Tianqiuping-style porcelain sells for nearly 4,000 times its estimated value after buyers are convinced it is a rare artefact [Read more]

Lawyers and civil society groups say they have been overwhelmed by demands for support since President Vladimir Putin announced on Sept. 21 that 300,000 people would be mobilised to boost Russia's flagging war effort. [Read more]

Australia plans to halt the loss of any more species and end its status as "the mammal extinction capital of the world", its government says. [Read more]