grass-roots organizers and militants.
Facing the election-year peril of surging fuel costs, President Obama sought to blunt attacks on his efforts to wean the United States off imported oil.
Rick Santorum’s career in Congress, the backbone of his political resume, has become powerful fodder for Mitt Romney as he tries to undermine Mr. Santorum’s conservative credentials.
Nascar has turned to research in an effort to regain its following, and the racing circuit has planned a fresh approach on several fronts, including social media.
The Milwaukee Brewer slugger Ryan Braun becomes the first player known to successfully have a positive test result overturned and will not be suspended for 50 games.
In an expansion of the current tribunal system, the Obama administration has approved charges against a Lebanese man who is not accused of being part of the war with Al Qaeda.
ABC’s “Nightline” visited production lines at Foxconn, giving Americans a chance to see how iPads and iPhones are made. A note from a man born in China gave another perspective on jobs in that country.