In a clip from "'The most powerful man in the world", Masha Gessen on how Vladimir Putin viewed Trump's victory. The one-hour special airs Monday at 9 pm.
The first weeks of a US presidency are usually filled with optimism -- a fresh face with a clean slate settles into the White House and maps out a vision for the next four years.
With a blizzard headed quickly toward the Northeast, the region began preparing Monday by closing schools, canceling flights and issuing travel warnings.
The deaths of more than 60 people in a landslide Saturday night at a massive landfill in Ethiopia's capital gave urgency to a festering problem: the fate of the hundreds who live in the makeshift houses on top of the garbage outside Addis Ababa.
The 48-hour countdown to the Dutch elections has begun. But of the 150 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, just seven are currently filled by politicians under 35 -- even though this age group makes up a quarter of eligible voters.
South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye, is now also the nation's first impeached president. The Korean Constitutional Court on Friday voted unanimously to remove her from office, and snap elections for a new president will be held within 60 days.
Just how a team of five Belgian scientists discovered one of the most remarkable planetary systems -- and named it after their favorite beer -- is a story of ingenuity, persistence and luck.
Whether or not you support the policies and leadership style of Donald J. Trump, there are reasons to remain optimistic about America's trajectory right now.
Why would Russia have interfered in America's 2016 elections? More to the point, in a country where little happens without the nod from President Vladimir Putin, what could have driven Putin to authorize cyberattacks that US intelligence agencies assess Moscow carried out against the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton -- hacks that many believe contributed to Clinton's November 2016 defeat?
Voters in the Netherlands go to the polls Wednesday for the first test of whether his political coattails have a real lift, or serve as a dangerous drag in Europe, writes David Andelman