Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Six crewmen were killed and nine were still missing after a Russian fishing vessel sank off the coast of the Russian Far East.
A Maine coon cat is examined by a judge during the Athens 21st International Cat Show Jan27, 2013.
Euro 2020 will be held in 13 cities across the continent and the semifinals and final will be played in the same stadium, UEFA said on Friday.
Greece's ruling conservative New Democracy party took a narrow lead over the anti-bailout main opposition Radical Left, three surveys showed.
Tens of thousands of French people on Sunday marched in the streets in Paris to voice their supports for the bill in favor of gay marriage before the debate opens next Tuesday.
A Russian fishing vessel flipped over in the Sea of Japan off its far east Primorye Territory on Sunday, leaving 20 crewmembers missing, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
Discussion of China's policy agenda under new leadership is heating up at the World Economic Forum that opened in Swizerland on Wednesday.
The new leadership should "seriously consider" setting up an overarching institution to design China's reform agenda to redefine the boundaries of the government.
Leading government officials and economists say at the World Economic Forum that China should continue to push forward structural reforms.
French President Francois Hollande will seek to boost Chinese confidence in France and the eurozone in his much-anticipated visit to China.
Climate change is back on the global agenda, with debate in the corridors at Davos given fresh impetus by US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon both highlighting it as top priority this week.
Luis Alvarez, the chief executive officer of global services at BT, the UK-based global telecom provider, has been in Davos, Switzerland, for three days, and has had more than 50 one-to-one meetings.
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