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Recent political, territorial and economic difficulties have done little to burnish the image of a former Soviet nation struggling to find its identity between Russian and western European influences. Nevertheless, Ukraine is home to

The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 (above) is one of the most bizarre airplanes ever made. It could take off vertically and land on the water, and it was designed to search and destroy US submarines

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Sales in the world's biggest auto market are falling, causing big problems for top global brands that have come to rely on it for much of their growth.China has been a

Washington, DC (CNN Business)When Nida Kazmi got laid off from her job as a product manager at Bloomberg two years ago, she came up with a fallback plan: Selling stuff on Amazon. She chose

Bali, Indonesia (CNN Business)The trade war is set to take its toll on the American and Chinese economies in 2019.The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for the United States and

If you stand in it for long enough, you start to hear your heartbeat. A ringing in your ears becomes deafening. When you move, your bones make a grinding noise. Eventually you lose your

Beijing (CNN)Four people have died after they were swallowed up by a massive sinkhole in a Chinese city, despite desperate rescue efforts to save them.According to state media, the sinkhole opened up around 2:30

(CNN)The investigative website that claimed to have uncovered the real identity of one of two Russian agents involved in the Novichok poisonings in the UK earlier this year has now named the second one.UK

(CNN)A controversial advertisement projected on the side of the Sydney Opera House was disrupted by a sea of lights on Tuesday evening, as protesters attempted to ruin the light show with flashlights and smartphones.Plans