A blurring of the distinctions between seasons is also a challenge for insects and their predators.
It comes as the head of Russia's civil aviation agency says the situation in Grozny, the plane's destination, was "very complicated" at the time....
The soldier is thought to be the first North Korean prisoner of war captured in the Russia-Ukraine conflict....
Under the burden of military service, some reservists are refusing to return to Israel's front lines....
Friday's papers include stories on a clash of words between Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch....
The Russia-bound passenger plane went down in Kazakhstan with the loss of 38 lives....
Finland is investigating a tanker following the rupture of a transmission cable in the Baltic Sea....
The Scottish Fishermen's Federation said EU deals and offshore wind expansion could put hundreds of jobs at risk....
LeBron James claims a history-making Christmas Day win as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors....
Russia has launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure....
The pontiff also called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the freeing of hostages held by Hamas....
Those on board were mostly Azerbaijani nationals, but there were also some passengers from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan....
Ukraine's war stamps, some with swear words, boost morale at home and promote its image abroad....
While Americans on the east coast brace for snow, on the west coast some are facing flooding and high surf warnings....
Ursa Major ran into trouble in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria, with two crew still missing....
Famine has spread to five areas in the war-hit country, a UN-backed group says....
The allegations against the businessman, who was tried behind closed doors, are not being made public....
The system checks patients' ECG heart traces for subtle early warning signs....
Carol of the Bells was written in Pokrovsk, a key target for advancing Russian troops in Ukraine....
The BBC goes on patrol with the Kenyan officers sent to quell violence in gang-ravaged Haitian capital Port-au-Prince....
"Yana" is the latest pre-historic discovery in a crater in a remote region of Russia....
Following reports in Turkish media, a Kremlin spokesman denies Asma al-Assad wants to divorce her husband and leave Russia....
The British chocolate maker says it is disappointed to be stripped of the endorsement....
Robert Fico is only the third EU leader to visit Moscow and believes Putin has been demonised by the West....
Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces....
Susannah Morgan was warned surgery to remove a benign tumour could leave her with a crooked smile....
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine issues a "safety flash" about the dangers to children....
Saudi authorities said they warned German agencies about the Magdeburg car market attack suspect....
Officers say they evaluated if the suspected perpetrator could be a potential threat a year ago....
Both pilots were rescued after ejecting safely from their F/A-18 fighter aircraft....
Oleksandr Usyk speaks about his "respect" for Tyson Fury after he beat the Briton on points in their rematch to retain his unified heavyweight world titles....
