Helicopters and rescue boats rescued 755 fishermen today who were trapped on an ice floe that had broken away from the coast of Sakhalin Island, emergency officials said.

A strong earthquake hit near Sakhalin island in Russia’s Far East today, reportedly killing one person and sending small tsunami waves to northern Japan.

Royal Dutch Shell is to launch a new exploration campaign in the Arctic in a bid to tap the region’s vast oil and gas reserves, the firm confirmed today.

A POWERFUL undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings yesterday for Japan and Russia but the danger appeared to pass after a series of tiny waves hit the northern Japanese coast.

A 79-YEAR-OLD Japanese man who went missing at the end of World War II and resurfaced nearly six decades later in Russia went back to his homeland to be reunited with relatives.

Oil giant Shell revealed today that one of its flagship gas projects had shot $10bn (€8.3bn) over budget in just two years.

Investors in Shell were today due to get their first chance to quiz the company since it revealed its reserves crisis.

Two military helicopters collided over an airfield in Russia’s Far East today, killing five people and injuring one, in the second fatal copter crash in a week, Russian news agencies reported.