Self-government and local control are in jeopardy as never before. Diversity initiatives are engines of equal opportunity, offering a direct return on public investment.

These are among the factors that have led to the escalating tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, the oil-rich Caspian Sea country where President Ilhan Aliyev has been in power since 2003 ...

Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that Baku blamed on Moscow.

When Spider-Man and the Punisher clash on the page, it’s a weirdly magnetic yet deeply unsettling experience.

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties. The friendship has been strained by recent events, including the deaths of two ethnic ...

Here on the Bear Market Brief, a lot of what we focus on is, simply put, risk: what might happen, and what might it mean?

The Brooklyn Nets had five first-round picks in the NBA draft and they went around the globe to find the players for them.

The Brooklyn Nets had five first-round picks in the NBA draft and they went around the globe to find the players for them.

The wall across from the elevator leading to the Brooklyn Nets' practice court features a map of the world, where the home countries of their players and executives are noted.