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Schumacher Ferrari fetches record $15 mn at auction
Schumacher Ferrari fetches record $15 mn at auction

The Ferrari in which Formula One legend Michael Schumacher won the 2003 World Championship title sold for nearly $15 million at auction in Geneva on Wednesday. - 'Very important car' - He won five Grands Prix with it in the 2003 season and drove it when he clinched the title in Japan.

Ukraine has 'strong bipartisan' US support: NATO chief
Ukraine has 'strong bipartisan' US support: NATO chief

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday denied the Republicans' advance in US midterm elections would undermine Western military backing for Ukraine. Ukraine enjoys backing from much of the Republican base, although hard-right lawmakers close to former president Donald Trump have voiced criticism of the US support.

WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray
WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray

The WHO called Wednesday for a massive influx of food and medicines into Ethiopia's Tigray region following the ceasefire deal, saying desperately-needed aid had not yet been allowed in. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the breakthrough ceasefire agreement reached last Wednesday but warned it was already a week on "and nothing is moving in terms terms of food aid or medicines.

More than 130 seals found dead on Caspian beaches
More than 130 seals found dead on Caspian beaches

More than 130 endangered seals have been found dead on Kazakh beaches of the Caspian Sea, officials said Wednesday. "Carcasses of dead seals have been found," a spokesman for Kazakhstan's ecology ministry told AFP. His ministry said 131 seals had been found dead on Caspian Sea beaches in the country's west.