Two-thirds of Chinese side already completed, but delay in Russia prompts call from Kremlin to speed up work on other side.

Entirely on her own initiative, Jessica - who will be 21 later this month - is going to Siberia to see her biological mother Natalia, 38, and father Oleg, 37.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

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.

Her ancient tattoo is a showpiece of the glittering opening ceremony for the Sochi Paralympics.

First cargo train on the final link of Amur-Yakutsk line in historic expansion of Siberia's great railways.

The Amur River rises past 7.35 metres in Khabarovsk city, with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur also braced for new flooding.

Key move to revive Far Eastern economy and compete with Macau and Busan.

Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.

Another heavy hint has come from the Russian government that major tax incentives will get the go-ahead despite reservations by some power-brokers.