A German teacher stands in front of Uzbek nursing students, rattling off health terms -- wheelchair, overweight, retired -- ...

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has given his annual state of the nation address, putting economic issues such as growth and poverty center stage. But ...

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit Russia, pensioner Elena rented out her one-bedroom apartment in the Moscow suburbs to help make ends meet.

Cristina Crudu looks across her apple trees and laments that her business may soon go bankrupt due to the economic stresses Moldova has suffered since Russia's full-scale invasion of neighboring ...

President Bashar al Assad said on Monday he wanted to expand business ties with Russia to help Syria cope with new U.S. sanctions on its already crippled economy that threaten to undermine military ...