Russia marks Orthodox Christmas Day on 7 January according to the Julian calendar (and for some this is also a time for fortune telling).

Lab-made dog was created from tiny fragment of its mom's ear by the South Korean team working at bringing back the woolly mammoth.

Boy, 11, jumped from 4th floor window engulfed by inferno; girl, 12, phoned aunt to say ‘Please tell Mum I love her'.

The Russian president took part in the 'Flight of Hope', giving a flying lesson to young white cranes ahead of their epic 5,000 km migration.

At least 76 were injured in the serious rail incident on a train from Novosibirsk to Adler.

Monument to Kate Marsden unveiled in Sosnovka village 123 years after she set out on her epic work.

Roofing ripped, advertising banners torn down, and students knocked over by the force of the gales. 

Decline in consumption of venison and fresh river fish along with cut in distances covered on nomadic pasture routes ushers in modern curse.