Map of shame: Greenpeace highlights junk and debris in dozens of sites across the 'pristine' environment.

The Okhotsk Sea quake registered 8.3 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 600km, and prompted a tsunami warning. 

Desperate attempts are being made to save a 13 year old boy whose condition is described 'grave'.

Sculpture of girl and her dog, whose story captivated the world, to be erected at Yakutsk Airport.

Hardy Siberians undaunted by aircraft frozen on tarmac as temperatures sank to a biting minus 52C

Olga Laponnikova, 44, cocooned the girl as the L-410 turboprop 'fell like a stone' into woodland a mile from runaway in Nelkan, eastern Russia.

Darina now on the way to a longed-for normal childhood thanks to pioneering British treatment - and our generous readers.

More than century of waiting ended on Saturday as just married couples were the first to walk on the new cable-stayed Golden Horn Bay Bridge.