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US billionaire philanthropist George Soros has handed over the running of his $25bn financial and charitable empire to his son Alex. The Hungarian-born financier said his son had "earned it", in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Alex is the...

About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding on both sides of the Dnipro River after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, officials in Ukraine say, with floodwaters expected to peak on Wednesday. The prediction came after UN aid...

A vast dam was blown on Tuesday in the part of southern Ukraine controlled by Russia, unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and Russian forces. Both sides blamed the other for destroying...

Russia’s defense ministry has claimed it has fought off a large-scale attack by Ukraine in the south-eastern Donetsk region. It said it killed 250 Ukrainian troops and destroyed 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armored combat vehicles in...

Scientists say the remains of a lion cub, named Sparta and found in Siberia in 2018, are 28,000 years old and in excellent condition. They say the lion cu, may still hold some of its mother's milk inside it. The cub...

Russia has blamed Ukraine for drone strikes that hit Moscow on Tuesday morning injuring at least two people and damaging several buildings. The Russian military says eight drones were used in the strikes, all of which were shot down by...

The US approved the future supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as G7 leaders meeting in Japan welcomed the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. Until now US President Joe Biden had effectively vetoed the transfer of F-16s, with...

Russia says it downed two drones that were targeting the Kremlin in Moscow last night and accused Ukraine of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said the drones were disabled by special services using electronic radar assets. Putin was...

A wave of air strikes by Russia on cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, has left at least 19 people dead as Kyiv says that the country is prepared for a counteroffensive. Sixteen people including a child were killed in an...

Russia acknowledged late on Thursday that one of its bombs accidentally hit the Russian city of Belgorod which is located near the border with Ukraine. The city of 340,000 about 25 miles east of the border with Ukraine, has faced...