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Finnish authorities are investigating a mysterious spike in levels of radioactive caesium-137 detected over Helsinki.

• 09 марта 2016, 00:28

Hurricane Gonzalo gained strength in the Atlantic as it barreled toward Bermuda, which was bracing for a hit from the powerful Category Four storm.

• 17 октября 2014, 11:46

Natural disasters claimed over 22,000 lives last year, with Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines the deadliest of all, the Red Cross said.

• 16 октября 2014, 15:28

Hurricane Gonzalo churned in the Atlantic, bringing intense winds and threatening to deluge the Bahamas, US forecasters said.

• 16 октября 2014, 10:57

Gonzalo strengthened to a "major hurricane" over the open Atlantic and was expected to continue gaining force, forecasters said.

• 15 октября 2014, 15:23

Security has been tightened in Saint Peter's Square after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack the Vatican.

• 20 сентября 2014, 14:55

Authorities imposed restrictions on the water supply in Mexico, after toxic substances from a nearby mine reportedly turned a river orange.

• 11 августа 2014, 11:11

A biological catastrophe may unfold in southern Kazakhstan.

• 13 ноября 2013, 12:05

The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants.

• 24 мая 2013, 10:32

Health experts warned Monday about serious risks from the "Cinnamon Challenge," a game popular with US teens, who ingest a spoonful of the pungent spice, then try to refrain from drinking water.

• 23 апреля 2013, 12:28

Scientists have urged New Zealand to take immediate action to protect the critically endangered Maui's dolphin, amid warnings the marine mammal could become extinct by 2030.

• 14 февраля 2013, 14:04

The Syrian regime has begun using missiles and barrel bombs against rebels, a top US official said Wednesday, signaling a dangerous escalation of the deadly 21-month-old conflict.

• 13 декабря 2012, 15:48

Government radiation monitoring in areas near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is unreliable, Greenpeace charged on Tuesday, with heavily populated areas exposed to 13 times the legal limit.

• 23 октября 2012, 17:30

Hired assassins are stalking witnesses to a Philippine massacre in which a political warlord allegedly led the slaughter of 57 people, victims' relatives and a rights group said almost two years into a complex trial.

• 28 июля 2012, 11:33

US nuclear regulators published an update on California's troubled San Onofre power plant Thursday, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious than first thought.

• 13 июля 2012, 18:16

State Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision Department have warned Almaty city and Almaty oblast citizens about ixodic ticks wakeup.

• 13 апреля 2012, 14:00