Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes ...

E urope’s first reserve currency was the tetradrachm, upon which was inscribed an owl. The symbol of wisdom was intended to ...

A falling dollar is normally good for the developing world. Because poor countries borrow more in the greenback than rich ...

Faster than anyone would have predicted, Ukraine is becoming self-sufficient in many types of weaponry. But big gaps remain.

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