Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

At least 30,000 homes are hit by flooding in Amur region, with Vladimir Putin ordering more emergency aid to stricken people.

DNA 'tests' of hair supposedly from a Yeti in a Siberian cave show it comes from an unknown mammal closely related to man, it was claimed last night.

Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.

This is the clearest evidence that our ancestors speared and killed the extinct giant.

Your guide is the Chairman of the Tuva Republic's government, Sholban Kara-Ool.

Today the Asia Pacific is a vital center of economic development and progressive political influence.

Flooding now covers an area almost as large as France, Germany and Britain combined, or close to the equivalent of Texas and California.