With the announcement of the hosts for the 2018 and 2022, elated and devastated fans took to social networking sites to share their reactions.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.

Roger Hall cruises the Baltic and relishes his time in fascinating ports of call without having to think about about much else.

New Zealand has scored a major trade coup in talks with Russia.

Russia has identified the double agent who betrayed its United States spy ring this year.

Maria Sharapova was named this week as the marquee player for the 2011 ASB Classic and is easily the biggest drawcard in the tournament's history.

Russia has agreed to return to the war in Afghanistan.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has handed out his country’s top awards to a group of spies.

A beautiful Russian woman has appeared in court in the US on hacking charges.

John le Carre takes the reader into the vicious underside of the global free market.

In a world of spirits that aim to be the biggest tasting and most highly flavoured, vodka has always been something of an enigma.

World celebrates 21 years in the fashion business and its ongoing plans to keep breaking barriers.

Fishing for crabs in the Bering Sea is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Scott Kara meets some of the crazy men who risk it all to land the world's deadliest catch.