Rates for Russian gas transported through Ukraine to Europe will double next year. The move could raise more tension between the two nations and affect the flow of one-quarter of Europe's gas supply.

With wild rumors circulating across the internet on the nature of the flu strain raging in the Ukraine, a team of British scientists having begun testing the 'super flu' that has been responsible for 189 deaths across the country.

Hospitals are swamped with Swine Flu patients. In one week, 1,324 Canadians were admitted for serious Swine Flu complications. The Public Health Agency of Canada said 198 children were among those admitted between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7.

While immunization may be the best defense against swine flu, a new study shows that antioxidants in certain foods may also protect against H1N1 and help prevent lung damage from the virus.

Nearly three quarters of the Ukrainian population have flu-like symptoms of the mysterious virus and the government has ordered more than 650,000 doses of anti-viral drug Tamiflu.

As world leaders past and present gather in Germany to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a poll has revealed that one in eight Germans regret the day that their country was reunified.

Ukraine Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevich has given his country's parliament an account of a massive wave of swine flu that has sickened 255,000. He says 66 adults, 3 children and 2 pregnant women are dead. WHO says 1,100 kids are hospitalized.

Vladimir Putin, the former President of the Russian Federation and current Prime Minister, told the European Union he wants them to help Ukraine pay the gas bill by giving them a loan.

Ukraine residents have begun panic-buying face masks and influenza medicines as the death toll from the country's swine flu epidemic rises dramatically in 24 hours.

As the world enters the H1N1 season, another possible virus emerges as 30 people in the Eastern European country of Ukraine have died from this latest flu.