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By Valentyn Ogirenko and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched 28 kamikaze drones on the southern port of Odesa and

Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms

European shares gained for a third day, fueled by optimism from more economic support in China, while investors

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer prices that traders hope will show inflation is easing, reducing the need for more interest rate hikes

Fitch Ratings Inc. upgraded Pakistan on an improving funding environment following its initial loan deal with the International

But the meeting in Lithuania will see disagreement over Ukraine's ambition to join the military bloc.

Experts have discovered the cause of death for a sperm whale that washed up unexpectedly on the shores of Spain’s La Palma island - €500,000 of “floating gold”. The impressive discovery was made after experts from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria carried out a post-mortem, with authorities initially unsure how the 15-ton, 13-metre-long whale washed up on Nogales beach last month. “When I dissected and removed the stone I turned around and everyone on the beach looked at me in surprise, but for me at that moment I understood where the origin of the infection was coming from,” Antonio Fernández Rodríguez, the head of the Institute of Animal Health and Food Security at the university, said. The stone, he explained, was a large lump of precious ambergris, a rare substance sometimes known as “floating gold”. Highly prized by perfumers, the 9.5 kg lump found in the whale can sell for up to €500,000 (£430,000). Read More More dangers ahead for La Palma after volcano eruption La Palma eruption could last months as 12-metre lava wall nears homes La Palma volcano ‘a wonderful show’ for tourists says Spanish minister

NATO notched a significant breakthrough late Monday — just hours before the start of a two-day summit in

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON Tour booking agents and the managers of an island in New Zealand where a

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will skip a meeting of Southeast Asia’s top diplomats in Jakarta, according to

The government intervened in eight takeovers of UK firms by Chinese buyers last year, figures show

Thousands of people living near the city's river banks have been moved to safer locations.